Parents Friends Group

We received funding from the National Lottery Awards for All for our Holy Cross Health Drive project.  The funding was used to purchase outdoor gym equipment. Our Parents Friends Group then went on to gain additional funding for a new trim trail.

We installed a new trim trail equipment on our school field by fundraising and grants.

We gained successful funding applications from All Churches Trust and numerous other charitable trusts to raise funding for a wooden pod.  This is used by our children as our Chapel and Forest Schools sessions.

We received £500 from the COOP Community Fund, £1,000 from Tesco Bags of Help, £500 from Ashfield District Council and £400 from Warburtons Community Fund for our Community Gardening Project.

We gained funding from the Arnold Clark Community Fund, Wesleyan, Persimmon Homes, Mansfield Building Society and Tesco Community Fund.  This funding was used to purchase a wooden pod to create a quiet space for our Emotional Literacy Support Assistants can deliver mental health and awareness sessions, named The Rainbow Retreat.

We gained funding from the National Lottery to install multi sports nets for our playground.

We gained funding from the Ernest Cook Trust to create a fire pit for our Forest Schools.

Our Parents Friends Group gained £2,500 from the National Lottery Fund to organise a picnic to celebrate the Kings Coronation on Friday 5th May 2023.  We invited our neighbouring school, Leen Mills Primary and joined together along with staff; pupils, parents, grandparents and the wider local community to celebrate on this date.

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We gained a grant from Speaking Volumes for RE books for our KS1 library.

We gained funding from grant applications to install an all weather multi-purpose activity track.

We gained a grant The God Who Speaks fund to create a scripture wall mural on our playground.

We fundraised to create and resource a NEST room for our younger SEND children.

We received a Cooking for All grant from Tesco to create after school cooking clubs.