Friends of Park/PTA Update November 2025

We’re pleased to share some important news from the recent Friends of Park AGM. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Jo Williams, who stepped down as Treasurer during the meeting. Jo has served the Friends of Park with exceptional dedication for many years. Her commitment, accuracy, and attention to detail have been instrumental in supporting our work, and we are truly appreciative of all she has contributed. We wish Jo every success in her future endeavours and hope her next Treasury role brings her as much fulfilment as this one. 

We are also pleased to announce that Ruth Eales has been appointed as our new Treasurer. We look forward to working with Ruth and continuing to build on the strong foundations Jo has helped establish. 

The Friends of Park/PTA group plays an important role in supporting our school through fundraising and events that benefit all our students. 

If you are interested in: 

• Learning more about the work we do 

• Getting involved in fundraising activities 

• Attending our upcoming meetings 

Please get in touch with us at louise.brierley@thsp.org.uk. 

Friends of Park, Park Schools’ Parent, Teacher and Friend Association, raises vital funds for our school. We meet once every half term, on the second Monday at 5pm in school to organise and support fundraising events, such as the Year 7 Treasure Hunt, Christmas plays and concerts, Christmas and Summer Raffles and the Summer Fayre. We would love to see new parents and carers at our meetings and welcome any ideas or help that you might be able to offer. Our meetings normally last around an hour or so, and we don’t ask you to commit to every meeting and every event, just help out where and when you can.

School Lottery

A large part of our fundraising has been achieved by our community’s support of the Lottery – you can sign up via the link below. Entry is £1 per week and 40% comes back to Friends of Park. We have over 1400 families at The Park Community School and if every family joined the Lottery we could support more student activities in and out of school and the potential weekly prize fund could grow to approximately £350.

• Signing up for the School Lottery

Easy Fundraising

When shopping online, shop through Easy Fundraising who have over 7000 brands registered with them, choose The Park Community School as your cause and you will donate to the school at no cost to yourself – your fellow supporters have raised over £300 in this way for school projects

• Shopping via EasyFundRaising

Friends of Park have had great success raising funds for projects to enrich the school environment. Projects supported recently include:

Helping a group of students attend Commonwealth Day in March 2023

The purchase of picnic benches for the outside areas

Sports Leader Hoodies

GCSE Art’s Artist Visit project

Blast chiller for the Tech Department

Specialist Maths equipment

Support for school clubs like the Gardening Club and the Breakfast Club.

The new shelter area for the Year 7 Quad

Lego STEM Club

Providing surf boards, wet suits and teacher training in support of the Surf Club