WE DID IT!
Find out how these three schools secured funding to develop their pupils’ technology skills
‘Crowdfunding and a grant funded our animation project’
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‘As a holder of an MA in animation and a lecturer on university degree courses, I wanted to use my skills to benefi t my children’s school. I approached the Head with a proposal for an intergenerational animation project. The previous year I had done a model animation project with the school, and I sent these fi lms to Lewisham Council, who suggested I apply to the Lewisham Festival Fund, which could support a further project.
To apply for the fund, we had to raise 15% of
the money ourselves, which was £825. The fund would then consider supporting 70% of the project. We raised half of the money through three cake sales and the remainderthrough a Crowdfunder project. It took a lot of work to create our Crowdfunder page; I wrote a detailed description of the project and made an accompanying video so that everything was clear, and we included rewards ranging from artwork to VIP invites and screenings. We met our fundraising target in February
and our funding was approved in March, meaning we could cover the project costs such
‘We received £1,000 from the Aviva Community Fund towards our Chromebooks’
‘In spring 2017 we purchased 14 Chromebooks and a lockable charger cabinet, as the school was keen to further advance the IT resources available to our children. We had extremely positive feedback from both pupils and staff, and so set out to buy a further 18 Chromebooks to give us a full class set. Our Co-Chair Sarah received an email inviting
her to take part in the Aviva Community Fund as an Aviva customer. We thought ours was a great project to pitch, so decided to apply. The online application was straightforward and
took just a few minutes. To apply we needed our charity number and to have a specifi c project for which we were fundraising. There were different funding levels and categories available, and we opted for the lowest amount of £1,000 in the “skills for life” category. The next step was for the public to vote for their
choice of project through the Aviva Community Fund website. It worked in a ‘fi rst past the post’ style – the fi rst 200 causes in each category to reach 1,000 votes received the funding. Before voting went live we campaigned on our social
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media pages and to our wider school family of parents, guardians, grandparents, friends and village residents, asking them to vote as soon as it was open. It worked, and we found out we’d been successful within a month of voting opening – we were one of the fi rst causes out of 200 to reach 1,000 votes! We received the money all in one go,
and alongside £1,800 from our position as a Co-op Community Fund charity and funds from events, we were able to purchase the 18 Chromebooks to complete our class set of 32. Our children were very excited when they arrived and are really enjoying using them.’ Niki Walker and Sarah Stannard, PTA Co- Chairs, St Edward’s CofE Primary School, Castle Donington, Derby (200 pupils)
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