Friends of Castle
Registered Charity 1076848
Who are we? What do we do? Will we help your child? Why do we need you? What do we mean to you?
We are all parents, just like you and you are most welcome at meetings to gather information and participate. We have a committee made up of 4 officers: Chair - currently Mrs Julie Watson, Vice-Chair – currently Mrs Sarah Giles, Treasurer – currently Mrs Caroline Lewis and Head Teacher and up to 12 voting members. New and incumbent members are elected each year at the AGM held in October. We usually hold one or two meetings a term, which are very informal and you do not need to be a committee member to come along. Mrs Rogers – a school staff member - acts as the Friends' Secretary and can be contacted at the school to provide or pass on information to the Friends Committee. We are always looking for more parents to join the committee.
We organise and run (with the help of many volunteers, school staff and Mr Freedman) events and functions to raise funds for the school for the benefit of all the children.
Recently, our funds have bought the electronic notice boards and the furniture in the covered courtyard.
50/50 Club
For just £10 a year you can join our 50/50 Club. Each month (except July and August) there is a draw with various monetary prizes amounting to 50% of the total fund. The winners are published in the school bulletin and prizes are sent via the post. The remaining 50% of the fund goes to the Friends to provide extra funding to enhance the school environment. Please contact Mrs Ros Rogers at the school for further information.
School Fund Contribution
The Friends would like to ask families in the school for an annual voluntary contribution (suggested amount £10) to the "School Fund". If you would like to contribute the this Fund, please send your donation in an envelope to Mrs Ros Rogers at the School. (Cheques made payable to "The Friends of the Castle School" please.)
Shop Online and Raise Funds
“Easyfundraising” is a shopping directory listing online stores including Argos, Next, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys R Us, HMV and over 2000 others. Just use the links on the Easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, we'll receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make.
It’s completely free to register and you won’t pay a penny more for your shopping when you use the Easyfundraising site. In fact you can even save money as many retailers offer discounts, special offers and even 'e-vouchers' exclusive to Easyfundraising.
If you shop online anyway then why not raise valuable extra funds for us by using this scheme. All you need to do is visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/thecastlesch and when you register, select The Friends of The Castle School - Taunton as the organisation you wish to support.
Search the Web and Raise Funds
You can also raise funds when you search the Web - with Easysearch.
When you search the Web with Easysearch instead of Google or any other search engine, you’ll raise funds for us with every search you make. Just like Easyfundraising it’s completely free to use and if you make just 10 searches a day, you could raise £20 a year - or more - for us, just by switching to Easysearch.
What’s more, Easysearch is a 'super' search engine that combines the strengths of several search providers together - Yahoo!, Bing, Ask.com and many more. Easysearch tracks down the most relevant and accurate results from across the Web, which means you’ll find what you’re looking for quickly and easily every time - all in one ‘easy’ search.
Check out our unique Easysearch page at http://thecastlesch.easysearch.org.uk and use it every time you search the Web.