Fundraising
‘OUR SANTA RUN RAISED ALMOST £24,000 FROM 480 INDIVIDUAL SPONSOR PAGES’
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he David Ross Education Trust (DRET) is a network of 34 primary and secondary schools across the country,
with more than 13,000 pupils in total. Many of our pupils qualify for free school meals and pupil premium funding, and our MAT has developed an Inspiration Fund to provide an award-winning enrichment programme of access to high quality sports, music, culture and outward-bound activities.
Events and initiatives supported by the
fund include a Summer Cup (a festival of seven summer sports) and Winter Cup (football and netball), DRET Music Festivals and talent days (with specialist musicians, dance instructors, elite athletes and Olympians). We have also funded mentoring programmes, an All Stars programme (including music, football, netball, rowing and rugby), improved sports facilities and equipment, specialist sports
programmes, instrumental lessons and a ‘Singing Schools’ project. Traditionally, we have used paper-
based methods of raising money for the fund. However, when Covid-19 struck, we realised we needed to look at different ways to raise sponsorship and collect donations. Our main annual fundraiser is a Santa Run event, which gives pupils across all our schools the chance to raise sponsorship for a Santa suit which they can then walk, jog or run in. It’s a really
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