Tolworth PFA - Who Are We & What Are Our Aims
Members
- Gemma Ferguson / Rob Lelliott (Co-Chair)
- Julia Pritchard / Julia Woodham-Smith (Co-Vice Chair)
- Vasantha Samakanayake (Treasurer)
- Fung-yee Lee (Secretary)
- Maggie Plowman (Marketing Coordinator)
- Alison Head (School staff and co-opted member)
The PFA is a voluntary association of parents, carers and friends of children who attend the school. Its aim is to advance the education of pupils in the school, done through a range of fundraising activities that bring together parents, staff and children.
The aim of the PFA is to provide additional funds in order to purchase 'desirable' educational and other items that are not covered by the standard school budget.
Please click here to open 'Info for new parents June 2022'.pdf
This leaflet provides new parents to the school with the following information about the PFA:
• what is the PFATGS
• why do we have a PFA
• how does the PFA work
• fundraising events that take place throughout the year
• how parents/carers can help.
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YOUR SCHOOL NEEDS YOU!
Every single parent and carer of Tolworth Girls’ School & Sixth Form children are members of the PFA. Fundraising is coordinated by the PFA, a group of committed parent volunteers.
Please click here to open 'Your School Needs You PFA Letter'.pdf
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TGS-PFA Annual General meeting
This leaflet provides meeting minutes for the AGM conducted on 13th of October, 2021, which covers the below points.
- Proposal to adopt updated Model Constitution
- Chair’s Report for 2020/2021
- Finance report 2020/2021
- The PFA’s main contributions to the school in 2020/2021
- Goals for 2021 to 2022
- Plans & forecast for 2021/2022
- Election of officers and trustees
Please click here to open 'AGM Minutes 13/10/21'.pdf
Please click here to open 'AGM presentation 13/10/21'.pdf
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How Can You Help
There are lots of ways that parents and carers can help. Examples include running class events, or smaller events and donating some of the money to school.
Easyfundraising is an easy way to raise money for the PFA. Simply go to the Easyfundraising website to do your online shopping and a small percentage of money will be donated to the PFA. Select Tolworth Girls’ School Parents and Friends Association (TGSPFA) on the EasyFundraising website.
Election of officers and trustees
Gemma Ferguson and Eugenia Andreadis announced their intentions to step down as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively.
Nominations were sought for the vacant committee positions. As no nominations were received for the Chair, Gemma agreed to remain for a period until a new Chair was in place.
The following were nominated and elected to the committee:
Position |
Name |
Nominator |
Secondee |
Co-Chair |
Gemma Ferguson Rob Lelliott |
Alison Head |
Eugenia Andreadis |
Co-Vice Chair |
Julia Pritchard Julia Woodham-Smith |
Eugenia Andreadis |
Gemma Ferguson |
Treasurer |
Vasantha Samaranayake |
Rob Lelliott |
Eugenia Andreadis |
Secretary |
Fung-yee Lee |
Gemma Ferguson |
Rob Lelliott |
Marketing Coordinator |
Maggie Plowman |
Gemma Ferguson |
Alison Head |
Co-opted Member |
Alison Head |
Rob Lelliott |
Gemma Ferguson |
Committee members are automatically Trustees of the PFA.
The Chair and PFA thanked Eugenia for serving on the committee for many years and giving her time and support, as well as volunteering at numerous fundraising events.
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Communication to parents and carers
The PFA currently has a list of email addresses of parents. For data protection purposes (GDPR), the committee will contact parents to ask if they want to continue to be contacted by email.
Recent/Upcoming Events
Dates of PFA Termly Meetings
Dates of next meetings will be emailed out shortly.
Contact the PFA
The PFA can be contacted at Pfa.tgs@gmail.com. Please send new fundraising ideas to us.


