Friends of Sandside Lodge
Registered Charity Number 1183213
We are a small group of parents/carers and friends of Sandside Lodge School, who have set up a charity to help raise vital funds for our amazing school. You can see who we are in Meet the Team below.
The Lodge Cafe – Our Current Focus
Our fundraising focus for 2025 is to raise at least £350,000 to enable the conversion of an unused lodge building on the school’s land into a small, not-for-profit, community café for the students to work in. See the thermometer for our progress and see below for more details and the opportunities it will create for our students.
If you would like to donate to this project you can do so by going onto Just Giving or contact Katrina or Denise at friends@sandside.org.uk
The Lodge Cafe
The Lodge Cafe, Interior Work, September25
The Lodge Cafe, Interior Work, September25
The Lodge Cafe, Interior Work, September25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, New Roof Nears Completion, September25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, New Roof Started, July 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, Roof Removal, July 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, Concrete Floor Poured, June 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, Damp Proofing, June 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, Ceiling Down and Roof Spaces Exposed, May 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress, May 25
The Lodge Cafe, Work Starts, April 25
The Lodge Cafe, Before Work Started
The Lodge Cafe, The Plans
The Lodge Cafe, Opportunities for Students
Skills Practised
- Communication
- Financial skills and money handling
- Food preparation
- Food service
- Cleaning away and washing up
- Input into further development and menus
Budgeting - Selling of student-made products/crafts
- Horticulture and nutrition skills
What They Will Get From It
- Sense of achievement
- Building confidence and self-esteem
- Feeling part of the community
- Development of life skills
- Hobbies and interest experiences
- Preparation for opportunities outside of school
- Leading to jobs or career development
- Financial planning
The Lodge Cafe, Work in Progress
Meet the FOSLS Team
Nick & Denise are the parents of Emily who has been a student at Sandside since 2018.
Nick is Managing Director of a local stone business.
Denise works helping charities raise funds through lotteries.
Paul & Katrina are the parents of Ben who is now in Sandside Sixth Form.
To support Ben with his needs, Paul is a full-time Shared Lives Carer.
Katrina works for BAE Systems.
James is a local brick business owner, whose son Hugo is in Year 2 of the school.
Dawn works as a Teaching Assistant at the school, and her son Jack attends Sandside Sixth Form.
Mel is the school’s Business Manager.