Community - Dulwich Prep & Senior Skip to footer Community Alumni Holiday Clubs Parent Portal Swim School We encourage our pupils to develop a strong moral compass and strive to make a difference. Even our youngest pupils have a deepened sense of community and the drive to be change-makers, and the Dulwich Prep & Senior community extends well beyond the school gates. Our community involvement, along with regular assemblies and trips, instils in pupils not just an awareness of the needs of others but a genuine drive to help. Pupils, staff, parents, and alumni work incredibly hard to raise money for and understand a wide range of causes, but we always make sure that the charities and causes we support are predominantly chosen by the pupils. Pupil voice and pupil action are key at Dulwich Prep & Senior. Whether it is a pupil-led delegation presenting to the Senior Leadership team on the need for better bins, feedback from the flourishing school councils, a presentation during an assembly or a whole school vote on which charities their parents’ quiz night should be supporting the boys’ voice is always clearly heard. It could be a Pre-Prep Readathon, Lower School writing letters to pen pals in Africa, or Year 8 pupils sleeping out to end youth homelessness; the boys’ enthusiasm is impressive. When they all work together to support the whole school initiatives, their determination to do good is inspiring. Our values feed naturally into our community and charity work. We believe that to help the local community effectively, you need to be part of it. We meet regularly with our local community network to discuss needs and ways that we can meaningfully play our part. Conversations have led to two broad categories of initiative. Local Schools We open our pool and support swimming lessons, loan musical instruments and teaching expertise, fund wellbeing initiatives, and run joint events, such as TEDx Youth talks, visits from authors like Jeff Kinney, or talks from concert pianists. Local Residents We invite almshouse residents into Early Years; our boys, parents, and staff host Christmas parties for our local senior citizens; we provide places in our summer camps for child carers and collect donations to make Harvest deliveries. Further Details Please read our Charities Booklet for more details about our approach and the charities and community organisations we are currently supporting. If you would like to discuss how we can work together on community initiatives, big or small, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!