Church Stretton School PFA

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Church Stretton School

• PFA AGM
• 16th January 2008

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Purpose of PFA is to

• advance the educational aims of the school and
  hopes to provide facilities and equipment not
  normally covered by, or available from, the Local
  Education Authority.  All staff and parents are
  automatically members of the PFA!

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What does the PFA provide?

• Funding for
• Anger Management Education
• Drugs Education
• Technical Equipment within the school
• interactive White Boards
• Reception Display Screen
• Refurbishment of The Quad
• Including new bins and seating
• Year 11 Presentation Evening
• Senior Pupils badges
• Organisation of fund raising events through-out
  the year
• BBQ
• Craft Fair
• Murder Mystery Evening

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Roles and Responsibilities of PFA committee
members.

• Committee structure
• The key elements of the structure of the PFA are
  the
• Constitution (governing document)
• Members
• Committee
• Trustees

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Constitution

• All PFAs need a constitution. This is a document
  which establishes the fundamental rules by which
  the PFA is governed and describes
• the aims of the PFA and its powers
• its membership
• the size of the committee and how members are
  elected
• the need for an annual audit and general meeting

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Members

• Depending on the type of association you are,
  members will include some or all of the
  following
• parents
• headteacher
• teaching and non-teaching staff
• people from the local community
• grandparents
• carers/guardians
• It is important that the definition of
  membership is clear in your constitution. 
  Members are not legally responsible for the
  actions of the PFA but they do elect the
  committee who manage the PFA and who are legally
  responsible.

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Committee

• The committee is a team of volunteers who are
  elected at the PFAs Annual General Meeting (AGM)
  to manage the PFA on behalf of the members.
• There are two types of committee member Officers
  and Ordinary (or Other) Committee Members. 
  Officers have specific roles such as Chair,
  Treasurer or Secretary.  Ordinary Committee
  Members work alongside the Officers and play a
  vital role.
• All committee members have equal voting rights,
  except for the chair of a committee meeting who
  has a casting vote.

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Trustees

• As we are registering as a charity all the
  committee members (Officers and Ordinary) are
  Trustees of the PFA (charity) and have a legal
  duty to ensure that the charity acts lawfully and
  is managed properly.

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Charity Status

• Benefits include
• exemption from the payment of income and
  corporation tax
• being able to receive charitable donations from
  local and national companies
• being eligible to apply to grant-making
  charitable trusts
• being able to receive donations from parents and
  other supporters through payroll giving and
  company matched giving schemes
• being eligible to apply for Gift Aid
• registering as a charity gives the clear message
  that your PFA is working for the benefit of
  others
• establishes a clear set of rules by which your
  PFA operates

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Future fundraising events

• March Murder Mystery Evening
• PFA organised evening with refreshments
• April Quiz Night (TBC)
• PFA organised evening with refreshments
• June BBQ (TBC)
• PFA organised evening and refreshments

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And finally

• we, the committee, would like to say a few thank
  yous to those who are not part of the PFA but
  who give up there time or provide support
  through-out the year
• The Senior Leadership Team
• Caretakers
• The kitchen staff
• School Resources department