Friends of Fair Oak Infant School
Friends of Fair Oak Infant School (FoFOIS) is a group of friendly volunteer staff, parents and friends who work hard throughout the school year to raise vital funds for our fabulous school.
We are a registered charity, and everything we raise is used to benefit all children at the school.
Members are welcome to join FoFOIS at any time, either as a committee member or on an ad hoc basis by volunteering to help at a particular event. We simply cannot hold our events without volunteers.
The committee meet regularly throughout the year to discuss fundraising ideas and plan upcoming events. We also hold an annual general meeting in the autumn term.
Involvement and support of FoFOIS can also be through places of work. This can include donating raffle prizes, by sponsoring a fundraising event or running a stall at one of our fayres.
We hold lots of fundraising events throughout the year. Events that have been held during the past year or so include summer and Christmas fayres, plant and cake sales, craft competitions, personalised items, Frozen Friday’s and quizzes to name but a few!
Each year we have a key fundraising focus. Over the past few years, FoFOIS has been able to fund some fabulous things. This has included:
The hire and running of the school minibuses for school trips
Our new playground shading
New iPads for all class teachers
Playground equipment
The children’s Guinea pigs
Additional computers for the school
Some of the funds raised also go towards directly enriching and enhancing the children’s experience at school throughout the year. This includes providing;
Books for children starting in Year R and parent welcome packs
The annual 5 metre Christmas tree for the school hall and other Christmas treats for the children
Leaver gifts for all Year 2 pupils
For the 2025-2026 academic year, we are focusing on raising funds to continue paying for the costs and operation of our school minibuses. By funding the minibuses, we support our families by significantly reducing the costs for educational visits. It also enables more visits and experiences to take place over the academic year. We are very happy to be able to support this way of enriching the children’s learning.
As a team, FoFOIS are always ready to receive feedback, as well as ideas, and of course helpers! If you'd like to get involved, or just want to see what we're up to, you can find us on Facebook: FOFOIS Facebook or you can email us at friends@fairoak-inf.hants.sch.uk.
If you'd like to support us in other ways, we are set up for the following:
School Lottery:
We have our own school lottery through Your School Lottery! This is an exciting weekly lottery raising monies for schools in the UK. Lottery tickets cost just £1 each, with a top prize of £25,000. There is also a guaranteed winner for our school every Saturday as well as monthly super draws. The value of the guaranteed prize goes up depending on the number of tickets we sell, which means there are two chances to win each week. For every ticket sold, an amazing 40% comes back to the school and 34.2% goes towards the prize fund. To buy tickets, visit https://www.yourschoollottery.co.uk/ and search for Fair Oak Infant School.
Easy Fundraising:
Fundraise for the school when you buy from thousands of main brands at no cost to you. Please visit https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fairoakinfant/ - search for 'Friends of Fair Oak Infant School' to add us.
My Nametags:
Fundraise for the school when you buy from My Nametags at no cost to you.
Please visit https://www.mynametags.com/ - use code 19790 to donate money to the school from your order.
Match Funding:
Do you work for a company that offers Match Funding? You might be able to donate hundreds of pounds to the school without any cost to you.... Match Funding is when companies offer to 'match' funds raised by charitable organisations such as FoFOIS. Match Funding is actively encouraged by the government as it allows companies tax relief on their donations. Lots of companies will match any fundraising event that their employees are involved in. For example, for every £ raised, the company will match it. We have already had parents which who work for local companies. If you think your company may match fund, please consider matching with FoFOIS and get in touch.
FoFOIS would like to say a huge thank you to everyone: parents, staff, families, business both local and national, who support our fundraising efforts. We couldn't do it without you so a huge thank you!