Parents, Teachers and Friends Association
If you would like to make a one off or monthly donation to the PTFA, please click on the button below. Donations can range from £2 to £100,000.
PTFA Stands for Parents, Teachers and Friends Association.
In 2024/25 we raised a PROFIT of over £17.5k through various fundraisers such as the Summer and Winter Fairs, raffle tickets, and regular non-uniform days for a £1 donation and tuck shop sales.
We also help parents with the ongoing costs of uniform by selling pre-loved items outside the school office that are accessed at all times during term time. The uniforms are all sorted, washed and displayed for sale by a tiny team of volunteers.
If you have a child at Brunswick Primary School the best way to hear about what we do is to sign up on Classlist and download the app. This is our primary method of communicating with the school community about upcoming events, buying event tickets, buying raffle tickets and so forth.
Every penny we raise is invested in resources, equipment and events for the school. In recent years we have funded the following:
- A new EYFS (Reception) outdoor play area
- An outdoor green gym
- Table tennis tables
- New equipment for the OPAL play scheme
- Year 6 leaver’s hoodies (part-funded it)
- Improving and maintaining the expansive school field (we are so lucky to have this space!)
- A brand new Reading Shed for book swaps, to celebrate the year of Reading
and so on......
More new improvements and additions are coming soon!
| * | Why our PTFA exists |
Brunswick Primary School PTFA was set up in September 2016, in the hope of building on the success of the former “Friends of Brunswick”. This change was brought about after the amalgamation of Somerhill Junior and Davigdor Infant Schools and also the requirement for the new PTFA to have it’s own bank account, so that future fundraising moneys could be kept separate from the school funds account.
Our chief objective is to continue to raise money that can be spent improving equipment and resources within the school. In addition to this, we want the PTFA to facilitate fun ways of bringing staff, parents and friends together socially in support of our school. We believe that by enriching the life of the school we also enrich the life of the surrounding community and the families living within it.
Our Charity objects and statement of public benefit
The object of Brunswick Primary School PTFA is to advance the education of pupils in the school in particular by:
(i) developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school; and
(ii) engaging in activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the education of the pupils.
The charity trustees have due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. We believe the main activities undertaken by Brunswick Primary School PTFA, as described in this report, are for the public benefit in relation to these objects.
| * | Charity status and structure |
Charity law requires voluntary organisations such as ours with an annual income over £5000.00 to register with the Charity Commission. We were granted charity status in August 2017 and the registered charity number for Brunswick Primary PTFA is 1174170.
As a charity we are bound by a governing document referred to as our constitution and we have adopted the PTA UK model constitution. This constitution has necessitated that we formalise our meetings and committee.
Co-Chairs - Sandra Dyke and Sally Powell
Secretary - Kerry Rowe
Treasurer - Ian Kidd
Trustee - Sharmin Memon
If you would like to become a Trustee, please contact brunswickprimaryptfa@gmail.com
If you are interested in becoming a member of the PTFA, please contact brunswickprimaryptfa@gmail.com