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Who are we? Our members
Every Holme Grange School parent/carer is automatically a member of the Parent Amenities Association (PAA), plus teaching and non-teaching staff currently employed by the school. The PAA is led by a committee of volunteer parents who meet regularly, to share fundraising ideas and plan events for both the children and their parent/carer members of the school community.
What do we do? Our Purpose
We work with the school to deliver on our three core principles:
Fostering charitable initiatives to instil empathy and social responsibility in our students.
Building a cohesive school community that champions inclusivity and shared values.
Establishing a successful partnership between the school, PAA, and families to enhance the overall educational experience. Together, we aim to create an environment where every student thrives academically, socially, and emotionally, supported by engaged parents and a school committed to excellence.
How do we work?
By organising activities and events in which we always try to balance the fundraising with the fun! From children’s crafts, such as Christmas cards and recipe books, to the big annual events including a family fireworks extravaganza and the jewel in the PAA crown, our grand summer ball.
How can you get involved?
The adage ‘many hands make light work’ really does hold true for any voluntary organisation including our PAA. You can do as much or as little as you feel comfortable with, from joining the committee to sharing ideas and raffle tickets, so please do get in touch. Please contact Kate Webb or Lauryn Lancaster (Joint Chairs of the PAA)
Why get involved?
Helping the PAA not only raises valuable funds to benefit our children, surrounding community and other causes, but it is also a great way of meeting other parents/carers and joining the Holme Grange community.
We look forward to meeting you. Here are a few very simple fundraising opportunities to get you started!
Ongoing easy fundraising opportunities
Match funding
Many companies throughout the UK offer employees the chance to boost their school’s fundraising efforts by ‘matching’ the money employees raise. If you think your company could support us through match-funding, please contact: [email protected].
The Giving Machine
You can register at Home | TheGivingMachine, choose the Holme Grange PAA as your charity, then every time you use the Giving Machine to access a retailer, the PAA will receive funding.
Other Retail Organisations
Some organisations donate a percentage of the purchase value back to the PAA. These include Amazon Smile, Easy to Name and The Zero Waste Delivery Company.
Amazon smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/
Easy2Name: www.easy2name.com
The Zero Waste Delivery Company:
https://www.thezerowastecompany.com/
Holme Grange PAA Constitution
The purpose and objective of the association is to advance the education and enhance the experience of the pupils in the school in particular by:
- Developing effective relationships between the staff, parents and others associated with the school.
- Engaging in projects, activities or providing facilities or equipment which support the school and advance the experiences and education of the pupils.
- To raise funds for and organise the provision of additional equipment and amenities for the school and elected charitable or corporate social responsibility (CSR) causes as decided in collaboration with the school.
NB: Minimum of 20% of funds raised will be donated to an annually chosen charity or assigned to CSR activities e.g. supporting partner schools.
Governing Principles
- Membership shall be open to all parents and members of the teaching and non teaching staff.
- Officers of the Association shall be a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer plus 3 event coordinators and a Marketing and Communications coordinator.
- The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Committee of no less than 4 (Chair, Co-Chair or deputy, Treasurer and Secretary and the Headteacher or their nominee, ex officio.
- Committee members shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting.
- Annually there will be a review of core members and their willingness and ability to continue. No member shall serve for more than 9 years consecutively. The Chairman’s term of office shall not exceed 4 years, and during the last year of office a Chairman-elect shall be appointed by the Committee.
- Core committee members and event volunteers must fulfil as a minimum the obligations of their applicable role profiles or risk removal from the committee (role profiles available on request).
- All committee members/trustees shall be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred in the administration of the association.
- Committee members/trustees can enter into contracts with the association for the provision of goods and services to the association (but not contracts of employment with the association except with the prior written consent of the Charity Commission) provided that:
- The maximum amount is set out in writing and is reasonable for the services provided.
- The committee members/trustees are satisfied that the agreement is in the interests of the charity before entering into it
- The total number of committee members/trustees entitled to such remuneration is in the minority from time to time.
- An Annual Report, together with a Statement of Accounts, shall be prepared for submission to the Annual General Meeting.
- The Association shall not interfere in any way with the functions of the Headteacher and her staff.
- The Association shall not concern itself with matters relating to individual children which shall continue to be a matter between the parents and the Headteacher and the Board.
- The activities of the Association shall be subject to the approval of the Governing Body.
- This constitution may be amended at a general meeting of the association by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast but:
- The members must be given 21 clear days’ notice of the proposed amendments
- No amendment is valid if it would make a fundamental change to the charitable purpose (objects)/clause 2 or destroy the charitable status of the association and no amendment may be made to clause 9 without the prior written consent of the Charity Commission
- A copy of any resolution amending the constitution must be sent to the Charity Commission within 21 days of it being passed.