PTA wellbeing events for parents, any idea?

[Tasha32]

I've been part of the school, I work at, PTA since around Christmas and alot of the events we do are fundraising for the school. As a school the staff have wellbeing events which are really great fun. I was thinking as part of the PTA maybe it would be an idea to have a wellbeing event for parents but rather than the usual event I want to do an event for discussions that are important for the parents such as support in different areas e.g after school activities, or workshops on different topics.
If anybody has any ideas or have done any events give me your suggestions or commet😊

OP, if you keep hassling parents you may lose their support.

If you want to do wellness bullshit then what about yoga sessions
Meditation sessions
Parent and child cooking classes

Our PTA has joint aims of fundraising and community building. We organise fundraising events and part of these funds pay for some of the community building events including the new parents welcome coffee and evening meeting at school that happen in September.. covers working parents and stay at home parents but not.perfect for those who work and don't have baby sitters.

The school runs information sessions and the PTA support that.. these include sessions on SEN support in school with a chance to meet and get to know other SEN parents as well as sessions on Maths and Literacy and how to help at home. Since COVID, these are more popular on zoom.

We also offer parent social activities including a weekly walking group and a monthly book club run by a volunteers.

We did explore the possibility of inviting parents to share their areas of relevant expertise with other parents but this didn't gather momentum.

If a parent was to ask for my advice I am happy to give it to them. But if I have no qualifications or knowledge of subject matters I would happily point them in the right direction (such as leaflets, support groups or websites). Maybe I should've worded my comment better as I think it may have been took the wrong way but I wouldn't call this inappropriate or overstepping but thank you for your opinion.

Some really fab ideas, thank you for sharing some positives😊

I totally get everyone has an opinion but I put the post up to ask for ideas not to point out the how annoying people think PTAs are. Not all PTAs are the same and everybody does things differently. I'm all about trying something new, stepping away from the norm but I value the school & parents/families I work with so their opinions will be how we chose to go forward with any events etc in the future.

I think your enthusiasm is great, and I love that you're so keen to help the school community. If your PTA doesn't already go to activities and events to inform new parents about the PTA and how to get involved, starting that seems a great plan. Some of the other activities you've thought of may not be in line with what a PTA should do and could overstep boundaries, but it looks like you've got ideas that the school may want to consider if resources allow. Particularly with your dual role as a parent and a member of staff, how about seeing what the pastoral/wellbeing lead thinks?

It’s not an event but more information gathering. Every school holiday lots of places will have free or cheap events on locally. It would be really helpful to many parents if that information was passed on to parents in a flyer/email
fpr example local wildlife trust doing a wildlife walk on x date
local museum has artefact handling
art gallery has have a go at portrait painting etc