Posted on

Easter Hunt 30 March 2018

Now an annual event, our Good Friday Easter Hunt is on Friday 30 March 2018 from 11am-2pm.

There will be all the usual fun including a raffle, tombola, hot & cold refreshments and children’s activities. You can also visit our city farm which opens at noon, and play in the adventure playground.

Entry is £3 per child to include the Easter hunt. Parents and others gain entry by silver donation. There is no need to book – just turn up on the day and every child participating in the Easter Hunt will gain a prize. 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 Nikki on 01733 340605 or drop off items at New Ark anytime Monday to Friday between 8.30m and 5.30pm.

To help with our fundraising 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 Another way to help is to share this page on social media.

Posted on

Christmas Bazaar – 18 November

Our fundraising Christmas Bazaar is now an annual tradition, with hot food, children’s activities, outdoor play and the city farm. Entrance is by silver donation. Planned activities include:

Main building 12-3pm Activities include * treasure hunt * cake stall * gift tombola * children’s tombola * soft toy stall * chocolate tombola.. We also have refreshments for sale, including hot food

Adventure playground 12-3pm Open for playing dependent on weather

City Farm – open 12.30-3pm * feeding our animals * sponsor an animal * buy reindeer glitter food, and more

Father Christmas
This year Santa’s grotto will be located in our new barn between 12.30 and 2.30pm. Tickets are on sale now for £2.50 to include a small gift. To book call Nikki/Sam on 01733 340605 – you will asked your child’s age and given an approximate time slot.

Please do book early, as numbers are limited and we need to make sure the elves have enough gifts for the right ages. A few tickets may be available on the day of the bazaar.

Posted on

Open Day – 7 October

Help to spread the word about New Ark by inviting your friends to come and visit during our annual community open day on Saturday 7th October 2017 11am-2pm, with entry by silver donation. Or download a copy of our open day 2017 poster  and put it on display somewhere that parents will see it.

All areas of New Ark will be open including our city farm, eco centre, play support building and of course our playground. Come and see our history trail, meet our animals, explore our woodland garden and play in our traditional adventure playground. Our 2016-17 Annual Report will also be available to members and supporters.

Entry on the day will be by silver donation to our charity. We’ll also be selling refreshments. Donations of cakes and other bakes are very much appreciated to help us with this – please let Nikki know that you can help by calling 01733 340605.

 

Posted on

Forthcoming events for 2016

Save the date!

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.

Forthcoming Events Poster 2016

Baking 6 Aug 2013

Posted on

Good Friday Fun Day 25 March 2016

****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.

 

Easter Poster DM
Posted on

Pamper Evening – 11th February 2016

Pamper Evening Poster

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.

Posted on

Midsummer Festival 20 June 2015

Saturday 20 June 2015 11am-3pm

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.

  • Magic show by Keith Down from Party Magic at 12 noon and 1.30pm
  • Drummers from the African Heritage Centre are running children’s workshops
  • A bouncy castle and ice cream van will be on site, donating a percentage of their profits to us
  • Other activities including face painting, environmental crafts, tombola
  • Summer raffle will be drawn – first prize is a Samsung Tablet
  • Our city farm will be open. Children can play freely in our adventure playground and eco garden
  • Refreshments such as hot and cold drinks, biscuits, burgers and hot dogs, homemade cakes

If you can volunteer to help, donate prizes/food, or do anything else to help us fundraise, please contact Charlotte on 01733 340605

 summer festival 2015 poster

Posted on

Fundraising team meeting – 9 December

Want to help with fundraising?

We need people to join our fundraising team. Anyone interested is welcome to drop into our next fundraising meeting on Tuesday 9th December 4pm-5:30pm. Your children are welcome to play in our adventure playground, supervised by our playworkers, while you attend this meeting. Give Charlotte a call on 01733 340605 if you have any questions,  or email charlottenewark@gmail.com. We’ll bring the biscuits, you bring the ideas and offers of help! Items on the agenda include:

  • Ideas for fundraising to repair our playground equipment – we need to find £3K to repair our ‘banana board’ climbing frame.
  • Putting together a diary of fundraisers. So far we have pencilled in the following events:
    – Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th December 2014 – Charity bucket collection at Peterborough Garden Park/Van Hague.
    – Saturday 7th February 2015 11-2pm – Mother and child table top sale
    – Friday 3rd April 2015, 11-3pm – Good Friday Easter Hunt
    – Saturday 20th June 2015, 12-4pm – Midsummer Festival
    – Saturday 28th November 2015, 1-3pm – Christmas Bazaar

fundraising

 

Posted on

Fundraise for us while you shop

Please help us fundraise this Christmas by doing your online Christmas shopping via easyfundraising. You raise a FREE donation each time you buy! It’s easy and won’t cost you a penny extra! Support us at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/newark

We’ve found a great way to raise money for free, simply by shopping online through a website called easyfundraising (www.easyfundraising.org.uk).

Whenever you buy anything online (e.g. Christmas presents, groceries, clothes, books, train tickets, hotel rooms, etc.) you can raise a free donation for New Ark. There are over 2,700 retailers registered with the site, including Amazon, John Lewis, eBay and Tesco who will donate a percentage of what you spend to us to say thank you for shopping with them.

Here’s how it works:
1. Sign up – go to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/newark and click on the button to sign up.
2. Shop – from the easyfundraising website, search for the retailer you’d like to shop with and click through to the retailer to make your purchase. This tells the retailer you came from easyfundraising. The price is exactly the same as if you’d visited the retailer directly.
3 .Get a donation – after you’ve made your purchase, the retailer will give you a cash reward that easyfundraising turn into a donation for Newark Play Association (our charity name).

No cost, no catch!

Please be assured that using the easyfundraising website will not cost you a penny. There are no catches or hidden charges and New Ark benefits from any donations you make once registered.

Thank you for your support.

easyfundraising xmas

Posted on

Help needed for Christmas fundraiser

We’re getting ready for our Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 29th November. Can you help with any of the following? If so please contact Nikki on 01733 340605 or email nikki_newark@hotmail.co.uk.

  • Donations of chocolate for our tombola stall
  • Donations of “as new” cuddly toys and general unwanted gifts (for any age)
  • Lend a hand on Thursday 20th November 5-8pm. We’ll be preparing for our Christmas Bazaar including sorting through donations, wrapping presents, tombola ticketing, etc.
  • Lend a hand to set up on Friday 28th November 6-8pm.
  • Volunteer on the day of the bazaar. We need people to help set up from 11am and stay behind to clear up after 4pm. We are also seeking volunteers who can help out during the bazaar e.g. making refreshments, manning one of the stalls or craft activities, etc.
Volunteers get into the spirit as they set up stalls at last year's Christmas Bazaar
Volunteers get into the spirit as they set up stalls at last year’s Christmas Bazaar

Planning future fundraisers

Now, more than ever, we need people to join our fundraising team. Everyone is welcome to drop into our next fundraising meeting on Tuesday 9th December 4pm-5:30pm. If you’d like to come please call Charlotte on 01733 340605 or email charlottenewark@gmail.com. Your children are welcome to play in our adventure playground, supervised by our playworkers, while you attend this meeting. We’ll be planning a calendar of fundraising events for 2015/16 and ideas pencilled in so far for the next year include:

  • Saturday 7th February 2015, 11-2pm – Mother and child table top sale
  • Friday 3rd April 2015, 11-3pm – Good Friday Easter Hunt
  • Saturday 20th June 2015, 12-4pm – Midsummer Festival
  • Saturday 28th November 2015, 1-3pm – Christmas Bazaar

After that our next fundraising planning meeting will be on Thursday 15th January, 1-3pm