Donations and Fundraising

Gairloch Parent Council Fundraising

Throughout every year The Parent Council is actively fundraising. This helps to support some of our objectives, including:

To develop and engage in activities which support the education and welfare of the pupils.
To raise funds, apply for and receive grants, and accept gifts for the benefit of the school.

Examples of how we have recently raised funds include:

Hosting The Poolewe Ceilidh
Various raffles and hampers

How You Can Help

All donations from individuals and businesses are gratefully received. Some ideas of how you can help include:

Raising sponsorship for the Parent Council while participating in an event (for example a sponsored run.)
Making use of the “Rag Bag” which is located the school car park. This is a recycling bin for clothes and shoes. By simply using it to depose of your unwanted clothes and shoes you will be raising funds for us.
Downloading and use the Easyfundraising App when making purchases online. The Parent Council will receive a small percentage of your online purchases at absolutely no cost to you. More details can be found here - https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk
Donations of gifts to various hampers and raffles. This can include items such as chocolates and alcohol, as well as gift vouchers from businesses.

Direct payments can be made to the Parent Council Bank Account at any time. This may be the funds you have raised from an event or simply a direct personal or business donation.

Our bank details are:

ACCOUNT NAME: Gairloch Primary School Parent Council

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 00327704

SORT CODE: 80-06-87

BANK: Bank of Scotland

If you wish to contact us in regards to a donation please don’t hesitate to email us on: gairloch.primary@highlandpc.co.uk

How The Funds Are Used

The Parent Council decide how best they can support the school and pupils using the funds that have been raised. Ideas and feedback from all parents are always welcome. Some examples of recent spending include:

Subsiding the Spring and Halloween discos.
£750 worth of benches for the school playground.
£1200 donation towards the cost of the Outward Bound Loch Eil Trip in 2025.
Organising the grant for supplying almost £600 of bikes, trikes and helmets to the nursery.
£710.50 towards transportation costs for the Christmas Panto in Inverness in 2023
Yearly chocolate selection boxes for all students at Christmas. As well as Christmas Crackers for the School Xmas Lunch table.

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