Over the past 4 weeks our Schools Out Summer Clubs have been running at 3 venues around Maidstone; Tree Tops Primary Academy, South Borough Primary School and Greenfields Community Primary School.
To put this into some context the total number of registered attendees over the 16 day period for each location are, Tree Tops 746, Greenfields 1,069 and South Borough 602. That is a total of 2,417 registered attendees across all 3 locations.
The Schools Out Summer Club is provided free to participants. Whilst some children are able to attend thanks to the HAF vouchers scheme (which provides part funding for these places), some low income families do not qualify as they are just above the threshold. Other funding we receive allows us to provide places for such families who would otherwise struggle for childcare during the school holiday period.
Our funding comes from a number of sources but we would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to the following whose generosity has helped us some way to fund the Schools Out Summer Club 2024:
Thank you to Golding Homes for their donation of £3,000.
Thank you to the Officers and Members panel of Maidstone Borough Council (MBC) for granting us the sum of £2,500 under their Summer Community Support Grant scheme. MBC received a high volume of applications and members and officers were inspired by the range of projects offering support with food poverty across the Borough. The applications were reviewed and scored against this criteria, including how the project supported these objectives. As a result, our application for funding was successful.
Thank you to Nicola Brickwood, Val Lloyd and all the Community Matters Team at Waitrose in Allington, Maidstone who have kindly donated £1,250.
Thank you to our WalkingSTONES Football Group who have donated £1,000, proceeds from their annual tournament in support of our Summer 2024 Schools Out Club.
Thank you to Civil Service Insurance Society (CSIS) for their donation of £1,000.
Thank you to Clockhouse Farm for their donation of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Last and by no means least thank you to Julie Palmer (PE Teacher), the staff, pupils and parents at Oaks Primary Academy in Maidstone for their kind donation. They recently held a cricket event, provided cakes and asked for donations.
