Friends of Rathfern
Welcome
We are Friends of Rathfern, a registered charity and Rathfern Primary's PTA. We are a small group of core volunteers, supported by many more parent/carer volunteers and teachers. Through events, fundraising and projects, we help keep Rathfern's sense of community strong and thriving, and raise money for critical events, resources, and opportunities for our children. We want to give each child the best experience they can have during their time at Rathfern, and we do that in many ways-- from funding class trips to buying games for SEN students, hosting quiz nights for adults to a Merry Market at winter, from dressing up as Santa and gifting children books to holding bake sales each month. Our big event of the year is the Summer Fair, typically in June.
We depend on the support of parents and carers to keep our events going and make them magical (and money raising!) for our students. There are many ways to support, in-person includes:
-volunteering at our summer fair
-helping run our bake sales at the end of each month (if we have enough volunteers then we can rotate without relying too heavily on a few people)
-joining the core committee (we need a shopper/stockist!)
Behind the scenes help could include:
-joining our raffle committee to help us source prizes for our raffles
-signing up to easyfundraising (earn money for us while you online shop, no extra expense to you!)
-seeing if your company matches donations and/or makes financial donations when you volunteer your time
You can see what we're up to on Instagram and Facebook @friends_of_rathfern and also email us anytime with ideas or if you'd like to get involved! You can get us at
forathfern@gmail.com
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registered charity number: 1086815
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Thank you for your support.
