Volunteering

Cliff Lane Friends is made up of a core committee which is a small group of parents in named roles (some are just “committee members”). Anyone in a named role on the committee is a trustee of the charity.

The committee meet periodically depending on whether an event is coming up (when meetings can be once a week) and are elected at the AGM each year. Parents are notified of the AGM with 21 days notice so that they can decide if they would like to put themselves up for nomination for the committee. We are currently operating without a Chair so this position will be open again at the AGM in September 2024 (but feel free to contact us before that as it is useful to get on board beforehand and see how things are done!). A new Chair can also be voted in by calling an EGM at any time.

We do rely on volunteers to help out at our events – whether that is running a stall for half an hour or helping in the kitchen or for set up or take down. Children are also able to get involved as they often love to help running games. It also doesn’t have to be parents – it could be uncles, aunts, grandparents etc. We generally have sign up sheets on the website so that you can pick your slot. We can’t run events without your help.

If you would like to be added to our volunteer list then please email us at clifflanefriendspta@gmail.com.

If you have ideas of events that you think might be good to run then we will generally ask if you would be able to run that event with the backup of the committee – maybe you can get a small group of parents together to run something. We may have experience of running that event before and so can give you some pointers or it may be a exciting new event. Obviously all expenditure will need to be agreed by the treasurer/committee and also if the event is to take place at school we will need to liaise with the school for a suitable date/time/location but please let us know if you have any ideas – you can use our feedback form or just email us.

You can also help us by using Easyfundraising, signing up for our school lottery and getting matchfunding from your company.