COMMUNITY SUPPORTING READING SCHOOL READING SCHOOL PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION The RSPA, led by current Chair, Clare Shandling and a supportive team of parents, provide valued support to Reading School and its pupils through continued partnership and collaboration with the School led by the Headmaster and Chief Operating Officer. The RSPA hold events which enable parents not only to socialise with each other, but also generate income each year through fundraising activities, all of which is available to provide extra equipment for the students, over and above that which the school is able to provide. The RSPA has successfully recently raised funds for: •
The Summer Fayre 2019 raised over £22,000, providing new textbooks to support boys for the new curriculum.
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Minibus campaign February 2020 - A total of £8,940 (plus gift aid totalling £10,981.25) towards two new minibuses.
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In July 2020 the RSPA donated £6,380 towards new outdoor gym equipment for 2020, utilizing money raised via the School Uniform Shop, a 2nd hand clothes drive and selling unwanted items including the old school lockers.
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LRC laptop campaign in October 2019 Quiz night raised over £3000 including matched funding, with an additional £1640 (plus gift aid totalling £2,023.75) via a Virgin Giving page providing 9 laptops and a 32 dock charging station storage cabinet.
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In 2020 an additional 10 Laptops were donated for the Science Block from parental corporate matching and our ongoing online fundraising platforms. These corporate matching and online charity shopping platforms enables the Reading School community to sign up to additional fundraising online platforms that generate income for the RPSA to be able to support the school and costs you nothing!
We are also grateful for the additional support provided by the RSPA via the Uniform Shop, Lost Property sorting, Classlist Portal, Facebook year groups and new starter welcome and membership. The support from the RSPA is key to the school and this is also further exemplified with volunteers taking part in #RSCares—community action via the Society Office. We are all concerned by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, not only for our health and safety, but also on the impact on our organisations and the effects on fundraising during a time when we cannot carry on as ‘normal’ and hold events in the usual way. Therefore, during this time we urge you all to sign up to Amazon Smile, The Giving Machine and EasyFundraising. These sites provide donations when purchases are made at no extra cost to the purchaser via their web browser. They just require sign up (for those with digital copies can click the link below to sign up or visit our website to sign up: https://www.readingschoolpa.org.uk/free-donations-1. Please select Reading School Parent’s Association as your preferred charity for donations to directly benefit Reading School pupils.
Current Executive Committee (AGM is held in October and everyone is welcome to join and new elections are held).
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Our aim is to do what we can to advance the education of our children by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities for education at the School – this means lots of fundraising which in turn needs lots of volunteers and support.
Chair
Clare Shandling
Treasurer
Susie Gupta
Secretary
Teresa Haynes
Assistant Secretary
Jaspreet Dhanjal
Membership Secretary
Kirsty MacInnes
Digital Managers
Jane Amole & Kirsta Rizzo
If you are not a member of the RSPA and would like to join, please email rspamemsec@gmail.com who will always provide a warm welcome to the Association. Thank you for your continued support with special thanks to the Executive Committee.
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SEPTEMBER 2020
