Thank you to everyone for supporting our Welly Waddle today – what a fab day!
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Jeans for Genes Day
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.
Woman’s FUNdraising Night
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:
Toy Fund Parent Consultation 2015
Following some council efficiency savings we carried out a parent consultation to seek your views. The results of this parent consultation can be read by clicking the following link:
Toy & Fruit Fund envelopes are due out now.
The envelopes are marked with the amount due for each term. Some parents prefer to pay for the full year, some for the term only and some prefer to pay on a weekly basis. Choose whatever method suits you best!
Thank you to all parents who support the FC by contributing to this fund. Let’s continue to reach a 100% contribution.
Woman’s Night FUNdraising Event – Raffle Tickets now available
Even if you are not able to come along to our upcoming fundraising event – you can still support the Family Centre by purchasing some raffle tickets before the event.
Ask Donna or Aileen for tickets – 50p.
‘Women’s Health & Beauty Evening’
We are all really looking forward to the upcoming fundraising event…..last few tickets remaining so you’d better be quick if you want to join the fun!
Pop in to buy your ticket – don’t miss out on what’s going to be a fab night!
Click on the link to find out more:
Women’s Health & Wellbeing Evening Poster
Waitrose Community Matters
We are delighted to be accepted as the Waitrose “Community matters” donation this month.
So please take every opportunity to drop your wee green tokens in the bucket for IMS&FC. This will allow us to buy some summer science equipment for our outdoor learning areas.
Many thanks for your support.
Toy Fund Envelopes and Consultation
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.
