In the great quest for funding, a lot of schools simply overlook approaching local or national companies for donations or sponsorship. And when they have, I don’t believe that they have particularly done it in the right way. But the ones that have done this correctly and to a strategy have, in most cases, got their hands […]
This statement might sound a little odd but there is a reason to my madness. On my recent visits to schools, I am increasingly dealing with members of the PTA rather than the school staff and the reason for this is quite simple – they are paying for the play equipment! So hats off to […]
We all know that we are living in hard times and need to find alternative ways of raising school funds. So now is the time to find your inner Richard Branson, be entrepreneurial and go out and earn some money for the school. And a culture of enterprise in schools can also teach children about […]
What is the most effective way of developing an engaging outdoor area which satisfies the needs of everyone? I must have visited over 3,000 schools in my job over the past 12 years but none compares to a meeting I had just last week which totally blew me away. For the first time ever my […]