What is a PTA?
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PTA stands for Parent Teacher Association. It is a group of parents, teachers, and sometimes community members who work together to support and advocate for the education and well-being of...
PTA Second Hand Dressing Up Costume Sales
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To reduce landfill, fundraise and help families on low incomes many Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) organise second-hand costume sales. Many PTAs organise second-hand costume sales as a fundraiser for their school...
PTA Fundraising - Eid
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We’ve been delighted to get back into bigger and bolder events this year. So we’ve hosted a movie night which the kids loved, and we ran an Easter treasure hunt...
New Government Rules To Drive Down The Cost of School Uniform for Families
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Did you know that in November the government issued legally binding guidance to schools to ensure that school uniform is made affordable for all. Research that the DfE carried out...
Outdoor Treasure Hunts and QR Codes for PTA Events
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As one of the largest primary schools in the country, there is always a need for PTA funds. From transforming dilapidated playgrounds, to creating reading corners the demand for money...
Top PTA Fundraising Tips During Covid
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This year our fundraising brain cells have been stretched to the limit. It’s a fine balance between respecting that some people’s circumstances will have changed unrecognisably, and the urgency to...
How To Set Up Photo Shoots To Raise Money For Your PTA
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How To Set Up Photo Shoots To Raise Money For Your PTA by Andisheh Thomson, photographer COVID-19 has meant that this year, schools in England have been unable to raise...
The Best PTA Fundraising Ideas UK
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As PTA volunteers ourselves, having spent a combined 15 years as PTA Committee members including being Chairperson & Secretary and organising multiple PTA events we know how much hard work...
9 Steps To Organise A Magic Evening At School
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We are a mixed secondary school in South East London serving years 7 through to 13 with approximately 1700 pupils on the school role. Despite its size and very small...
5 Fliptastic Ideas For Pancake Day!
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The Traditional Pancake Race! This is one that the children absolutely LOVE 💙 especially if they get a chance to race against teachers and parents! Typically a pancake race is...
Stamptastic PTA Tips - How To Organise A Krispy Kreme Doughnut Sale
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Hold on to your hats! Because this is a whirlwind of a fundraiser... If you are thinking about organising a Krispy Creme Sale then absolutely GO FOR IT! 🍩🍩🍩 It's a...
Top Ten Tips For Maximising Profit At Your PTA Summer Fair!
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Are you a new PTA volunteer and have suddenly found yourself on the Summer Fair Committee or are your PTA trying to work out how to raise more funds? Here...
How To Get Children Involved in PTA Fundraising
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ENTERPRISE 5 What is Enterprise 5? Enterprise 5 is our PTA's Year 5 Enterprise Initiative. A fantastic way to develop enterprise skills in our Year 5 children, raise money...
The Highs and Lows of Our Christmas Fair
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It is always really popular among the children, parents and local community so we have to keep the event exciting with new ideas to them coming back!! Our favourite and...
Ten Tips For Running A Quiz Night
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A good quiz is run fairly for all, challenging but not de-moralising, sociable, supported by fab quiz masters who keep the energy high, includes a good meal & doesn’t take...
Organising Multiple Halloween Events
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In 2018 we made just over £400 around Halloween as our only event was a Halloween Disco. This year at our AGM we decided we could fit more things in...
Stamptastic PTA Tips - Running A Coin Trail
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We are a single form entry primary school with around 210 pupils. Since our PTA re-formed 3 years ago, we have held a coin trail each Autumn as our first...
Using tokens as ‘currency’ for your event!
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So, tokens. We have used tokens for two summer fairs now with differing success. The fairs were both run afterschool on a Friday (3.30–7pm first year/3.30–5.30pm this year). What’s it all...
PTA Top Tips - Raising Funds through a Fundraising Page
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Raising Funds through a Fundraising Page All PTAs will be able to identify with the enormity of the task of trying to raise funds for an expensive project and how...
PTA TOP TIPS - Top Tips for Running a Christmas Fayre
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We are a small village primary school of only approx 140 pupils, but manage to usually raise about £1,800 from our Christmas Fayre and raffle combined. We always hold our...
PTA TOP TIPS - How To Raise Money With Minimum Effort
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If you’re new into your term as a PTA committee, you’ll no doubt be full of ideas. But as we have found, great ideas for events can quickly become time...
Fundraising with Recycling – and helping the planet at the same time
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Our Parents Association has been involved in recycling as a method to raise funds for a while now but have recently expanded what we collect quite dramatically. It is proving...
Why you should claim expenses (and encourage your volunteers to do the same)
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Claiming expenses is a pain – finding receipts, remembering to give them in, the Treasurer having to deal with them. And I should add that I am not always good...
Organising A Silent Auction
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For several years now, our school has run a silent auction at both our Christmas and Summer fetes. Whilst we still do a ‘Grand Draw’ raffle, this is limited to...
Top tips for running a stress free ladies night!
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Top tips for running a stress free ladies night:- We normally fit our timings in round about the local community Gala day ie the weekend before but with caution as...
Holding a Silent Disco!
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Although the school has been running discos for many many years, it is only recently that the PTA has been running them. Our first three were a success and raised...
📢 NEW THIS MONTH 📢
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⭐️ Earn even more commission for your PTA ⭐️ For every new PTA you refer to sign up to our PTA Reward Scheme you will earn £10 for your PTA!!...
An Ode to the PTFA
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The thought in my head Was do what you can School needs your help You have time to plan How hard can it be? To raise money for...
Preloved uniform sales!
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Our school has always sold off the unclaimed lost property at the end of the school year and then used the proceeds to buy playground equipment for the children. This...
Ice Cream Fridays ‘How To’ Guide 😎
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We are about to start our third year of “Ice Cream Fridays” which is a great fundraiser without too much hassle. We sell ice creams and lollies after school on...
Class Tea Towels – Top Tips!
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We’ve been organising class teatowels in the run up to Christmas for a number of years, with the baton passed on to new parents each year. Here are our top...
Putting on a Primary School Disco
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A school disco may for many of us conjure memories of girls on one side of the hall and boys on the other and an evening of slightly awkward ‘not...
The Stamptastic PTA Rewards Scheme!
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We are thrilled to support PTAs and in 2018 PTAs raised a whopping £16,377 commission with us 🎉 We also handed out 947 x £22 vouchers totalling £20,834 🎉 So in total...
Top Tips For Running A Raffle
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Running a raffle can be an excellent way of raising funds. At the school where I chair the PTA we hold a variety of different kinds of raffle each year....
13 Tips To Run a Successful Bake Sale
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1. Hold a Bake Sale once a month and get each class to take it in turns throughout the school year. Or double up and get a Key Stage 1...
Top 11 Summer Fair Tips!
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Have a comprehensive checklist and start getting things in place early. I start my initial preparations as soon as the Christmas fair is done! Start requesting raffle...
Running a Smarties Challenge!
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A Smarties challenge is a simple and effective PTA fundraising idea. Give your pupils a tube of Smarties and ask them to do chores or good deeds at home to...
The Circus Is Coming To Town
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Great excitement was had a our PTA Meeting! The Circus is coming and we could make a lot of money for the school. This was in 2015 when we paid...
The PTA - Surviving the First Year!
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In 2017 I became a new Mum to school life and all that goes with it. Trying to strike up conversation in the school playground, suddenly having more time on...
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