Up, Up and Away Preschool.

Houlton Hall, South Street, Great Waltham.

Registered Charity No. 1137026

Dear

We are a charitable Committee run Preschool who is devoted to making a difference in the community by providing child care for the parents and children of Great Waltham and surrounding villages. We hold regular fundraising events to provide the basic resources for the children and are now turning our fundraising efforts towards raising money to make much needed improvements to the children’s garden area. We encourage the children to play out in the garden in all weathers and have a sand pit, mud kitchen, music area and play house which the children get great enjoyment from. It gives them the opportunity to develop new skills and secure existing ones, to expand their imagination and learn about nature and the outdoors. Our Preschool has been running for over 20 years and even with our best efforts to maintain and repair the equipment some areas could do with updating. In particular the landscaping of the garden needs attention to improve the accessibility in the Winter months for all the children, specifically for some of our children who have Special Educational Needs. This is something we would need expert help with and which from initial quotes we have had would be the most expensive part of the renovations.

We are writing to ask if you would consider supporting us in our fundraising either by making a donation towards our goal of £4,000.00 or providing us with some of the supplies that we need to get specific work completed (a list of which is provided at the end of this letter). Your donation will be acknowledged on our website and also in our local village magazine when work is complete.

Our target is to start the work in the Summer holidays so that it would be complete for the children to use in September. We have secured £1200.00 so far for the project but the success of it will rely on the donations companies such as yours, are be able to provide.

Thank you for your consideration of our request and we look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours sincerely