Parent Teacher Association

Registered Charity Number 518983 

We are a small and friendly group of parents that organise a number of social and fundraising events for our children throughout the year, in order to raise money for all those extras that help to enhance the students’ lives at school. We work in partnership with the school but are a separate charity.

Who are we?

Every parent/carer that has a child at Hartford Church of England High School is a member of the PTA. Some parents/carers are more actively involved than others, but all help is always greatly appreciated. A smaller group of parents form a Committee, which ensures the PTA is run as a registered charity. This means we can run a bank account, apply for grants and funding, and obtain matched funding from a wide range of employers. We have strict regulations around the charity, so sometimes need to cover administrative tasks via the PTA meetings. We try to make that minimal compared to the discussion around events and plans for the young people.

Our Committee are:

Hannah Graham, Chair, Trustee
Janine Kettle, Vice Chair, Trustee
Claire Dutton, Secretary, Trustee
Joanne Solomon, Treasurer, Trustee
Lauren Pendlebury, Grants & Funding Officer
Lisa Stockall, Matched Funding Officer
Vacant, Events Lead
Vacant, Lotteries & Raffles Officer
Amber Gregory, School Link
Sarah Jane Falconer, Governor Link

MicroVolunteers

To make all this happen, we need volunteer parents to help out. It can be in really small ways, for example spending an hour or two doing a task at home in your free time, helping in school with one of the events, researching suppliers for items we need for events, contacting local businesses for raffle prizes, or some parents might like to co-ordinate an event themselves (with support). We call them micro-volunteers because these parents dip in and out throughout the year, helping in whatever way they are able. Micro volunteers are in a WhatsApp group to hear about the events and activities coming up, and where help is needed. They also hop into online and in person PTA meetings when they can, to join in planning the upcoming activities. All events are supported by the Committee arranging all the finance, liaison with the school, risk assessments, insurance, licences etc. The micro volunteers do the fun bits!

How to get involved

You will find more information about what we are up to on our Facebook page facebook.com/hartfordcehighpta. Watch this space for more information and future activities or events.

You can find out the details of our Charity Registration no 518983.

Take a look at our Constitution below to see how the Charity operates.

There will soon be a link here to our key document, agenda and minutes for all our meetings. In the meantime you can see our draft policies below, which we are currently working on.

If you would like to become more involved or would like more information please do not hesitate to email us at pta@hartfordcehighpta.co.uk.

Parent Teacher Association

Registered Charity Number 518983

Who are we?

MicroVolunteers

How to get involved

Key Documents

Registered Charity Number 518983 