Category Archives: Fundraising

MacMillan Coffee and Bake Off

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Thank you so much to everyone who supported the MacMillan Coffee and Bake Off event today!

As you can see, we hade a super Bake Off with parents and grandparents joining in on the action!

Sandra’s lemon drizzle was just divine and Lorraine’s home made jam…..yuuummmmyyy!

Thank you to all supporters of the event – those who baked, those who made a monetary donation and those who came along on the day. Many Thanks.

Grand Total Raised by Isobel Mair Family Centre:

£222.72

Superhero Smoothies

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The children have all been working really hard to plan our upcoming Superhero themed fundraising event!

They have thought about their favourite healthy fruit ingredients, looked at recipe books, designed their own smoothies and even thought of catchy names for their drinks.

Please bring your purses along on Friday to purchase a handmade fresh fruit smoothie from our Superhero Smoothie Stall. Remind your child to dress up as their favourite Superhero too.

We are fundraising in support of Cash for Kids. Please click below or copy and paste the link in to your browser to read more about the excellent work carried out by all at Clyde 2:

http://www.clyde2.com/charity/superheroday/

For a speedy £5.00 donation you could also text CLYDE to 70808

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Tesco Bags of Help Grant Award

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We recently made an application to the Tesco Bags of Help Grant Scheme and are DELIGHTED to discover that our application has been considered by the shortlisting panel and  we have been chosen to receive a grant!!

 Tesco have told us that the competition for funding has been very fierce and only projects with the strongest fit with the programme criteria and outcomes have been selected. Our project along with the other two successful projects in our region have gone forward to a public vote in Tesco stores with customers deciding the outcome.

The project with the highest public vote will receive £12,000, the second placed project £10,000 and the third placed project £8,000.

 Voting has ‘gone live’ and time is running out to cast your vote to ensure we win top prize!! You can cast your vote by posting a red token into the collection post at Tesco Barrhead or Tesco Express Newton Mearns. Voting draws to an end on Sunday 6th March – so PLEASE pop along to Tesco and help support the Family Centre as we try to further develop our grounds for learning with our ‘Nature Nurture’ project.

 To help publicise our efforts even more why not share with your friends and encourage them to vote for us too?

 You could take a photo of you and/or your child posting their voting token and Tweet us @IsobelMairFC to let us know!! Use the #BagsofHelp in your tweet to let @Tesco_Scotland know we are getting busy!!

 We can’t wait to see your photographs 🙂

Christmas Fayre 2015

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Thank you to all parents who supported last night’s Christmas Fayre. We had so many parents who donated items for the tombola, bottle stall, home baking and handmade items for us to sell at our table so many thanks to all!

It was a wonderful evening with a fantastic turn out despite the torrential rain, many thanks for coming along.

Here are a few pictures.

 

Jeans for Genes Day

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Please help us fund raise for Jeans for Genes Day 2015!

The money raised helps change the lives of thousands of children affected by genetic disorders, from providing vital support and equipment to offering children the opportunity to meet others affected by the same condition.

The need is urgent: every year 30,000 children are born with a genetic disorder. One in 25 children are affected, so the chances are many children in your local community will need help. Jeans for Genes Day is a great way to bring children together for a great cause in a simple and fun way.

Simply by wearing jeans  and bringing in a donation, everyone can do something truly extraordinary.

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Woman’s FUNdraising Night

Fundraising

An amazing total of £1350 has been raised through the organisation of the recent Woman’s Health and Well Being  FUNdraising event.

Huge thank you to Kath Carswell for her hard work in planning and hosting this event. It was a truly fantastic night with lots of advice and lots of laughs!

If any parent would like to join Kath on the Fundraising Committee, just let us know.

Here are a few photos of the event:

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Toy Fund Envelopes and Consultation

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Envelopes

Our Term 4 Toy Fund envelopes are now ready and will be handed out tomorrow. You should find a note inside your envelope asking for your views about a potential change to the Toy Fund. Please complete the return slip and pop back into the envelope before returning. If you would like to add any comments, please feel free to do so on the reverse.

Consultation Information

Our Toy Fund has always been a vital aspect of funds for us in terms of ensuring we can make particular purchases outwith our local authority budget. We have made purchases in response to children’s interest and parent comment, for example we recently purchased library bags at a cost of £400 using Toy Fund money. This enabled us to re-establish our IMFC Lending Library.

We also use Toy Fund money at times of celebration i.e. buying special snack items to celebrate Diwali, costumes when organising the annual Nativity, end of term parties and of course our Graduation Ceremony!!

We are thinking about increasing the Toy Fund to cover additional costs following recent efficiency savings across the authority and we want to hear your views.

We previously received a delivery of fresh fruit for our children each week to be used during snack time. Snack is an important aspect of our day and when children come together for snack they are learning important social skills in addition to skills in health and wellbeing, numeracy and literacy. If snack is to continue in the same way – we need to ensure we can cover costs. This is why we are carrying out a consultation with you. 

Consultation is really important to ensure each and every parent and carer is offered opportunities to share their views. All views are taken into account, listened to and acted upon and we will ensure we make decisions in collaboration with you.

We have a small minority of parents who do not pay into the Toy Fund as it is a voluntary contribution. To ensure those parents can still share their views, blank consultation forms are available on the table in the foyer.

If any parent thinks they may be ‘behind’ in their Toy Fund payment and would like to bring payments up to date please speak to Donna who will be happy to work out the total amount due.

We look forward to hearing and acting on your views.