Category: Fundraising

While we’d encourage everyone to support local and small businesses, we know that’s not an option for everyone. The run up to Christmas is the busiest online shopping period of the year and it may be busier than ever this year.

One of the things we do as parents is raise funds to help the school do more — providing more opportunities to students and helping families who struggle with the costs of the school day. This year we haven’t been able to do this as easily, so we need your help more than ever.

We have two ways to benefit Trinity Academy when you order online and they won’t cost you a penny more!

1. Amazon Smile – when you choose to buy using Amazon Smile we get a small amount from every elegible purchase. If you buy things using your phone or tablet you can even make that donation automatic!
   • It’s the same products, same prices, and there’s no cost to you
   • You generate donations
   • Support our charity
2. EasyFundraising – Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then shop as normal and over 4,000 different retailers will donate to us for free!

One of the things we do as parents is raise funds to help the school do more — from providing more opportunities to students, to helping families who struggle with the costs of the school day. In the past we ran fundraising events that were opportunities for parents to meet socially, perhaps enjoy an outdoor movie or a quiz night or even live music in the school.

For the foreseeable future we won’t be able to run those events but we will look for alternatives and we want to continue to support the school, now more than ever, so we need your help.

Please join the 50:50 club, keep using EasyFundraising and Amazon Smile when you buy things online but also think about whether you could afford to make a small regular payment to our charity — Trinity Academy Charity Trust. Just a few pounds (just whatever you can afford) donated every month could make a massive difference to helping the school and it’s really easy.

1. Go to our fundraising page at Virgin Money Giving
2. Choose a donation and add Gift Aid if you can. That automatically increases the value of your donations by 25% and we get the money from the government.

It’s that simple… Thanks for your help.

Prizes for our 50:50 club are now around £75 each month and we’ve made it really easy to join.

One of the things we do as a Parent Council is to raise funds which are then given to the school. We raise money through events (such as wine tastings, quiz, race and music nights), Easy Fundraising, our 50:50 draw, sponsorship and working with Trinity Accies and the rugby and hockey tour, fundraising group to hold joint events.

It is the beginning of the new school year and we would like new members to join the fundraising group. The group will meet to work out a programme of events and the specific tasks that need to be done throughout the year. It will then meet on an ad-hoc basis.

You can do as little or as much as you like and if you cannot be at events you can still help as there are certain admin tasks that need to be done too.

Examples of tasks you could volunteer to do are as follows;

• Complete the Form for the hire of the school for events
• Request the alcohol licence for events
• Promote the use of Easy Fundraising
• Promote the 50/50 draw
• Serve on the bar at events
• Organise or sell raffle tickets
• Shop for supplies such as beer, wine and food etc
• Make posters/tickets for events
• Encourage others to come to the events
• Set up and clear up at events

The fundraising group is good fun and a great way to get to know other parents at the school.

If you are interested in joining the Fundraising Group please contact us by 6th September and we will arrange the 1st meeting.

Welcome back to a new school year!

A group of parents is cycling 46 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh on 10th September to raise funds for the school. We have setup a page for donations on JustGiving and it is now live to collect donations. If you can please check out the page and give generously.

Every penny we receive will go to Parent Council funds to help the school with their projects. Please help support our students at Trinity Academy.

Calling all ‘Quizzers’ out there…

The Annual Quiz Night will be held on Friday 3rd March at 7pmTickets cost just £5 and £2.50 for kids.
Pupils — make a team & see if you can beat your parents.

Or have a Family team and see if you can beat your neighbours.