Patcham Junior School

WHAT WE DO

The Friends of Patcham Junior School raise funds to help the school pay for projects and equipment that it couldn’t otherwise afford.

RECENT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

Bonfire Night Cake Sale

Christmas cards & gifts

The Winter Fair

Christmas Raffle

Silent Auction

WHAT WE SPEND FUNDS ON

FOPJs are currently fund raising for a new school library and an onsite defibrillator. FOPJS also organises, runs and pays for the Year 6 leavers’ disco.

HOW WE RAISE MONEY

We hold fund-raising events such as a Christmas fair and raffle, Easter Egg raffle and Summer fair to name but a few.

CAN YOU HELP?

The Friends of Patcham Junior School currently meet once each half-term. We are a very friendly group and welcome new members; we are particularly keen to welcome new parents to work with us and continue to keep our charity going.

Projects are managed between us, members take turns, often buddying up, so that no one feels overwhelmed. If you are interested in joining us, there are plenty of opportunities to help out, to find out more, please email us at: friendsofpatchamjunior@gmail.com

Prefer to volunteer to help us on the day? please look out for our messages via PING and Facebook.

Other ways you can help is to find out if your company runs match-funding or similar schemes as these can be very valuable additions to our fundraising efforts. Please contact us for further suggestions.

Other ways to help

Make a donation – you can support our fund raising directly by following this link to make your contribution. 

Easy Fund Raising - Friends of Patcham Junior School are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!

These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment.

Amazon Smile Parents, Carers, Grandparents, friends and family can also show their support by using Amazon Smile and selecting our charity. We will received donations from your purchases. It’s simple to set up and an easy way for us to continue to raise funds. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/

All parents of children at Patcham Junior School are members of Friends of Patcham Junior School