ENRICHMENT GUIDE
Our guide to delivering enrichment
Tried and tested Crowdfunding and events There are many platforms that allow you to run one-off or ongoing campaigns online. For an enrichment appeal, it’s best to organise a dedicated fundraising event or series of events (such as a Grow a Pound challenge) that you can publicise on your crowdfunding platform. The InvestMyCommunity site, for instance, allows you to profi le what you are raising money for – and why. Creating such a story around what enrichment means for your pupils and what difference it will make to them is what really encourages people to give. The site also shows a running tally of your donations and provides a QR code for easy giving. Pupils and teachers can set up their own linked pages to attract more donations.
Work with your PTA Traditionally PTA fundraisers have been one of the main sources of enrichment funds, though their remit has increasingly expanded to fi ll other funding gaps. Many PTAs still put aside funds to support enrichment, but you could galvanise their support by collaborating on a specifi c activity and fundraising target. Visit
funded.org.uk/ fundraising-success/events-and- activities for inspiration.
Run a raffle If your School Fund or PTA is a registered charity, you could organise a raffl e to pay for enrichment activities. Someone will have to put the work in to source prizes but a well-run and well- publicised raffl e could raise several thousand pounds. Online sites, such
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peoplesfundraising.com, allow you to sell tickets and accept and track donations, taking away the need for time-consuming paper tickets and cash payments.
Set up a school lottery Why not consider setting up a school lottery that could provide a dedicated funding stream for enrichment at yourschoollottery.
co.uk
Community and voluntary organisations Keep an eye out for new local and national funding streams you can tap into – whether from charities, local councils, foundations and trusts, Rotary or Lions clubs. These are often initiated to improve educational engagement and support children post-pandemic.
Why not try? Local universities and colleges These institutions usually have outreach teams that work to raise their profi le and develop a more inclusive intake for the future. Indeed, individual departments may have their own outreach team that organises visits to local schools and can lend out or provide free resources (see overleaf for how Sussex University’s physics and astronomy department lends out its planetarium). Outreach teams may
‘Creating a story
around what enrichment means for your pupils is what really encourages people to give’
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also organise speakers, workshops, student ambassadors or other activities for both primary and secondary pupils. For instance, London
Metropolitan University’s Widening Participation team runs specifi c events for students who have been in local authority care, have a learning disability or are in other vulnerable groups. Imperial College runs activities, including primary school planetarium days (held at the campus and nearby Science Museum), talks with scientists, and a science club programme for schools in disadvantaged areas. Meanwhile, the University of Manchester’s Gateways Programme enables learners in Years 7 to 11 to participate in academic enrichment and higher education awareness activities, where they can fi nd out more about university life, explore courses and develop a range of skills.
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