Parents & Friends Association

Tolworth Parents & Friends Association - Who Are We & What Are Our Aims

Members

  • Chair – Gemma Ferguson & Ali Poulton

  • Vice chairs – Eugenia Andreadis

  • Treasurer – Berlinda Tarr

  • Secretary – VACANCY

  • School staff and co-opted member - Rachel King

  • Communications – Simon Marett

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.

Contact the PFA

The PFA can be contacted at Pfa.tgs@gmail.com. Please send new fundraising ideas to us.

  • 2024

    • 2 October - Open Evening Refreshments

    • 14 October - AGM

    • 24 October - Year 7 Disco

    • 22 November - Mufti

    • 5 December - Festive Foyer

    2025

    • 11 February - Meeting

    • 3 April - Mufti

    • 21 May - Meeting

  • Our Parents Friends Association Needs New Recruits.

    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

  • Annual General Meeting Minutes Message

    Dear Parents and Carers

    Thank you to all those who attended the TGS Parents and Friends Association AGM last week.  We had an excellent turnout of over 42 people and some great commitment for volunteers.  A new committee was voted in but we are still looking for a secretary for the committee, so please do reach out to the new Chairperson, Gemma Ferguson if you can assist. pfa.tgs@gmail.com

    The minutes of the AGM can be found here, and detail our fundraising activities for the past year and expected activities for the year ahead.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/15bHJPmEOFgT9RNl0QAuGnI-K4K4sQJYq/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104612532523826353455&rtpof=true&sd=true

    Please also join the PFA Whats App group here to keep up to date with our activities and volunteer requirements. https://chat.whatsapp.com/06KhrIZ2HkMHXuVoubXxJx

    Many thanks

    TGS PFA Commitee

    ____________________________________________________________

    This leaflet provides meeting minutes for the AGM conducted on 23rd of February, 2023, which covers the below points.

    • Updates on previous events and funds

    • Upcoming Events to plan for

    • General

    ‘Please click here to open ‘PFA Committee Meeting pptx’

    Please click here to open '15 May 2023 TGS PFA Committee Meeting.'

    Please click here to open '22 Feb 2023 TGS PFA Committee Meeting.'

    Please click here to open '27 Sep 2023 TGS PFA Committee Meeting.'

    Please click here to open '14 Oct 2024 TGS PFA Committee Meeting - Draft.'

  • 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.

    EasyFundraising Sign Up

  • 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.

    AOB

    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.