Fundraising Objectives 2024/2025
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Challenge £10K:​
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This year we aimto raise £10,000. This money will repair the sports hall roof and buy new tech for our children.
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Historic Achievements (2023/2024):
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Donated £314 for First Aid Courses for Selected School Forms ✅
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Donated £400 to pay for Pantomime Bus Hire ✅
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Paid £135 for School End-of-Year Disco ✅
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Subsidised Christmas Event by paying £600 towards final costs ✅
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Support the Year 6 Leavers by covering the costs for their Ice Lolly fundraising ✅ ​
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Defibrillator Machine ✅
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Applied for and won a 50% Grant for a Defibrillator Machine, reducing the price from £1,800 to £900 ✅
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Donated £450 towards the remaining balance ✅
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Highfields School paid £450 of the final balance ✅
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Organised a sponsored read with our pupils and Osbourne Books to raise £1,220. Osbourne Books then matched the £1,220 raised and provided books to Highfields to the value of £2,440. ✅
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New School Pond - donated £1,750 to hire a digger for pond groundwork. ✅
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Donated £40,000 to buy a new school bus. ✅
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Donated £3,250 for a 5-year contract with Kitt Medical Allergy, including onsite kits, staff training and maintenance. ✅
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DONATIONS
PUTTING THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING
All the funds raised by the FFH are spent to enrich the school community and the experience of our children, throughout their school journey.
When spending raised funds, the FFH has short, medium and long-term fundraising projects and goals. Contributors to the FFH, through participating in activities and events, enable all of us to see these projects completed and goals fulfilled.
Regular FFH meetings are held either virtually or at agreed venues and all parents and carers of enrolled Highfields students, are welcome to attend. At these meetings, in collaboration with the school, short, medium and long-term spending is agreed upon along with time frames.
While the FFH appreciates direct donations and sponsorships, we are fortunate that there are many new and innovative ways for families to donate to the FFH without impacting their finances.
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These options include signing up for websites that pay a % of your spending directly to the FFH after each transaction, with no cost passed on to you. Similarly, some companies offer Matchfunding programs or allow staff to donate their time at the school while on full pay.
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Easyfundraising
Please sign up for easy fundraising and choose FFH as your charity when shopping with online retailers. Each time you shop with these retailers, a percentage (average 5%) of your total spend will be redirected, straight to the FFH's bank account. ​ Retailers in this program include amazon.co.uk, eBay, Hello Fresh, Dunelm, Boots and more!​
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GiftAid
Gift Aid allows UK charities like the FFH to claim back the basic rate tax already paid by you on donated goods. This means the FFH can claim back from the government on your behalf 25p for every £1 donated. This boosts the value of your donation by a quarter. Yet, it doesn’t cost you anything!
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Sponsorship
We often seek sponsors for our more significant events, including Highfest, the Highfields Ball and other family events. ​​
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Sponsorship opportunities include branding at events, branding on the FFH website, branding on our social media presence, the inclusion of product information in event gift bags and more.
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If you are interested in sponsoring an event, don't hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss the package opportunities.
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Uniform Name Tags
It is now possible to order school name tags for your child's uniform, bags and sports equipment via
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using School ID: 4171
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The labels are custom-designed in a range of pretty colours, and fonts and with a range of bespoke artwork, too.
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When you order via Nametags.com, 24% of your order total is paid directly to the FFH Bank Account.
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If you also activate your Easyfundraising account when making a purchase, a further % of your final order price will also be donated to the FFH.
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Uniform Shop
The FFH operate a Second Hand Uniform shop on-site at Highfields Independent School and Day Nursery.​
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All uniform pieces including school bags, rucksacks and other school branded items are stored and refreshed for purchase for new and existing students.
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Any school uniform donations not sold in the shop, are recycled through the bags-2-school program to ensure they don't end up in landfill.
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Please donate to and purchase from the Second Hand Uniform shop.
HISTORIC FUNDRAISING & SPEND
