What is the Friends of Liberty in the Wild Association?

The Friends Association is a group of friends, parents and teaching staff who meet to help organise events, plan activities and generate ideas to support the provision. New members are always welcome. The aim of the Friends Association is not just about fundraising, our role is to support Liberty in the Wild and the community by organising fun social events and activities to raise money, which ultimately is spent on the children and the centre itself. It is also about developing relationships and a sense of community. Plus, it a great way of getting to know other parents and gives the children a real sense of belonging.

Our Friends Association is a member of Parentkind, which is a national charity and membership organisation for Parent Teacher Associations. We pay an annual membership fee which gives us lots of member benefits including comprehensive insurance cover for all PTA run events, support and advice on running the PTA plus fundraising ideas and good practice hints and tips.

Who gets involved?

Our newly formed Association consists of enthusiastic supporters of Liberty in the Wild, parents and staff, who volunteer whatever time they can spare, in order to help and support the Alternative Provision through fun and creative fundraising events and projects. We have a Chair, Treasurer and a Secretary who are supported by the Directors of Liberty in the Wild. We welcome any help from parents, teachers and friends, and have a list of volunteers who commit some of their time to helping the Association. Every little helps, so just one hour of your time assisting at an event would be invaluable, whether it be wrapping presents at Christmas time, sending emails to companies for donations or folding raffle tickets. So please get in touch if you’d like to get involved or if you have any questions or suggestions.

How we spend the money we raised:

Following a fundraising event, the money is banked straight away. It is at our Friends Association Trustee meetings that the decisions on how to spend the money are agreed. We always try to respond when asked to help the provision and after the work is done, it’s so rewarding to see the children enjoy new resources and equipment provided by the Friends Association. The money we raise is usually spent fairly quickly. That way, you can be sure that in supporting Liberty in the Wild, your child/ren will feel the benefit, along with everybody else. Of course there will be times when we may have to fundraise for a large project in the future.

Join our Team!

We are a friendly group and would love to hear from you!  We are always looking for new ideas and suggestions.

The Chair of the Friends Association is Miss Danielle Cattermole

Contact us via email: Friends@libertyinthewild.co.uk