Friends of Tickford Park

Our friends association have a great impact on helping the school with the fun events they run and money they raise.

We welcome you and your family as members of FOTP. All parents and carers are automatically members of FOTP and there are many different ways you can support us - some volunteer their time or skills, some people bake, some organize, others build, dig or donate, and many others support and enjoy the events. 

Our aim is to support the school by raising as much money as we can to enhance, enrich and improve learning experiences and facilities for the children. We also want to provide those “little extras” and organise events that make school memorable and fun for the children, such as school disco, movie nights, treat Fridays etc. 

We also strive to bring the school community and home closer together and for our parents and carers to be more involved in their child’s school life. 

Parents, carers, grandparents and other family members of children at the school are invited to join our closed Facebook group - Friends of Tickford Park Primary School | Facebook where you can follow our upcoming events and activities. 



If you’d like to play a more active role, or have a family member or carer who’d like to know more then please get in touch via email or FB message. We don’t ask you to commit specific time or resources, we just let you know if we need help, and if you can get involved then great and if you can’t then that’s ok too

You can aslo help us anytime by raising funds through any of the following: 

• School Lottery 

Sign up to Your School Lottery for as little as £1 per week and help FOTP to raise money. FOTP receives 40p per £1 spent. 

Each week, one FOTP Lottery member will win a cash prize – the more members, the bigger the prize! Additionally, all entrants are entered into a national draw for £25,000! 

Visit: https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/lottery/school/tickford-park-primary-school 

• Easy Fundraising 

If you shop online, you can raise FREE donations for Friends of Tickford Park School. Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them! 

Download easyfundrasing app on your smartphone or 

Visit https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ to get a browser plug in which automatically lets you know when your online purchases will contribute a % of your spend directly to the school, at no extra cost to you! 

• Stikins clothes labels 
  
  Help to avoid lost clothing by labelling your child’s clothes. Order your clothes/item labels through www.stikins.co.uk and quote our fundraising number 36106 when ordering, and FOTP will receive a commission from your order 

• Match Funding

Can you find out if the company you work for offers match funding?

If they do, any money you raise could be matched by your employer. Companies may match the fundraising total for an event, or for the stall/area that their employee is working on. Usually, the employee will need to supply them with a letter from the Friends Association/PTA detailing the date and nature of the event, together with the total raised.

We understand that the high street banks, building societies, supermarkets and large corporations are likely to do match funding, but these schemes are not exclusive to the major corporate giants. If you work for an independent company, they may be interested in charitable giving through match funding too.

If you are able to help us this way, please email us on Friends@tickfordpark.org.uk, and we can discuss your companies’ requirements.

• Cash For Clothes - Collection Bin

Remember that we have a collection bin on school site so you can drop off your donations throughout the year and help raise funds this way. You will find the yellow collection bin next to the school’s conservatory.

Unwanted clothes, shoes, handbags, accessories, toys, games, books are accepted, but please remember these must be in good, clean, resalable condition.

If you want to get involved or you have any questions, please get in touch!

Examples of Past Events:

• Mother’s day shop
• 5 Day lego challenge
• Christmas raffle
• Cash for clothes
• Pizza night event
• Halloween trail
• Smarties challenege
• Jubilee picnic
• Fathers day shop
• Summer raffle draw