We regularly get asked by schools for a temporary shelter or outdoor classroom which they can either use for their forest school set-ups or for the summer term to provide for shelter from the sun and anything else the British weather can throw at us. So we have devised the concept of a “pop-up” outdoor shelter […]
Tescos are currently offering a grant which schools are eligible to apply for and is a funding scheme which is giving grants of £8 – £12,000 for projects which improve green spaces in communities. These may include building new pocket parks, sports facilities, woodland walks, community gardens and school playgrounds. Basically they want to fund schemes […]
It certainly can be an easy boast or claim about your classroom’s eco credentials and there are some buildings out which claim to be eco friendly simply because they are well insulated (which is stipulated anyway in building regs if so required) and thereby thermally efficient. Or the timber has some sort of FSC or PEFC accreditation. […]
Nowadays many schools – because funds and budgets are becoming ever tighter – are beginning to realise that they need to find alternative means of raising money for their playground projects. And what better way to do this than raising much needed extra revenue by opening up their facilities for community use. If you’ll excuse […]
The supermarket chain Tesco has launched a community grant initiative which will fund capital projects for school playgrounds. The emphasis of the grant is on providing green spaces and because Tesco is expecting there to be a major demand for grants, the charity Groundwork will assess all of the applications received and then provide a shortlist […]
The first question to ask your self is what do you actually need this outdoor shelter to do? i.e. is it just for protecting the children against the elements of the British climate or do you want to be able to use it for outdoor learning and to double up as an outdoor classroom too? […]
Schools are beginning to use crowdfunding ever more as a successful way and means of raising money for their school playground projects. If you are not fully aware of what crowdfunding is, it is best described as asking a large crowd of donors to each make a small donation to your school – mainly done […]
It is possible for a school to take out an operating lease on a new mobile classroom building as a way of funding this capital purchase. Key points of an Operating Lease An operating lease is the only type of lease a local authority school or academy is entitled to sign The maximum term for […]
It is finally in and operational! Delivered as a pre-manufactured mobile classroom, the school were enjoying their first class in there just 10 days after we delivered the building to site. The teachers and staff (and the children) are absolutely delighted with it and in this cold weather, they are more than warm! And a […]
Our business has always been involved in the educational sector and we have hopefully built up a good reputation with schools for supplying quality outdoor classrooms, eco classrooms, school buildings, playground equipment and bespoke landscaping projects. But we started to get quite a few enquiries from the leisure and hospitality industry for play equipment, multi purpose buildings such […]