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FUNDED – NOW EVEN
BETTER VALUE! It’s been a busy few months at FundEd – the new website launched in November, with extended guidance for subscribers, downloadable templates, and even more grants added to the database. We have also undertaken a review of
our services and charges. With few schools using the CrowdFundEd platform, and an exciting new digital fundraising resource about to be launched, we have taken the decision to withdraw CrowdFundEd. With school budgets under increasing
Birmingham on 16 March or at The Academies Show, London on 26 April – find us on the YPO stand.
pressure, this means we can significantly reduce the price we charge schools, meaning an annual subscription to FundEd now costs £90 a year – that’s just £7.50 a month (+VAT)! And we’re confident that the advice we provide will help you raise considerably more, making FundEd a wise investment. Existing subscribers will have their term extended by two additional years. For more
Meet
Come and speak to the FundEd team at The Education Show in
the team
information on signing up, go to
funded.org.uk.
77%
OF SCHOOL BUSINESS MANAGERS CITED ‘LACK OF TIME’ AS THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SECURE EXTRA FUNDING.* SAVE TIME AND
EFFORT ON RESEARCH AND PLANNING BY INVESTING IN FUNDED. DISCOVER A RANGE OF PROVEN SOLUTIONS – BACKED UP BY EXPERT GUIDANCE AND PRACTICAL RESOURCES.
*FIGURES TAKEN FROM AN EDUCATION VOICE SURVEY OF 125 SBMS (NOVEMBER 2016)
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A YEAR £90 Waste away
Waste Week is back! From 6- 10 March 2017, this exciting national campaign, run by EDF Energy’s ‘The Pod’, will help hundreds of schools explore and engage with solutions for reducing waste. Children aged four to 14 can take part in this fun, informative, environmental campaign. Get a free Waste Week pack, and access countless online resources, including lesson plans, games, movies and much more. This year’s campaign focuses on ‘upcycling’ and includes a competition to encourage children aged 4-11 and 11-16 to get creative with any unwanted items – from wellies to plastic bottles. Prizes include £300-worth of Amazon vouchers! Sign up to Waste Week 2017 at
jointhepod.org/wasteweek.
IS YOUR SPORTS KIT FIT FOR PURPOSE? In response to feedback from primary schools, YPO’s specialist sports buyer has created a new ‘Sport Resource Checklist’, designed to make it easy to run an audit of your current sports resources. The checklist contains suggestions of equipment essentials, based on the National Curriculum guidance for PE, and aims to help your pupils achieve the required skills at KS1 and KS2. To request the checklist, go to
ypo.co.uk/sportchecklist or call 01924 834 834.
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