Friends of Abbey Farm Fundraising
Hello from the FPTA:
The Friends of Abbey Farm PTA was formed in July 2023. This was followed by an start of year meeting in September 2023, where all were very keen to get started and enhance what is already an amazing school.
Most schools have a FPTA, which exists to help raise valuable funds for the school. At Abbey Farm ET we have a unique challenge; as a new school and newly formed FPTA we have much more we need to buy, with very limited resources to start with.
We naturally started on £0, with an aim to raise £15,000 to enable us to order valuable equipment for the school. Some of the equipment that the school would like include; shade sails to provide shade in each class playground so the children can still play outside on very sunny days and large outdoor play equipment such as climbing walls.
As a more recently formed FPTA, we cannot register as a charity until our annual funds have gone over £5000. This means we can’t access certain grants or fundraising opportunities, also some big companies won’t offer raffle prizes etc. without a registered charity number. We have just reached this and are hoping that it will open up a lot of opportunities.
October 2024 - We are so excited that we have been awarded £5000 from Tesco's . . . keep your eyes open for new shade soon!
Ways in which you can help are:
- Follow us on Facebook (Friend's of Abbey Farm PTA) to stay up to date with events and fundraising ideas - https://www.facebook.com/FOAFPTA
- Donate money, items for raffles or decorations for events
- Volunteer – you do not need to join the FPTA to get involved with events
- Tell your family & friends about fundraising events.
