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Aston & Cote Playgroup
 
 
A well run, friendly playgroup, staffed by experienced, well qualified and local staff.
 
For children aged from 2 years 9 months right up until they join school.
 
The Playgroup is safely enclosed within a fenced outdoor play area in the school grounds.
 
For further information please read our Prospectus or to arrange a visit please contact Gail Say - Telephone Number: 01993 850302 
 
 
Fundraising:
 
Shop online and raise funds - You can now raise funds for Aston and Cote Playgroup every time you shop online. Choose from over 500 of the UK's best-known retailers including many popular names such as NEXT, Amazon, Debenhams, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop using the links on this site (www.easyfundraising.org.uk/astonandcolepg) up to 15% from every purchase you make will be donated to the Aston and Cote Playgroup.

It doesn't cost you a penny extra to shop and raise funds this way and if you use their search engine too you will also raise money every time you do a search.
 
Sponsor a Plank - this fundraising scheme has been introduced to help generate funding for the new Building. See further below for more details.
 
NEW Building Update:
 
Planning:
We have been granted permission for a lovely timber framed, cedar clad building.  The permission has been granted with conditions.  This is due to the presence of a Bat roost in the roof space (currently unoccupied); the requirements are that we find out what type of roost it is and then apply for a licence to carry out the building works.
 
Lease:
All parties have agreed on the terms of the lease and it is now in the hands of the County Council solicitors.  (It has taken 7 years to get this far!)
 
Funding:
Very Exciting news - we have been shortlisted for a grant of £150,000 from the County Council, and they have agreed to pay extra for the Bat Surveys.  The Parish Council have pledged £10,000 to be given in instalments.   Playgroup have £25,000 allocated to the building project.
 
To get the building up and pay associated professional fees we need to raise a minimum of another £10,000.  We will then need to raise approximately another £14,000 to update the outdoor area and buy new equipment.  We are still applying to more funding bodies, but every little helps.
 
Consequently we have thought up “Sponsor a Plank”.  The building will be cedar clad, which is where the “Plank” idea has come from.  We will make a “Book of Sponsors and Donors” to be kept in the new building as a lasting testament to the community involvement. 
 
We are selling whole “planks” for £20 or ¼ of a plank for £5, for more information phone me, Rebecca, on 01993 852343 or email me on fundraising@astonandcoteplaygroup.co.uk.  If you are a tax payer please tick the gift aid box, for every £20, we can claim £5 back from the H M Revenue and Customs.
 
Timescale
Due to bats and funding taking longer than anticipated we now expect the building work to take place during the summer of 2010.