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• Catb

  Joined: 03 Mar 2008

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 03 Mar 2008

  Hello
  
  My name is Catherine & I work for a major bank in a call centre. As part of our help for the community myself & another member of my team have decided it would be a great idea to start collecting the Active Kids vouchers. Neither of us have children but have found that we have alot of vouchers, we are currently setting up boxes to place all over our building & with each team on each floor (we have 9 floors & about 7 teams to a floor, within the building we hve about 900 people). I was wondering if anyone knew of where I could get some posters & leaflets to place over the building to make people aware of it & also if anyone knows of any schools in the Southend on Sea area that are collecting the vouchers.
  
  Any help would be very helpful.
  
  Many thanks
  
  
  Catheirne

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• Ivegotabag

  Joined: 24 Aug 2006

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 04 Mar 2008

  I think you will find that Sainsbury's provide info for the schools and groups when they sign up.
  
  You can make a very effective poster yourself by just arranging a number of the vouchers on an A4 sheet and putting the words 'Yes Please' underneath and then photocopying it and laminating it. Don't use capitals - use upper and lower case as they are easier to read. Increase the size of the type rather than use all capitals. Describe what you are doing in as few words as possible. (Use the glue that allows you to reposition things you are sticking down or a little bit of blutack so you don't spoil the vouchers.)
  
  Some of the schools or groups that could best use your tokens may not be already signed up. Why not see if there is an area which could really do with some input and where you could help generate some enthusiasm by giving those exhausted teachers and/or volunteers in a club some help? You could look at the items that are available to see if there is something there that you could aim for because although you don't others may have divided loyalties regarding schools/clubs. The vouchers are only available for a short length of time!

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• Ivegotabag

  Joined: 24 Aug 2006

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 05 Mar 2008

  Have you read through the Active Kids part of the site? Some of the schools who collected last year are featured with stories on how they motivated everybody to work together and collect.

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• TS1

  Joined: 03 Feb 2008

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 09 Mar 2008

  Hi Catherine..
  I have just kind of googled.. and that schools that appear online are:
  1) Marjorie McClure School
  2) Temple Sutton Primary School
  I hope this is good enough.. I could give you a name of a manager.. who is incharge of advertising.. but I'm not so sure if that's allowed?
  Next best thing to do is, if you write to JSainsbury's personnel department, or admin department, they maybe able to send you your adverts.
  Good luck, and hope you collect plenty of Active Kids Vouchers! :>
  TSNathan.
  JSains Assistant... (and proud of it!) :>

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• nowheatforme

  Joined: 08 Feb 2007

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 13 Mar 2008

  I dont have children but am always offered active kids vouchers, feel a bit guilty for not taking them! i live in south london so pretty sure there will be a school nearby i could dontate mine too. its cool businesses are getting involved, i might do something in my company too!

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• Careline1

  Joined: 03 Mar 2008

  

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  Collecting for a School in our Area 11 Apr 2008

  There are currently 15 schools and nurseries registered with us for the Active Kids 08 scheme in the Southend on Sea area. I am sure any one of these will be more than happy to have vouchers donated to them. I have listed them below, please note they are not in any particular order.
  
  Royal Village Day Nursery, Davids House, Alexandra Road, Southend on Sea SS1 1HD Nursery
  Jungle Cats Nursery, South East Essex College of Arts, Luker Road, Southend on Sea SS1 1ND Nursery
  Allsorts Pre-School, Centre Place Community Centre, Prospect Close, Southend on Sea SS1 2JD Junior/Secondary
  Porters Grange Primary, Lancaster Gardens, Southend on Sea SS1 2NS Infant/Primary
  Sacred Heart Catholic, Windermere Road, Southend on Sea SS1 2RF Infant/Primary
  Elim Church Day Nursery, Windermere Road, Southend on Sea SS1 2RF Nursery
  The New Westcliffe Preparatory, 42 Arnold Avenue, Southend on Sea SS1 2TJ Infant/Primary
  Cockleshell Neighbourhood Nursery, Southend Adult Community College, Ambleside Drive, Southend on Sea SS1 2UP Nursery
  The Trinket Box Pre-School, Thorpe Greenways School, Southend on Sea SS1 3BS Nursery
  Thorpe Greenways Juniors, Greenways, Southend on Sea SS1 3BS Infant/Primary
  Thorpe Greenways, Infant School, Southend on Sea SS1 3BS Infant/Primary
  Thorpe Bay Nursery, St Augustines Hall, Johnstone Road, Southend on Sea SS1 3HQ Nursery
  Bournes Green, Infant School, Burlescombe Road, Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea SS1 3PX Infant/Primary
  Bournes Green Junior School, Ladram Road, Southend on Sea SS1 3PX Infant/Primary
  Thorpe Hall School, Wakering Road, Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea SS1 3RD Junior/Secondary
  
  If you would like to place posters and leaflets in your offices advertising this scheme you can call the AK08 helpline on 0844 415 8440. One of my colleagues on the helpline will be more than happy to give you the materials you need.
  
  I hope this information gives you the details you need to choose a suitable recipient for your Active Kids vouchers. It may be an idea to sponsor a different school or nursery for each floor of your building. That way it could be also a bit of a competition amongst the teams to see who can get the most vouchers.

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