PTA/School fundraising that doesn't cost anything?

CatBrown

Our school has recently signed up with a scheme called Bikes4School, which we were told about by our LEA. It is really easy to register and involves no work for us!

Children and their familes are entitled to discounts for bikes and everything on their site including clothing and lights etc. For every order placed our school gets 5% of the money back which actually adds up quite fast if the children are buying bikes for £100+. Also the money comes straight back to the school, which means we are not tied to spending the money on their site!
Their address is www.bikes4school.co.uk

smoothie

We have a thing in our area (Tunbridge Wells) called Spotlight Book where it is a book of 100+ vouchers for local restaurants and shops with 2-for-1 pizza deals, free cinema tickets and kids eat free type offers. The school keeps half the money and the parents quickly get their money back as only costs £10 to buy. Friends have told me they've seen similar schemes in other areas. Anything to save people money seems to be your best bet right now!

nickj_2

do a take home quiz

set questions , get some printed out , hand them out , charge £1 to enter and give a prize of say £50 , if more people need to enter let them photocopy entries


the ones that i've seen have been such as :- Q 1066 B o H - A 1066 battle of hastings ,
1952 Q C
1969 N A L O M

FCCLATEACHER1

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miss_spooky

Hi,

This is a great thread, it's given some great ideas to put to our PTA AGM in October.

We are running an Indulgence Evening in a couple of weeks and the school office manager has questioned ins for the therapists.

How do we stand on this.

THe school & the PTA both have thier own 3rd party liability ins, but in the event of an allergic reaction to a product where would the claim go? I would have though the therapist, so is it best to ask them to bring a copy of their own ins?

I've never run anything like this but done plenty when I was a make up consultant, but it was never questioned.

Regards

Donna

Horace

Donna the therapist should have public liability insurance, when you hold the evening you need to say that the products may cause an allergic reaction so to only participate if really sure...basically people should participate at their own risk.

miss_spooky

Thank you Horace,

I put a small disclaimer on the invites and told the school that I will amend the entrance tickets to say the same.

Hopefully it will be a good night with no flare ups....

Regards

Suelee_2

Has any one checked out My Art Project - they offer a free to run project and costs the school nothing!!! Our daughters school ran it which was a great success, and the cards they produced were really great. - We recommend them if your looking for a great product, that encourages the kids to do art and get creative, free for the school to run and makes money for the PTA.:rotfl:

mishkanorman

Im the secretary for our friends and also an Usborne books rep, We held a sponsored read which raised £820, Usborne then give 60% extra free so we had £1300 to spend on books, we stocked up on titles for the next 3 term subjects the children have. Its easy enough to run as the Usborne rep handles all the paperwork !

Another new thing we are trying this year is a christmas shopping night, we will charge stallholders a fee to have a stall in out school hall and then parents can come along and buy presents etc all under one roof.

coupleuk

I would get the school to setup a "shopping website" - maybe get the older kids to build it as a project.

Dig out all the affiliate networks you can find (google affiliate) and add them in sections on the website - electronics, sport, household etc

Then send all the parents a letter asking that they buy their online purchases by clicking the links on the website - the school gets the commission.

All the big retailers can be represented on the site so the parents have nothing to lose.

It is a very low cost option and should slowly build as new kids start at the school and leavers parents hopefully continue to use the links.

One example is alpharooms who offer a 7% commission - thats £70 for the school for every £1000 holiday booked with them via your website.