Fundraising for schools
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Ever had the horror of running a cake stand? Do charity egg and spoon races haunt your dreams? Moneybox is looking to make you the Jeff Bezos of the the bake sale and make your fundraiser go further.
Parent Teacher Associations are changing, their roles and are now more important than ever. With budget cuts in schools and pressure for new technology the need for extra funding has never been greater.
Moneybox Live looks at how school fundraisers can maximise their money, bring in new volunteers, use charitable status to find new funding and adapt to the digital world.
Presenter Felicity Hannah is joined by Carol Rogerson of PTA Plus magazine, Kerry Jane Packman from charity Parentkind and Susan Burton from start-up Classlist to answer listeners' questions.
Contact the Money Box team to tell your stories The number to call is 03 700 100 444, geographic charges apply. The lines open at 1pm on Wednesday. Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk or tweet @moneybox
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| 0:46.2 | Hello, and today we are talking about supercharging school fundraising. |
| 0:51.0 | In the past, parent groups would raise funds for the extras that were nice to have, |
| 0:55.0 | but now schools are under pressure to offer their pupils more than ever. |
| 1:00.4 | From playground upgrades to tablets for every child, school budgets are stretched tight, |
| 1:04.8 | and that has made the parent-teacher associations, or PTAs, even more important. |
| 1:09.4 | I went to a primary school in the north-west of England and spoke to some experts about their favourite ways to raise cash. |
| 1:11.9 | We really like the school bingo because it's lots of fun. |
| 1:14.4 | Obviously, it's like a family environment, lots of children come bring their siblings. |
| 1:19.0 | And we all obviously get to win lots of nice chocolate if we do win the full house. |
| 1:23.6 | And do you volunteer? |
| 1:25.5 | Yeah, very often I will go on a stand, either selling drinks to make money towards the school, |
| 1:31.3 | or there's obviously the raffle tickets to be sold, and there's obviously always an opportunity to keep the children in line as well. |
| 1:39.3 | What's been your favourite fundraiser? |
| 1:41.3 | Where you get to come in in your pyjamas and you bring one pound in. |
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