Welcome to The Friends of Deighton Gates

We're the school's Parent Teacher Association – now known as The Friends of Deighton Gates – and we bring together parents, carers, neighbours and staff to raise vital funds for the school and help create a strong sense of community. Everyone is welcome, whether you want to share ideas, help out, or just come along for a cuppa and a chat.

We organise fun, family-friendly events throughout the year – including our popular Summer Fair, school discos, Christmas quizzes, and year group bake sales. Thanks to generous support from local businesses, our raffles have featured amazing prizes like glamping holidays, motorhome hire, festival tickets, vouchers for local shops and signed sports memorabilia.

The success of these events has been down to the amazing support we get from parents and friends of the school.  Families have realised that these events raise money for the school and as importantly they are great fun!!

The money we raise goes directly back into the school, helping to fund everything from a new outdoor classroom and upgraded IT suite to a refurbished sensory room, fitness track, new library books, a community-accessible defibrillator - along with many more smaller but equally important projects. We also provide every child with a reading folder when they start school and a leavers’ gift when they move on.

Getting involved is easy and hugely rewarding – and our events are a great way to meet other families and have some fun while supporting the school.

Sports Day & LUFC Raffle

Our LUFC raffle raised us a magnificent £572.20!!

Thank you to all who entered and thanks again to Daryl Carter at LUFC for the signed Leeds shirt and Nick Bye, OHS Group for donating the hospitality tickets. We hope the lucky winners enjoy their prizes!💙💛

Our Sports Day refreshments raised a fantastic £400.89!

Thank you so much to those who helped on the stall and to the Reception and Year 6 parents for supplying the great selection of cakes for everyone to enjoy 😊 

AGM

Please join us to celebrate our fantastic year of fundraising events and look forward to next year (with Mrs Myers our new Head) at the AGM on Tuesday 15th 8pm (school conference room or online).  Details in the agenda further down the page.

 Summer Fair - Thank You!!

We have a total....and it's a record breaker.  £5,576 Raised at the summer fair.

Watch a timelapse video of the whole day here: https://x.com/FriendsOfDG/status/1937567551229182345

Thank you, thank you, thank you! To everyone who came along and supported us on the day. Thank you to anyone who helped set up, took a shift on a stall, cleared away at the end. To those who bakes/sent in cakes for the stall, or sent in books/games etc. thank you!

Massive thank you and well done to the small but mighty summer fair team, Louise, Paul, Theuns & Kirsty. Plus our BBQ kings Kev & Jim! Our Queen of the raffle Marg (we reached 2,000 tickets sold for the first time ever!) To everyone who went the extra mile beforehand and on the day - heavy lifting in the heat, filling in/doing extra shifts, staying late - we can’t thank you enough.
 

The summer fair is a massive effort and takes a huge amount of organising and setting up, so everyone who helped in any way lessened the load - we really appreciate it. We aim to have a fun filled community day, as well as raising money and we hope you all enjoyed yourselves too!

Thanks to our main sponsors

@ManningStainton

And Pig race sponsors

Piglets Adventure Farm

Thank you to our entertainment - Wetherby Karate Club, I'm A-Mazing Dance Parties, Our school choir and Super Pig!

Another big thank you goes to local butchers J.B. Wilkinsons for generously supplying their quality beef burgers and sausages at cost to enable us to raise more money for our school.

Thank you to Bernard, who works tirelessly and is always a friendly face!

https://www.jbwilkinson.co.uk/j-b-wilkinson-sons-wetherby/

A huge thank you to local driving instructor Sara Abbott and her husband for generously giving up their Saturday afternoon to provide our Drive-a-car experience. It was very popular and we were delighted to have you back at the fair this year!

A big thank you to Paragon Traffic Management Ltd for supplying the fencing to allow us to safely cordon off the car driving experience. They kindly delivered and collected on a Saturday which was very much appreciated.

And of course a huge thank you to everyone who came, helped, donated, baked, ran a stall, spent money, danced, drank, or just brought the good vibes 💛

We’re blown away – you’ve helped make a real difference for our school community!

Go Team Deighton Gates! 🙌

🎟️🎟️🎟️Summer Raffle - Winners 🎟️🎟️🎟️

Congratulations to all the lucky winners on yesterday's raffle. Here's a list of the winning ticket numbers.

Many thanks once again to those who donating a prize for this fantastic list!

🏆 Top prizes included:

A signed Leeds United 24/25 1st Team Shirt – perfect for any Whites fan!

A Family Ticket to the incredible Deer Shed Festival – a summer experience to remember!

A HUGE thank you to all our supporters:

Angela Crossley Tennis Coaching, Bengal Brasserie, Betty's, Bosun's Brewery, Breeze's Deli, Colour Corner, Deer Shed Festival, Doodlebugs, Earth Tree Yoga, Hannah Brooke Photography, Hannah Frost Beauty, Hartlaw Solicitors, Horse & Hound (Bay Horse), Kemp's Book Shop, Leeds Rhinos, Leeds United FC, NEOM, Skin Spa Wetherby, Stafford Hall Antiques, Stagecoach, The Pride Gym Wetherby , Thorp Perrow, Treasures Toys, Wetherby Cinema, Wetherby Padel Club, Wetherby Watches

 Playground Makeover by FoDG Families

Over the weekend, a group of Friends of Deighton Gates (FoDG) families came together to give the "well used" wooden structure in the centre of the playground a vibrant new lease of life.

Previously looking a little tired and worn, the structure has now been transformed with a fresh coat of paint – in the colours of the rainbow, just like our school logo! Children love to hide, sit and play around it, and we hope everyone agrees that it now looks brighter, happier, and more inviting.

This was the first step in our wider playground improvement project, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible volunteers who gave up their time on both Saturday and Sunday to help.

A huge thank you also goes to The Decorating Centre, Wetherby, who generously donated all the paint and brushes needed for the job – your support is very much appreciated. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to improve our school’s outdoor spaces!

Upcoming Meeting Dates

• Tuesday 15th July 2025 (AGM)

Meetings are generally held from 8pm in the school conference room.  Online MS Teams links are also available for people to dial in.  Joining info available prior to the meeting or email us at fodg@dgpta.org. 

Free ways to help raise funds for the FODG

1. Sign up to easyfundraising 

Easyfundraising turns your everyday online shopping into free donations for the FoDG. Just start your online shopping first at easyfundraising, then shop as normal. Retailers will then make a small donation to say “thank you”.

Click  this link to sign up - Friends of Deighton Gates - Wetherby Fundraising | Easyfundraising

3. Co-Op Local Causes

Friends of Deighton Gates has been selected to be one of 3 "local causes" for the Co-op community fund. We will receive a minimum of £1000 but the fund runs for a year from now and the more people who select us as their nominated cause, the more money we receive.

NB- you can nominate from anywhere in the country as long as you are a co-op member (costs £1 to join) so Grandparents/friends/relations can choose to support us from afar!

Please log in and select us as your local cause. Using the link really does take seconds to do!

https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/93126

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