Co-Curricular Activities > Social Responsibility Program > TocH

Toc H is a community based organisation which many students at St Margaret’s participate in.

Toc H first started during the First World War, when the Reverend P.B. (Tubby) Gayton opened a centre called Talbot House in a Belgian town of Poperinghe.

This House was a peaceful retreat for thousands of young men on their way to and from the front lines where they could try to forget the war, enjoy each other’s company and find spiritual help.

After the war, the men who had visited Talbot House sought to continue ‘Toc H’, the signaller’s code word for Talbot House.

Toc H now operates in many countries and at St Margaret’s is concerned with putting Christian values into practice and has four simple aims.

These aims are:

1. Friendship: To welcome all in friendship.
2. Service: To give personal service.
3. Fair-mindedness: To listen always to the views of others.
4. The Kingdom: To acknowledge God: spiritual nature of all people.