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Mr Hugh Mallon Principal from St Joseph’s Boys’ High School Newry was at Stormont to officially welcome PTA-NI to Northern Ireland.
St Joseph's Parents’ Association received ‘Gold Award’ status under the category of ‘Changing the life of the school’ as part of the regional awards last year.
Guests were welcomed by Sandra Overend MLA, herself an active PTA mum, who then introduced David Butler, PTA-UK Chief Executive. After the event David said “A very committed group of educational professionals were present at the PTA-NI launch event, which marked the next exciting chapter in the charity’s history. It was obvious that everyone present shared a deep-rooted passion for good education and learning and the event gave PTA-NI an opportunity to thank various stakeholders, not only for that passion but also the support they give to PTAs. In NI our membership in the last year alone, has grown by nearly 14% with a total membership just short of 20% of all schools. Our last member survey indicated that PTAs throughout the UK raised some £100 million and that the number of individual PTAs raising more than £10,000 grew to 22%. It is evident that PTAs are going from strength to strength and with PTA-NI’s continued support, PTAs in Northern Ireland can only achieve greater things.”
Mr Mallon appealed for many more local schools to get involved with PTA-NI.
