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St Stephen's at St Margaret's Fair 2023

Jo Hall (Year 5) once again managed a seamless operation for the stewarding at St Margaret's Fair this year. Thank you to the dozens of St Stephen's parent/carer volunteers who supported our annual FOSS Fair duty with their helping hands and hi-vis gilets by getting all the stall-holders' cars safely onto the field for set up, checking the entry points throughout the day and then guiding all cars back to their stalls for clear up and clear away. This year, a special shout out to the Year 5 children who stepped in to guide dozens of cars on and off the field - absolute superstars!

Jo attends termly Fair Committee meetings throughout the year to plan all Fair operations and logistics. The profits of each Fair are split between the five local schools that support the Fair through volunteering - in 2022 this was worth £3,300 per school, so really a fantastic fundraiser as well as a fabulous event!

FOSS is seeking someone to take on the role of St Margaret's Fair Coordinator for our school for Fair 2025 with the opportunity to shadow in 2024 since Jo will be leaving when her son progresses to Secondary school. Call her on 07798 865611 to find out more about this opportunity to become more involved in our local community - it's a fantastic way represent the school and be at the heart of this annual St Margaret's community event. 

A special thank you once again to Jo for supporting the Fair and our school for the last five years!

FOSS receive a microgrant

FOSS are delighted to have received a microgrant of £250 for big Great Big Green Week. This was donated to us for running a children's Smoothie Bike Ride that we organised in June. We wish to thank Richmond and Wandsworth Councils.

Support FOSS in your local Tesco store

We are delighted to let you know that FOSS have been chosen to be part of the Tesco Community Grants Scheme and our project is currently in local Tesco stores for a customer vote.  Voting has commenced in store from the first week of July 2023 until the end of September 2023. 

Our project is - 

Friends of St Stephen's

Lifeline Workshops

Our wellbeing programme is fundamental to the educational platform for our school and families. We have seen a rise in children struggling with anxiety.

The project with the highest number of votes across the region will receive £1,500 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), the second placed project £1,000 (or the amount that was requested up to this value), and the third placed project £500.  

What happens next?

The following list of stores will take part in the voting of our project.  

2066 Barnes Express  SW13 9EW

5934 East Sheen Exp  SW14 7NX

6032 Mortlake Exp SW14 8AB

4888 Twickenham Whtnrd Exp   TW1 1BJ

2768 St Margarets Twik Exp   TW1 1RG

2003 Twickenham King Street Exp  TW1 3SN

6174 Twickenham Ldn Exp  TW1 4BW

3102 Richmond Express    TW10 7NR

3284 Teddington  TW11 8RF

2713 Hampton Hill Express TW12 1NL

3395 Whitton Hi St   TW2 7LN

3097 Richmond    TW9 1HY

6118 Richmond Kew Rd Exp TW9 2PQ

2761 Kew Garden Express  TW9 3PZ

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.