A group of sixth form students have raised over £10,000 for a children's hospital after hosting a range of fundraising events.

The student leadership team, made up of year 12 and 13 students, and charity committees of the schools belonging to the Central Region Schools Trust pulled off a week of creative activities to bring in donations for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

All the trust's 13 schools, which includes institutions across Worcester, Kidderminster and Redditch, ranging from early years to sixth form, were involved in the fundraisers.

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The charity itself was chosen by students to be the trust’s charity of the year.

Their mission was to raise £10,000 to aid youngsters receiving critical care at the hospital.

The students planned and managed their own events as they surpassed their goal.

School-wide carnivals, discos, cake sales, and even 'Splat the Teacher' were among the many fundraising activities they hosted.

The leaders of the charity committee presented the cheque to the hospital and visited areas set to benefit from the donation.

The funds will be used to modernise the Surgical Day Unit’s play and distraction offerings.

Trust sixth form lead, Gemma Loveridge, said: "We are over the moon with the achievements of our fantastic students and their communities who have raised an incredible amount for such a good cause.

"The money will help ensure those children who are waiting to have their surgery, who are often anxious and worried, are engaged and distracted and able to feel at ease and calm prior to what can be a scary time."

The CEO of the trust, Guy Shears, said: "We are unbelievably proud of all our students across all 13 of our schools within the trust who dedicated their time, energy and passions to this very worthy cause.

"Our students have shown incredible development of their leadership skills, working together and seeing that they can have real world impact.

"We are proud to be supporting the development of the play and distraction facilities for the surgical day care unit and look forward to seeing the end product."

The Trust is now on to selecting potential charities for 2025, and planning their Charity Week activities.