The Carlisle School Association (CSA) is a charity run by volunteer parents and carers to raise money for Carlisle Infant School, and build a welcoming community at the school. Watch our short video here. Can you help out? Donate (with Gift Aid) to support our school? Or join us for our upcoming events....

Dates for your diary

Autumn Term 2026

• Friday 23 October - Halloween Trail (free activity after school pick up, siblings welcome!)

• Saturday 14 November - Fireworks Display @ CIS. Buy your tickets by clicking here

• Saturday 5 December - Federation Christmas Fair @ HHJS

• Date TBC - Wreath Making

Spring Term 2027

• Saturday 6 February - Wine tasting @ CIS

• Thursday 4 March - World Book Day

• Saturday 20 March - Quiz Night @ CIS

Summer Term 2027

• Date TBC  - Dig Day

• Saturday 19 June - Federation Summer Fair @ CIS

• Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 July - Carlisle Goes Camping

More details and timings for each event will be shared via your class WhatsApp Group and our Carlisle Parents Facebook Page.

Full Term Dates for this academic year can be found on the school website here, and school events are published regularly in the school letters and information circulated by email.

What is the CSA?

Our amazing Carlisle School Association (CSA) helps to contribute to the school's fundraising efforts whilst also bringing the School Community together.

As a parent/carer of a child at our school you are automatically a member of the CSA, and we’d love to involve all of you in the events and activities we run. These include things such as our annual Fireworks Display, Christmas activities and Summer Fair, as well as regular second hand uniform sales, and parent/carer social events. Each year our funds help to support our children’s activities and resources at school - in 2024-25 we raised over £46,000. Previously items such as the school's playground equipment, outdoor classroom and IT equipment have also been funded through the CSA, together with helping make school trips cheaper or, in some cases, completely free!

The CSA committee for 2026-2027 is made up of the following volunteer parents - so please come and say hello if you spot us around school, or get in touch if you'd like to join us!

Chair - Georgia Wilson | Secretary - Emma Waight | Treasurer - Andy Brooman

Trustee - Emma Goodden

The CSA is more than just this team, and can only achieve fundraising and community activities with the help of all of our school families and members. 

Here are some ways that you can be involved:

⏰ TIME 

• • Join us at our many events throughout the year, 

  • be a class representative, 

  • or volunteer to help organise CSA events

💳 DONATE

• • Make a monthly donation to the CSA by clicking here, 

  • or support our many sales, events and fundraisers throughout the year, 

  • or ask your company if they will match fund your donations or time given to our charity.

🛍️ SHOP

• • Sign up to Easy Fundraising - where shops donate to us every time you buy, 

  • or purchase something directly for school from the Carlisle Infant School Amazon Wish List.

  • Buy labels for school uniform at Easy2Name - use code FR-CARLISLE-99 at checkout and school will receive 20% commission!

👩🏽‍🌾SKILLS

• • let us know if you have any skills that we could use to set up the next event or use at school,

  • bake a cake for our next sale or cake competition, or

  • join our gardening club to help with the school gardens, or come along to the next Dig Day!

Send us any other ideas you have and stay in touch via: carlisleschoolassociation@gmail.com

Thank you for all your support so far, and we can’t wait for the year ahead with you all! From the CSA Team