PTAextra Magazine Spring 2026 | Page 52

How one PTA came up with the perfect plan for using their funds
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impact of PTAs
YOUR PROBLEMS RESOLVED
Celebrating the £ 1 billion raised by PTAs in the last 10 years
A PLAN FOR ALL SEASONS- GET ORGANISED AND INSPIRED FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AHEAD
Supporting your school
Our members raise over £ 120 million a year
Parentkind won and was shortlisted for multiple awards for our No Cold Child campaign with FatFace and our All Dressed Up campaign with Rubies Masquerade and World Book Day Charity
On average, a PTA has eight elected committee members who volunteer for six and a half hours per week

2018

Our name changed to Parentkind

2024

The Parents Lottery was launched

2025

2021

We relaunched our National PTA Awards
Our Be School Ready campaign was launched

2022

2023

The first issue of PTAextra was published
Jason Elsom, our Chief Executive, joined Parentkind
SPENDING WISELY
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ways to
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Dream teams
MEET OUR FABULOUS NATIONAL PTA AWARD WINNERS FOR 2023!
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POWER The amazing
To date Parentkind has over 13,000 members!
Our member PTAs represent over one million parents and guardians
PTAs raise £ 9,006 per year on average

Our PTFA motto is have fun, make memories, and raise funds, and that really sums up what we’ re about. Being involved with such a great team, and being able to bring fun events and activities to all the children, is so very rewarding.
Tracey Were, Chair of Kempsey Primary School
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