Contents Autumn 2018 Features


6 We Did It! Three schools explain how they funded their technology projects


17 COVER STORY Budgeting the Curriculum How to keep your school’s curriculum at the heart of budget planning


58 Five Things to do This Term: Finance Director Hayley Dunn shares her autumn term to-do list


Noticeboard


9 News: Educational resources, a new crowdfunding website and more


12 Protecting your Revenue: Find out how to create a tax-efficient separate trading company


14 Campaigns and Competitions: Win prizes or support a cause


Crowdfunding


23 ‘We Crowdfunded £34,907 to put towards our MUGA!’


24 COVER STORY How To Create The Perfect Project Page: Make your campaign page impactful and compelling for maximum returns!


Grant funding


29 ‘An Institute of Physics Grant Helped Us Take Flight!’


30 Read All About It: How the Siobhan Dowd Trust is promoting literacy


33 To Fund An Ambitious Project: Make big fundraising projects approachable


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52 Partnerships


37 ‘Our 10-year partnership with Allen & Overy enriched our children’s education’


38 All Publicity is Good Publicity! How to market your school to potential partners


41 STEM Sells: Find out how social enterprise WISE is promoting female talent in STEM


Event fundraising


45 ‘We Raised £2,471 and Created a Community Event With Our Fireworks Night!’


46 9 Festive Fundraisers: From Christmas calendars to a moonlit hunt


49 Events Made Easy: How to pull off the perfect fundraiser


Resources


51 ‘Mable Speech and Language Therapy Saved Our School £20,000!’


52 Helping Schools Get Value For Money: How the DfE is supporting schools to improve their procurement


55 Furniture Frameworks: Getting value for money on furniture supply and installation


56 WIN! From a wildlife watching kit to history quiz games, we have over £2,000-worth of prizes up for grabs


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