 
The School Fete is usually one of the biggest fundraisers of the year and a lot of hard work and effort go into its planning - from the P&F Committee to staff and students.
Better Amusements Hire – Joylands operates hundreds of school fetes throughout the year and it has been part of our core business for over 20 years.
Our main aim is to take the stress out of organising the amusement side. Our profit share schemes are easy and simple to follow.
No question is too hard or too silly - the whole process can be very daunting for the new fete coordinator ! We help you out with the pre selling and provide marketing kits containing advertising hints and posters for the school and surrounding local area to help you out.
How Does it All Work ?
An initial phone call to our office will start the process rolling.
Firstly, is your fete date available?
Please remember that 70% of school fetes are Spring Fairs and September is the busiest month of the year, It gets booked out very early, say in March / April so if your planning a September fete, the earlier the better – some people book the year before to secure their dates. Limited dates are available as we have set bookings that we do every year.
What ride package ?
With the help of viewing our website and the photos of our amusements you should be able to come up with a package to suit your school. Of course we can help you with this and can recommend packages based on student capacity and type of school.
What is our Commission ?
Once we have established a ride package Better Amusements will quote you on how many pre sold vouchers you would need to pre sell. This is a formula we use and is based on our cost price. This covers all expenses for us to go and work at your school.
For example your ride package might consist of:
Mini Ferris Wheel
Nemo Jumping Castle
Flying Elephants
Cup & Saucer
Cha Cha
For a 4 hour hire you would need to pre sell 265 vouchers at a discounted cost of $20 each. This enables the student to exchange their voucher at our ticket box on the day of your event for an all ride, 4 hour, armband.
Armbands will be for sale on the day of your event at the inflated cost of $25 each along with single ride tickets of usually $4 and $5 each.
At the end of your function Better Amusements Hire – Joylands will donate 20% of all profits back to your Committee. This includes your pre sold vouchers.
Should you not meet your pre sold requirements, however, we do reserve the right to omit rides to cover costs. A lot of schools do “guarantee” us. This means that even if they fail to sell their required vouchers the School has decided to make up the shortfall to pay us our 80% of the pre sold.
Site Inspections
These need to be done by one of our trained Supervisors to make sure there is enough access and ground space for the ride package you have selected. Site Inspections can be booked in from our office and usually take place on a Tuesday or Wednesday. All inspections are carried out once confirmation of your booking has been received.
Please note that rides are transported on semi trailers, flat bed trucks, flat trailers and 4 WDs so things like access, turning capacity and overhanging trees etc are all taken into account.
Should a site inspection fail to accommodate the rides you have selected our supervisor and sales staff will work together to supply you rides of equality that are available.
Side Show Alley & Food Stalls
To add to the realistic atmosphere of the carnival we do have Side Show games such as Laughing Clowns etc and also Fairy Floss, Popcorn & Snow Cones.
These can be added to your fete at no outlay to you. This means they are not costed into the armband scheme. They are ‘pay as you go’. The Committee will get a 15% return of all monies from these.
We hope the information above is a good starting point to organising your school fete / fundraiser.
Please do not hesitate in contacting our sales staff who will help you with any aspect of the attractions aspect.
We look forward to hearing from you !
PH: 9606 9212
Or fill out our Enquiry Form
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