[senco-forum] School donations

Hi All

I think this is a query for those of you who manage SEN budgets and
,possibly for those folk like Brendan, who know the legal, technical issues
that might be involved. A friend has asked my opinion on the following.

Friend has been successful in business and now makes good, thoughful
donations to various charities. He has become involved with funding things
such as providing coaches for transporting  disabled pupils. Through this
he has become more involved with a particular school and has asked what
else he could do to support their provision for children with additional
needs in this mainstream school( I think we are talking about pupils with
statements here as the needs seem to be  considerable). There has been a
suggestion that he provide financial support for the school to pay for
additional TA services and he has asked my opinion on this. I think he is
happy to do this but is aware that it is a differerent scenario from the
donation of funding for concrete "extras" that the school would not
normally manage to pay for.

I don't want to go into anymore detail but would be interested in people's
thoughts on this.

Thanks

Anne