Oakfield Park School
Friends Constitution
Friends of Oakfield Park is a Registered Charity.
Funds from Friends of Oakfield Park Fund will be used exclusively to provide additional support for the pupils over and above Local Authority budgeted resources.
- To subsidise the provision of residentials.
- To assist with the cost of school events.
- To facilitate the purchase of non-curricular resources
- To facilitate the purchase of large items e.g. School mini bus
- To enhance the personal wellbeing of pupils e.g. purchase of Christmas presents.
Requests for funding are considered termly by the Friends Committee
The Fund shall be audited annually.
Meetings are usually held on Monday at 3:30pm new members welcome. Below are the minutes from the last meeting.
Minutes 13.5.2025
Present: Nicola Cryer, Dale Woolsey Toni Whipp, Linda Lockett, Kathie Burns, Evey Brogan
Apologies: Tracy Bunko,
Previous Actions:
EB - Identify a new auditor for Friends Account
EB – Set up Kathie as treasurer for Friends.
EB to add Nicola Cryer and Kathie Burns to the Friends account and remove Stephanie Nagy?
Kathie to ask Laura what stalls we are allowed for tractor festival
Nicola to ask for items in a gift bag for gala
Paula/Tracy/Linda to ask local business for sponsors for the race night
Dale organise race night letter etc…
Evey to order the tree
Nicola to speak to Earth works to install the tree
School Council to write a letter regarding the Sensory Garden refurbishment
Bank Account No update
The accounts have been submitted 21/22 22/23 – did not pass the audit
23/24 – awaiting return from auditor
Once the 24/25 accounts are returned from being audited the bank mandates can be updated.
Evey to show Kathie how to be treasurer.
Update on account:
Balance is £30902.48
Friends is owed £800
Friends owes £5400 to school
This will be done before end of June 2025
Balance with the adjustments (£26063.53)
Memorial tree £4050 has been paid by cheque
Friends has paid £15000 for sensory garden
New balance £7013.53
Recent fundraising:
Darcy raised £650 for the sensory garden project
Funding requests
Request for another speaker approx. £300 - Agreed.
D1 can we pay 2 staff this year (£1030) - Agreed.
Future Fundraising
Show – Cake and coffee for sale (Friends) 21st 22nd May
Linda to buy 200 cups with lids, 200 cake paper bags and 15 cakes and cans of pop 5 x trays cans.
Drinks £1 Cake £2.50 – Nicola Advertise
Summer 2 - Ackworth Gala – Saturday 28th June 2025
Posters in the staffroom – Nicola C
Gift bags
Volunteers for the day
Sports day – Scones / tea (Governors Day) 4th July
Scones, jam and cream
Drinks £1 Scones and Cream £2.50
Autumn - Race Night
Christmas books – to offer a selection (Santa’s Bookshop)
Ideas to be investigated further:
Friends page set up via Facebook for fundraising . Dale to send Nicola the Poster.
A.O.B.
Laura Hunter 16th and 17th August Tractor Festival Lanes Farm Ackworth. – Cannot commit to this due to timings.
Go-Karts needed new wheels – these have been sent FOC.
Actions:
DW/ KB Card reader – for payments?
Please come along and support us. Everyone is welcome. We have very informal Friends meetings where we discuss ways of raising funds. This money enables the young people of Oakfield Park to continue with those extras which cannot be afforded out of the already stretched school budget.
Next Meeting: 24th June 3:30pm Meeting room 1