Letter from Friends of Handsworth
29 Sep 2023
Dear all,
On behalf of Friends of Handsworth, a very warm welcome back to all our Handsworth Primary School families and a huge welcome to the parents and carers of our brand-new Reception classes, Ms. O'Connor and Mr. Ratnatunga
We hope you all had a great summer holiday and are looking forward to a happy and healthy new school year.
For those just joining the school, we wanted to let you know a little more about Friends of Handsworth. And for those already familiar, here’s a reminder! At the end of the email, we’ve also included some important dates for your diaries.
Our upcoming AGM
Our Annual General Meeting is held at the beginning of the autumn term and is an opportunity for all parents to come along and hear in more detail about events run and funds raised, as well as how the money has been spent. It is also the occasion when we elect our new Committee.
This year’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Zoom:
Friday 13th October from 7:30pm
To join the AGM, please see our zoom call details below:
Max Ferreira is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87860710288?pwd=5fyigYWsTtpWP1DX6SEj3nn39r10oe.1
Meeting ID: 878 6071 0288
Passcode: 0F496x
About Friends of Handsworth
We're a small, friendly bunch comprising parents, carers, and staff, all with busy lives but with one main aim: to raise money to enrich our children's time at school. This is how we do it…
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Talk to each other: sometimes meeting face-to-face, or via our WhatsApp group.
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Organise events, including summer fetes, quiz nights, comedy nights, Christmas fayres, doughnuts and ice cream sales, to name a few.
On top of this, we have forged some great friendships, had loads of fun and enjoyed the satisfaction of watching everyone having a great time whilst raising money to support our children’s education.
However, there are only a few of us - we all work, we all have families and little spare time. So, it's not always easy to get everything done and it would be great if our band of helpers was bigger.
Can you help?
The good news is, you're already part of our school community so you're halfway there! We need...
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New members with fresh ideas, willing to help at our events
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Volunteers at those events to help run stalls and games, set up and clear away
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Connections! Do you know anyone in a business who might be able to support our events in some way? Donations, tickets, matching funds?
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Can you bake? Food always features in our events!
To get in touch, visit our Friends of Handsworth Facebook page, email the school office or ask via your class WhatsApp group - there is a Friends of Handsworth representative for each class who informs everyone about our events, if for any reason there isn't one person sharing information on your class Whatsapp group, please get in touch with Max so we can add you to our class reps group.
If you're not able to help with any of that, the best way of supporting our fundraising is to attend our events, check if your employer supports *MATCHING FUND SCHEMES, use EASYFUNDRASING when shopping online. Also sign up to our events ticket sales website at www.pta-events/friendsofhandsworth/
* Match giving, or match funding, is a simple way to maximise the fundraising efforts of your individual PTA volunteers. It is an informal, albeit corporate, arrangement between a company and an employee. Usually, a company pledges to match a sum of money relating to the amount the employee has either raised or donated to a charity.
Dates for your diary
We have lots coming up in the last few months of 2023 – take a look and we hope to see you at one of all of our events very soon!
AGM 2023: Friday 13th October from 7:30pm (Zoom call)
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Children’s Christmas cards: Middle of October
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Quiz Night: Friday 10th November from 7pm
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Christmas fayre: Saturday 25th November 11am to 4pm
We promise food, fun and friendship so you are all welcome!
We hope to see you soon
Friends of Handsworth
Thank you,
Max Ferreira
Chair