Social Action Projects

The Immanuel Social Action programme takes as its inspiration the concept of ‘Tikkun Olam' (literally, 'world repair'). The phrase tikkun olam means that Jews not only have the responsibility to create a model society among themselves but also should strive to repair the imperfections of society as a whole. 

Throughout 2008/09 pupil volunteers made a sandwich-and-salad lunch for sixty visitors to the New Hope Trust each Tuesday. Between January and June, form groups in Years 7 to 9 visited Jewish Care’s Ella Ridley Jacobs and Clore Manor homes in Hendon each Friday. Sixth Form projects included regular visits to Jewish Care’s Princess Alexandra Home in Bushey, working with developmentally disabled adults at Kisharon, a Save Darfur campaign, a school-wide recycling initiative and the Emunah Birthday Club.

Manna from Heaven

In September 2007 Immanuel College launched an exciting project called ‘Manna from Heaven’. The project aims to make 120 sandwiches with a variety of fillings along with an Israeli salad and a portion of fruit on a weekly basis for people in the Watford Newhope Trust, a shelter for the homeless.

The project was inspired by Re’ut School in Jerusalem, whose pupils run a ‘soup kitchen’ project. Pupils do their own fundraising for the project – raising about £50 a week for ingredients – and the project also relies on parents generously giving their time to take the food to the shelter.

In June 2009, Amos Wittenberg and Joseph Grant raised over £2,000 for Manna from Heaven by embarking on a Sponsored Tower to Tower walk from Caldecote Tower at Immanuel to the Tower of London, a distance of over 25 miles. They ensured that the project will continue this academic year.

Forthcoming Projects:

Immanuel College will host children from a school in Israel, who will be joining the Immanuel 'Manna from Heaven' Project.

A group of teenagers from Kisharon will be coming to Immanuel for a fun morning of activities.