Contents Spring 2022 Features


6 COVER STORY Fundraising success How one school event surpassed its target, and another school highlighted the community benefits of its campaign


9 COVER STORY Fund your playground School income generation expert Justin Smith shares his tips to get your campaign up and running, plus we explore grant options and profile one school’s success


42 Last word Helen Burge reflects on her Trust’s eco journey


Grants


30 Diary of a fundraiser Lynne Moore shares the successes and challenges of her eventful autumn term in Maidenhead


Partnerships


33 Podcast connections How to enrich your CPD on your journey to work


34 Relationships with rewards Developing successful lettings begins with building good relationships


Resources


15 ‘We’ve secured grants for outdoor learning and greening our environment’


18 COVER STORY Budgeting for success School business managers know a lot about budgets and targets. So how can this knowledge shape your application for funding?


21 Grants for schools Our pick of the current grants available


Fundraising


27 Steps to success With little state funding, how the Royal Latin School raised £3million to deliver a new sports campus


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you think of FundEd and share your fundraising stories. Email the team at editor@ funded.org.uk


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37 Procuring a green future How two MATs teamed up to create savings of nearly £6million through new LED lighting. Plus our quick guide to sustainable procurement


40 Skilling up for STEM Kit out your classrooms with our pick of innovative products to support science and technology


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