Kirkwall Primary Schools, Secondary Schools & PreSchools in the Kirkwall Hotel area

The flight flew from RAF Brize Norton on 24^th April 2024 with 500 cuddly giraffes on board to raise money and awareness for Great Ormond Street Hospital in memory of Louise Conway who died at just nine years old of leukaemia in 2013. Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate donated 50% of the production costs on behalf of the junior school, Chapter House, and our Forces community across campus - which is about 25% of our total student population.

For more information see:

• BBC Oxfordshire new story
• RAF Brize Norton news story
• Flights of the Giraffe 2 video
• Flights of the Giraffe 1 (2023) on BBC Oxfordshire
• Buy a Geoffrey Giraffe teddy