Funding success


around last January, we would have saved so much time and gained much quicker access to funding! Being a faith school, we were able to apply


for money from faith-based societies like The Hospital of God and The Knights of St Columbus, and most of these grants are around the £1,000 mark. However, we found it difcult to nd grants for which we were eligible. We decided to rethink our strategy and began


contacting former pupils and parents who owned businesses, asking for nancial support. We received a great response and people were very generous – not just nancially, but also in supplying produce, goods, and services to help with fundraising events and with the build itself. On the events side, we tried to be open-minded


‘We raised £30,000 through grant-funding and events to rebuild the school chapel.’


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‘A


t the beginning of last year, our school asked the PTA to help fund the rebuilding of the school, including a new chapel.


We accepted the request, but knew we were in for a challenging year! We began by gathering ideas for events, discussing how we could communicate our need to the wider community, and registering with HMRC to add Gift Aid to any donations we received. Our search for grant funding was done mainly


on the internet, but proved to be very time- consuming – had the FundEd programme been


and try new ideas. These included an Irish night, treasure hunt, car boot sale, and bag pack. Our community coffee mornings, run as part of an outreach project to prevent loneliness, also topped up the fund. Through the events, appeals, grants, and Gift Aid, our PTA was able to contribute £30,000 to the chapel fund, which we were delighted with! The remaining £60,000 came from savings


made by the school, and direct donations from other businesses in our area, which were as a result of requests from school staff. Many people in the community read about our need for funding in the local newspaper and heard about it via word of mouth, so were generous enough to drop into the school and donate what they could. We are so pleased that we kept at it and we’re thrilled with the new chapel.’ Pat Chambers, PTA Chair, St Michael’s Catholic Academy, Billingham, Stockton-On-Tees (825 pupils)


‘Thanks to a grant of £10,000, our pupils are enjoying their new play equipment!’


‘O


ur school’s play equipment was looking very old and didn’t meet new health and safety guidelines, so we looked into


fundraising to replace it. We applied for grants on two occasions, but unfortunately we weren’t successful. Following this, we contacted funding experts Integrated Community Solutions CIC (ics-cic.org.uk) – they offered us a no-win, no-fee agreement, which included advisory support for a 12-month period. We thought this sounded like a great option! The whole process was very smooth. Within weeks we received the exciting news


that we’d been successful and were awarded £10,000 from Awards for All. The equipment was installed two months later by our chosen supplier, ESP Play, who even provided £11,500-worth of equipment for the price of £10,000, which actually


made our project “cost neutral”! The children now have a climbing wall, scrambling net, log traverse, and tyre climbing frame to play with, and they are thoroughly delighted with the new equipment.’ Mel Whittington, Business Manager, St Andrew’s CE Primary School, Eccles, Salford (214 pupils)


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