WHO ARE THE FRIENDS?
The Friends are a registered charity run by volunteers to support St Edward’s Catholic First School by promoting our school community through social events and family participation and raising funds that provide important revenue for school equipment, learning opportunities, and treats.
As the parent or carer of a child at St Edward’s First School you are automatically a member of The Friends.
An elected committee meets every term. All parents, carers and teachers are welcome to come along. Meeting dates are circulated by email to all parents and teachers, as well as appearing on the calendar on The Friends and School websites.
For information about events and tickets, newsletters, minutes of meetings, second-hand logo uniforms and much more, please go to:
www.pta-events.co.uk/friendsofstedwardsfirst
www.instagram.com/stedwardsfirst_friends/
Contact us via friends@secfs.org.uk
Thank you in advance for your anticipated and much-valued support!
The Friends of St Edward's First
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
What better way could there be to meet other parents than to get involved with the fun events that we hold here throughout the year?!
We are a very active committee and there’s always a fundraising activity in the pipeline, in which you are warmly invited to get involved by attending meetings, suggesting new ideas, and helping out at events - or maybe you are really good at something we haven’t even thought of yet!
Whilst many of us are working parents and it can be difficult to commit additional time to school activities, any help is appreciated. So if you feel you would like to get involved and volunteer, it can be as little or as much as you can manage. All help is welcomed!
Clothes Labelling
By using “stikins” www.stikins.co.uk and enter school fundraising number 19364 before check out and The Friends will receive 30% commission.
By using “stamptastic” www.stamptastic.co.uk and enter the school unique code SL4 5EN and The Friends will receive 20% commission.
Online Shopping
If you shop online, please sign up to Easyfundraising to support St Edward's Catholic First School, Windsor.
It’s a really easy way to raise money for us – you just use the easyfundraising site to shop online with more than 3,600 well known online stores and insurance suppliers like Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden and M&S. When you make a purchase, the retailer sends us a free donation, at no extra cost to you.
We want to raise as much as possible, so please visit our new easyfundraising page:
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stedwardswinsdor and click “support us”.
www.smile.amazon.co.uk and choose "The Friends Of St Edward’s Catholic First School".
Matched Funding
Lots of companies will match the fundraising efforts of their employees or make a one-off grant to a charity with which an employee volunteers. As we are a registered charity, we qualify for these schemes.
If you think your employer provides Matched Funding or Volunteer Grants, and you are able to help, please contact us at friends@secfs.org.uk
Prospective Parents visit for new Reception starters (2025)
St Edwards’ Feast Day and Harvest Mass @ 9am parents invited
Saint Showcase after Mass Whole School RE Display for parents – School Hall