Below is a list of future fundraising and open community events planned for 2016. If you can offer any help to organise an activity, donate to fundraising stalls, bake for our refreshments stall, or anything similar then please contact Charlotte on 01733 340605 or fundraising.newark@gmail.com
Midsummer Festival
Saturday 25 June 2016, 11am-3pm at New Ark. Entry by silver donation. Further details here
Play Day at New Ark
Saturday 9th July, 11am-2pm. Entry by silver donation
Clothing & Accessory Swish Evening
Thursday 15th September, 7pm-10pm at New Ark.
Tickets will be £5 purchased in advance – price includes drink and luxury buffet
Open Day at New Ark
Saturday 1st October, 11am-2pm. Entry by silver donation
Christmas Bazaar
Saturday 19th November, 12-3pm. Entry by silver donation
Bring your friends and family, all welcome. Come and join in the fun at New Ark.
Our annual summer fete has a festival feel with entertainment, hot food and more. Our city farm, adventure playground and eco garden will all be open. There will be lots of fundraising games, crafts, our summer raffle and lots more. Entry by silver donation.
If you can put up a poster to help publicise our event, please download it from here. Or share our Facebook event found here.
We are looking for donations of the following items:
Tombola Items eg bottles of drink, toiletries, unwanted gifts, unwanted new toys or games, sweets and luxury food items
Raffle Prizes eg unwanted gift vouchers or entry tickets, brand new electrical appliances, chocolates, wine
Craft Materials eg ribbon, buttons, beads, fabrics, flowers;- silk or dried in good condition, fresh that can be delivered on 24th June
If you can help then please get in touch with Charlotte on 01733 340605.
The New Ark Play Management Committee recently wrote to current members of Afterschool and Holiday Playground to explain why it has become necessary to increase charges for our Playground sessions.
For current Holiday members the changes apply from July 2016; for new families registering for Holiday sessions the changes are immediate. Afterschool families are already paying the new charges.
The letter explains that, in the present economic climate with rising costs, we have made these changes in order to maintain our current level of care given to your child/children. Some of the circumstances that have affected us include the Government introducing the living wage, and further limitations on the funding we are able to obtain from Government sources,
It is unfortunate that we have had to increase our charges. We have made every effort to ensure that they are as modest as practicable to reduce the effect it has on family budgets.
Further details about the pricing structure can be found at the below links
****Update *** We raised a fantastic £1,291.72 at our Good Friday Fun Day and 313 children took part in the Easter Hunt. Thank you to all the families and supporters who attended the event, and a special thank you to our devoted staff, volunteers and helpers without whom the event would not have been possible.
Now an annual event, we are organising our third Good Friday Easter Hunt for 25 March 2016, 11am-2pm.
There will be all the usual fun including a chocolate raffle, tombola, refreshments and children’s activities. You can also visit our city farm and play in the adventure playground.
Entry £1.50 per child to include Easter hunt. Parents and others gain entry by silver donation. Everyone is welcome whether or not they are currently registered at New Ark 🙂
If you can help out on the day, donate raffle prizes or home-baked goodies, please contact Charlotte on 01733 340605 or drop off items at New Ark anytime Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm.
We are particularly looking for donations of:
Raffle prizes eg bottle of wine/alcohol, cuddly toy, vouchers of any kind, toys.
Tombola prizes e.g. hand soap, toys, toiletry sets, unwanted gifts, stationary, reading books
Easter chocolate – Easter eggs, chocolate bunnies, mini eggs
Boxes of chocolates, sharing bags of chocolates
Thank you for your support
PS Please print out the below poster and put it up where families will see it.
Come and pamper yourself at New Ark’s Indulgence Evening, with all profits going towards our fundraising efforts. We’ll have a licensed bar and seating. All stalls will be charging for their goods/activities – some are donating all their profits to us. We will also be running a raffle, with prizes donated by our stallholders.
♥ Advance ticket £5 includes entrance and light buffet
♥ All profits for New Ark – bring your friends for a night out!
♥ Please note that this is a cash only event
♥ Get your tickets from New Ark now – ask a staff member, call 01733 340605 or email fundraising.newark@gmail.com
If you are interested in having astall at this event please get in touch by email to Charlotte at: fundraising.newark@gmail.com. We require a minimum donation of £10 plus a raffle prize of your choice.
Raise 4% for Newark Play Association instore at Sainsbury’s
We’ve teamed up with Sainsbury’s to offer Give as you Live users the opportunity to raise a FREE 4% for Newark Play Association when they shop instore at Sainsbury’s using an Everyday Shopping Card.
We have lots of fun summer 2015 activities planned during our playground sessions (weekdays 10am-noon and 2-5pm) including:
Week commencing 27 July – bring a light coloured T shirt to paint
Week commencing 3 August – pebble painting
Indoor baking planned for the first 3 weeks of the holidays – booking advised cost 50p
Outdoor fire and cooking – Thursday afternoons weather allowing
Water play/water slide – only on the hottest days
City Farm open daily (access may be restricted access eg if the weather if very hot).
Eco sessions running on Tuesdays and Thursdays – see details below
Keep your eye on our Facebook page and look for notices in our lobby to see further announcements, such as the end of summer party, water slide days, further planned activities, etc.
If you are thinking of visiting our adventure playground/city farm for the first time, as a one-off, or with under 5s please take a look at www.newarkplay.co.uk/visits.
If you are planning to register for our holiday sessions, you can save time by downloading the forms from www.newarkplay.co.uk/holidays. Remember that we also offer additional childcare outside of normal session times for registered children.
Eco sessions
This year we are delighted to be running our Eco Sessions again, 9.30am-12noon every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the summer holidays (not 4/6/11 August). During these sessions the children are invited to take part in forest school type activities such as shelter building, mud play, charcoal making and bug hunts. Booking is essential as places are limited – the sessions cost £3 per child. Priority is normally given to registered children aged 5-8.
On Tuesday 18 August Froglife will be running our Eco Session – it will be open to children aged 12 and under
Toddler Group
Don’t forget that our Toddler Group meets 2pm-4pm during the summer holidays. Older siblings can play next door in our adventure playground. More details at www.newarkplay.co.uk/toddler-group.
Important dates
The final day of our summer holiday programme is Friday 4th September – we will no doubt be having a party/celebration on that day watch our Facebook page for an announcement
On Monday 7th September our preschool playgroup resumes. There will be no playground afterschool sessions that week due to our repairs and maintenance week – afterschool sessions resume on Monday 14 September. It is essential that parents requiring afterschool walkover from Newark Hill School book in advance.
We are delighted to have been chosen as Sainsbury’s charity of the year by our neighbours at the Oxney Road store!
Thank you to all the families, volunteers and friends who voted for us, as well as Sainsbury’s customers of course! We know that lots of the families who come to New Ark shop at the store, and we are really looking forward to working with them over the next year to raise awareness of New Ark and help to raise vital funds for our service.
Our partnership is being launched in-store at Sainsbury’s Oxney Road between Friday 31st July and Sunday 2nd August. There is also a bag packing fundraiser planned in-store on Saturday 1 August.
If you are able to volunteer to help with the bag packing please contact Charlotte Griggs at New Ark on 01733 340605 or charlottenewark@gmail.com. We are looking for people who can spare a couple of hours between 11am and 3pm..
