Great Ayton Park Fundraiser

21/05/2026

We have very kindly been donated by Joshua Thompson - Anglo Scottish Asset Finance a nights stay at The Old Police House North Yorkshire for 2 people. We are raffling this off for £2 a strip to raise money for Great Ayton Park Fundraiser 🥳

Raffle tickets available from Ashleigh Marley, Nikki Mckenzie & Caitlin Rose❤️
We will attach the fundraiser bank details below for anyone wanting to bank transfer, but PLEASE put your name as reference so we know who’s paid🫶🏼 thank you so much for everyone that takes part in our fundraising events, it really is appreciated

Great Ayton Park Fundraiser
Account number- 84510760
Sort code- 30-54-66

21/05/2026

Amazing news for our community!🥰

We’re so happy to announce that Great Ayton Park Fundraiser has been awarded a £500 grant from Broadacres! 🎉

We’re so grateful to everyone who voted. This funding will go towards helping improve and maintain our local park for the whole community to enjoy🌳

Every bit of support means so much to us, and we can’t wait to continue making positive changes for the children and families in our village ✨

After the Great Ayton Fete, we’ll also update everyone on how much we’ve managed to raise so far through all of our fundraising efforts 💚

14/05/2026

Thank you so much Rea Funeral Service ❤️

05/05/2026

Any donation is hugely appreciated🥰

A huge thank you to Rea Funeral Service for their kindness in offering to be donation drop-off points at both of their offices in Great Ayton (Newton Road) and Stokesley (Three Tuns Wynd). We really appreciate your support! 💚

Any donations can be dropped off at either office, or if anyone would prefer to drop them off at our home, please just message us for our address

31/03/2026

🌳 Great Ayton Park Fundraiser – Village Fete Stall 🌳

We’re excited to say that we will be having a stall at the Great Ayton Village Fete on Saturday 13th June, where we’ll be raising money to go towards improvements for our much-loved village park 💚

We’re also on the lookout for some help from our lovely community…

👉 Stocks Wanted!
We know it’s a long shot, but does anyone have a set of stocks hiding away in the back of a shed or garage that we could borrow for the day?

🍾 Bottle Donations Needed
We’re collecting any bottles in wine bags for our bottle raffle — these can be anything at all, such as:
• Bottles of alcohol
• Bubble bath/toiletries
• Juice
• Fizzy drinks
• Water
Anything bottle-shaped is perfect and hugely appreciated. The only thing we ask is that all items are in date and unopened.

😄 Volunteers Wanted… if you’re brave enough!
We’re also looking for volunteers who would be willing to go in the stocks — all in good fun of course! Who’s feeling brave? 🤣

Thank you so much for supporting our park and helping us make it even better for everyone in the village 🌿
If you can donate, lend stocks, or volunteer, please get in touch

04/03/2026

🐣🌸 EASTER EGG RAFFLE 🌸🐣

We’re excited to launch our Easter Egg Raffle to help raise money for the Great Ayton Park Fundraiser 💚

🎁 Hamper worth £150+!

What’s included?
✨ 16 XL Easter Eggs
✨ 1 Medium Egg
✨ 6 Small Eggs
✨ 2 Big Chocolate Bars
✨ Easter Munch Mix
✨ Sweet Hamper
✨ Marshmallow Tin

🎟️ £2 per number
Raffle numbers will be issued to each person on request

All proceeds will go towards supporting the Great Ayton Park fundraiser – every number sold makes a difference!

Comment or message to secure your numbers before they’re gone 🐰

🌟 Winner Announced On Friday 27th March 🌟

Thank you for your support 💛🌷

12/01/2026

So grateful for the donation❤️

Great Ayton Santa Sleigh Ride
We are pleased to announce that we have donated £700 from the Santa Sleigh tour of Great Ayton to the Great Ayton Playground group. We wish them well with their plans to re-develop the playground. £500 has been used to support our Search and Rescue work and the remaining £200 will be used to fund some planned upgrades to the sleigh.

Many thanks to everyone in Great Ayton for your very generous donations. Only 345 days to go to this year’s Santa Sleigh……….

Father Christmas and his band of elves

14/12/2025

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Mountain Rescue Team for choosing us to receive donations from the Santa Sleigh Ride 🎄🎅

We are incredibly grateful to be supported by such an amazing service.

If you’d like to support, donations can be made on the day or online. Don’t forget you can also track Santa and the sleigh online to see when he’s coming to your area!

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far ❤️

11/12/2025

A massive thank you to the Freemasons of Ayton Lodge 9595 for their incredibly generous donation of £1,000 towards the Great Ayton Park fundraiser. 🙏💙

Thanks to this support, our fundraising total now stands at £4,319 an amazing milestone for our community!

We know things have seemed a little quiet recently, but we’ve been busy working behind the scenes. Applying for grants, planning events and putting everything in place for a big push in 2026.

Your generosity helps keep the momentum going, and we’re so grateful to everyone who continues to support the future of our park.

21/11/2025

Hi everyone. We know we’ve gone a bit quiet recently, but we’re still very much fundraising for the Great Ayton village play park! ❤️

So far, the total raised is £3,319.67, which is amazing — thank you so much to everyone who has supported us.

We’re hoping to organise another event in the New Year, so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to send them over. We’d love to hear from you!

You’ll also find some of our charity boxes in a few local businesses around the village. Any donations popped into them are massively appreciated — every little really does help.

We did have to shut down the GoFundMe page, and the funds are currently being held by the Parish Council while we sort out a proper bank account. We’re a bit stuck on what type of charity/community account we need to open, so if anyone has experience or knowledge with this, any advice would be hugely appreciated.

Thank you all for your continued support for the village play park project! 🌳💚