You will be aware that all schools are facing a very difficult financial situation with cuts in funding. We have a sound history of employing our budget wisely to ensure that the pupils benefit to the utmost from our funding.
However, we are also an ambitious school and want to provide the very best experiences and facilities for our students and our aim is to maintain these high standards in what is an increasingly challenging environment for schools. Gifts from former pupils and parents, staff and other friends of the school have been spent on a variety of projects. All these projects successfully provided new facilities and opportunities for the direct and immediate benefit of LGGS students.
Giving to the School is a valuable way of supporting LGGS and the next generation. If you are able to make a donation to the LGGS Fund, you will be making a real difference to the facilities at LGGS and to the lives of all our students.
Our goal is to seek participation from everyone connected with the LGGS community by asking you to consider making a donation, regardless of how big or small. Whether you are able to pledge a modest amount or to contribute on a monthly basis, it would be greatly appreciated and help us to achieve the very best for our students.
We have recently used money from our school charity fund to help support with our provision, which includes:
We also continue to use the fund to help students in need of financial assistance.
Moving forwards, we are planning to use our school funds in the following ways.
Any donation, no matter how small, makes a difference. For example, if every family contributed £10 per month with Gift Aid, then this would provide around £144,000 additional funds.
The ‘Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Fund’ is a registered charity which is separate to the LGGS Academy Trust, with different legal status, funding and aims, however the two are closely linked.
The Charity’s objects and activities are:
The Charity’s annual report and accounts are available on the Charity Commission website:
The Charity is dependent on the generosity of its supporters when raising funds to meet its aims, and warmly welcomes either regular or one-off donations which can be made via our ParentPay donation page, bank transfer or cheque.
Donate through ParentPay at:
https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=1890
You do not need a ParentPay account to use this donation page.
Donations to the Charity’s bank account can be made online or over the counter to:
Account name: LGGS Charity Account
Bank: Lloyds
Sort: 30 14 60
Account: 13 33 70 68
Donors may alternatively send a cheque made payable to ‘Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Fund’ to The Finance Office, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF.
Charitable donations of any value are eligible for tax relief. For example, for every £100 you donate, we can now claim an additional £25 from HMRC, helping your donation go further at no extra cost to you. To do this, the Charity needs to confirm that you are a current UK tax payer to reclaim Gift Aid from the tax you pay for the current tax year. If you are a UK taxpayer and would like the Charity to benefit, please complete our Gift Aid Declaration. We cannot claim Gift Aid unless we receive your completed Declaration.
Please complete and return our Donation Notification Form to inform us how you would like your donation to be treated:
LGGS Online Donation and Gift Aid Form 2024/5
Alternatively, if you cannot fill out the online form please complete the form below and return to us by post or email:
LGGS School Fund with Donation and Gift Aid Forms 2024/5
Completed forms can be emailed to:
Alternatively, they can be posted to The Finance Office, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School, Regent Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1SF.
Unless we receive specific instructions for the use of a donation, we will use the funds to further the published objects and activities of the charity, without restriction.
LGGS is fundraising to lease and run a new school minibus which will be used to enable our students to access a wider range of opportunities such as sports fixtures and educational visits.
We are inviting LGGS families to sponsor our minibus by setting up a monthly standing order of £2, but we would warmly welcome any donations by any other payment methods.
Details of how to set up a standing order can be found under the 'Support Us' section above.
Please use the reference 'Minibus' for your bank transfers or ParentPay donations.