The Friends of St Cuthbert Mayne
Who are we and what do we do?
The Friends of St. Cuthbert Mayne is a group of parents working together to organise events and activities to provide additional funds for the school.which raise money for the benefit of our children.
The Friends are an integal part of school life and meet several times a term to discuss ideas and plan events. It is a great way to meet people as well as having your say on how funds can be raised and spent.
Last year, 2007/08, the Friends raised in excess of £12,500 and the funds were allocated to a number of great initiatives including:
- The new school library
- Curtains for the main hall
- A shed to store playground equipment and games
- ICT equipment
- Enhancing the school garden
The Committee
In September 2008 a new lead committee was elected at the AGM, along with a new Secretary and Publicity Officer. The executive committee each hold their position for 2 years.
The Executive Committee:
Lead Committee: Brigid Davies, Fiona Cantelo & Jane Chapman
Secretary: Rebecca Devine
Publicity: Sally Marron
Treasurer: Lisa Walmsley
Raffle Co-ordinator: Currently vancant
Class Representatives
Reception: Susannah Peake, Louise Robertson & Ratheesha Bird
Year 1: Vicky Williams & Sam Philp
Year 2: Rebecca Devine & Frances Sinclair
Year 3: Paula Pearce, Kate Bailey & FionaWiderspin
Year 4: Ana Trayling & Kathryn Neve
Year 5: Jane Clark & Susie Regan
Year 6: Amanda Burger & Mary Delaney
What are our fundraising aims for 2008/ 09
This year the majority of funds are being allocated to the re-fit and proposed extension of the school kitchen. These funds will allow the school to prepare and cook, on-site, hot and nutritious meals for the children.
2008/ 09 Fundraising Events
Events for this year include:
14th November 2008: Race Night
7th December 2008: Christmas Fair
6th March 2009: Quiz Night
22nd March 2009: Mother's Day cook book
28th March 2009: Golf Day
4th May 2009: Sponsored bike ride
17th May 2009: May Fair
10th July 2009: Summer Party
October 2009: Ladies Night
To date we have had some very successful events thanks to your wonderful support. The Christmas Fair raised over £3,800, Race Night £1,00, Quiz Night £1850 and the Golf Day £500.
Other fund raisers have included selling Christmas wrapping paper and cakes and biscuits.
Spend and Give
In addition, we raise funds via our shopping portal.Click the link here to access spend and give www.stcuthbertmayne.spendandgive.co.uk
Everything you buy via this website ensures that a proportion of the vale of your purchase comes back to the school at no extra cost to you. There are lots of major retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, Boden and many, many more on this site so please come and browse and help to boost our school fundraising. Since the portal was launched over £400 has been raised for the school, so imagine how much we could raise if everyone used this site to shop.
Able & Cole Organic Fruit & Vegetables
We offer the convenience of affordable organic fruit and vegetables for you to collect at the school. Each week a selection of different seasonal vegetables and fruit are available. You will also receive an interesting newsletter from the farmer and useful recipe suggestions. The Friend's Committee recieves 25% of the cost of the bags.
There are three types of bags to choose from - vegetables, fruit and combi.
VEGETABLE FRUIT COMBI
5 x vegetables 4 x fruits 3 x vegetables & 2 x fruits
£5.00 £6.50 £7.00
Orders can be placed with Alison Williams or Julia Brownson every Friday outside school. (Payment is in advance, either on a weekly/ half-term or per term basis.)
Want to get involved?
Everyone is welcome to join the team and to attend meetings which generally occur a few times a term on Thursday afternoons or some occasionally evenings. We are always very grateful for any new ideas and of course offers of help.
Want to contact us?
You can leave a message for any member of the Friends Committee at the school office. Alternatively, you can email us at jane.chapman@blackbirdconsulting.co.uk.
Want to contact us?
You can leave a message for the Friends Committee at the school office and Joe, Sarah or Gilly will get back to you.
Alternatively you can e-mail us at sarah.hegg@btinternet.com
Visit our new shopping portal.
Click the link here
to access our new shopping portal:
www.stcuthbertmayne.spendandgive.co.uk
Everything you buy
via this website ensures that a proportion of the value
of your purchase comes back to the school at no extra cost
to you. There are lots of major retailers on this
site so please come and have a browse and help boost our
school fundraising.
Insurance/Ink
Cartridges
Did
you know that you can also renew your insurance through
Spend and Give too? When your insurance is up for
renewal, and your quote has come through from your current
provider, all you need to do is email Paul Thomas –
who manages the Spend and Give site, on: pault@jackatheart.co.uk
(the link is at the bottom of the page on the Spend and
Give site), give him some details and he will find you a
lower insurance quote whilst earning commission for the
school – between £12.50 and £35 per transaction.
If
you use ink cartridges, you can also buy them at a great
price and earn the school commission – between 2.5
and 8.75% commission. Again all you need to
do is email Paul using the link at the bottom of the
Spend and Give page
and give him the details of the type of cartridges which
you need, i.e. colour, printer make, model, recycled, compatible
etc, and he will do the hard work for you.
Mobile
Phones
Each
year over 100 million mobile phones are thrown away in Europe;
in many cases they are left lying around in drawers gathering
dust!
Envirofone
are a company which recycles used mobile phones, batteries
and chargers, sending some for resale or reuse in growing
economies around the world and others for recycling.
When sent for recycling, every element of the old phone
is reused in industry.
Do
you have any old or unused mobile phones and chargers?
If
the answer to the above question is YES, and you are willing
to donate it/them to the school, we can send them off and
the school will receive funds from Envirofone to the value
of the phones received – phones can vary from being
virtually worthless to being worth £100.
If
you want to donate any to the school, please could you hand
them in to the school office in a sealed/closed plastic
bag and include, if you have them, the phone charger, the
manual, the battery (within the phone) and the phone WITH
THE SIM CARD REMOVED. Please note, if the sim cards
are not removed, Envirofone destroy them upon receipt but
it is much safer if you remove them in the first instance.
Please could you also label the bag for the attention of
Gilly Staley.
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