PTA-UK MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS 2013

It’s that time of the year when PTA-UK is asking our valued members to renew their PTA-UK membership for 2013. The official renewal notice will be winging its way to the school, for the attention of the Treasurer during November so ask the school office to look out for this and to pass it on as soon as possible. The envelope will be clearly marked too, so it’s easy for you to spot this key piece of information. You can get ahead of the game and download the renewal documents from pta.org.uk.

It’s a new PTA-UK membership year!

Each year, PTA-UK aims to invest and spend your membership fees wisely so that we can continue to be the premier provider of support, services and resources for your PTA. Last year, with our help, PTA-UK members raised a staggering £110 million for schools, over 200 new PTAs were established and with the average committee size being seven, nearly 100,000 PTA volunteers were given access to our help.

Our annual member survey once again confirmed the benefits you value the most, here’s our very own top ten countdown as selected by PTA-UK members.

“ As our PTA is a registered charity too we believe that PTA-UK understands at first hand the concerns and mechanisms needed to run a successful charity and is therefore an invaluable source of help to our organisation.”

10 PTA-UK ADVISER TEAM

Unique to PTA-UK our locally based advisers are on hand to give your PTA support and guidance. Last year, the team delivered over 100 workshops on a variety of topics such as maximising your fundraising efforts, encouraging support for your PTA and working with the local business community.

9 PTA-UK ADVICE LINE 0845 850 5460

The Advice Line receives over 20,000 calls from PTAs, each year. Our dedicated team, based at our Head Office in Tonbridge, Kent has invaluable experience and regularly deals with complex issues that require support over a period of time as well as quick and easy questions.

8 PTA-UK MODEL CONSTITUTION

The model constitution is now the most widely used governing document in England and Wales. It reflects the needs of today’s PTAs and has been pre-approved by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. This enables PTAs to achieve charitable status in as little as ten working days, through the Commission’s online systems. Members in Northern Ireland have their own version too which is accepted by HMRC for the purpose of charity registration.

7 PTA INFO SHEETS

This resource is always growing! We currently have over 70 titles on topics ranging from running a successful film night to guidance on using social media. Check out the complete series at pta.org.uk

6 PTA MAGAZINE PTA-UK

PTA-UK now brings you now brings you PTA Magazine six times a year and more and more of you are reading it now it’s sent electronically. To ensure your committee members receive their own copy ask them to register to use the website – pta.org.uk

5 IDEAS TO GET MORE SUPPORT FOR YOUR PTA

The $64,000 question which we help you tackle through our regular advice and guidance on this topic. Our latest advice is on page 34.

4 PTA.ORG.UK

You are always telling us how much you love the website. It is content rich and easy to navigate and almost everything we provide is available online 24/7. And the good news is that this highly valued benefit is about to get even better – see our feature on the new PTA-UK website on page 24.

10 PTA-UK Magazine November 2012