Primary Teacher UK

Discounted villas holidays for teachers to raise charity funds

Villas4teachers want to help children throughout the world gain the best possible start in life, and that includes giving them access to education. They support the Plan charity, which is an international humanitarian child-centred development organisation, set up to help improve the lives of some of the world's poorest children.

In association with independent tour operator Secret Destinations, Villas4Teachers.com gives its customers the opportunity to raise funds for the Plan charity simply by booking a holiday villa. The website donates at least 2.5% of the value of each accommodation booking to Plan, while customers receive a 7.5% discount off Secret Destinations' published web prices. This applies to the complete programme of holiday accommodation in Spain, Mallorca and the Canary Islands. Furthermore discounts are available to all teachers and education authority employees in the UK, including classroom assistants, admin workers and catering staff.

Recent successful fund raising supported by Villas4Teachers.com has helped to construct a school and library to provide an educational facility for pre-school and a primary age schoolchildren of the Essandohkrom community in Ghana. This was completed in 2008. The website is now supporting a new ambitious project for Sangara Secondary school in Mvuti village, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Here Villas4Teachers aim to help Plan reach their target of £89,636 within the next 12 months to provide safer education and employment for the youth of Mvuti village, Tanzania.

Anyone working for an education authority in the UK can book their holiday accommodation through Villas4Teachers and really make a difference to the lives of so many school children. On average 120 Villas4Teachers bookings will raise enough funds to build a classroom or a library; 60 bookings will pay for a water storage system; 35 bookings will stock a library with books, and just 500 bookings could raise enough funds to build a whole new school.

Villas4Teachers customers can choose to stay in any Secret Destinations property at any time of the year; from off-the-beaten-track rural cottages tucked away in enchanting villages; magnificent villas with private pools located along undiscovered golden sandy coastlines to fantastic Parador hotels throughout the whole of mainland Spain. The range of carefully selected privately owned villas, apartments and hotels are in some of the very best destinations in Spain, Mallorca and the Canary Islands of Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro.

Plan is a UK registered charity and all donations go directly to them with no administration charges from Villas4Teachers. More information about the Plan charity and the range of holiday villas and apartments available can be found at www.villas4teachers.com. Alternatively customers can call Secret Destinations directly on 0845 612 9000 and mention Villas4Teachers at the time of booking

Teachers Building Society

Those that are observant may have noticed that the site is now sponsored by the Teachers Building Society.  The Teachers Building Society was founded over forty years ago by the National Union of Teachers and the Society remains committed to providing mortgages for teachers and education professionals, with its savings products available to everyone.

For more information about Teachers Building Society and the range of products available, visit the website at www.teachersbs.co.uk or call 0800 378669.

New Regular Saver Account Launched by Teachers Building Society

A Regular Saver Account, offering a variable interest rate of 6.35% gross p.a./AER, has been launched by Teachers Building Society. The interest rate includes a bonus of 1% for the first twelve months.

The account requires a minimum monthly investment of £10, to be paid by standing order, and allows one withdrawal per year without penalty. The maximum monthly investment is £250. Account holders who subsequently take out a mortgage with the Society will receive £100 cash back.

Marketing Manager Mike Hislop says “We know that many people are finding it hard to get a foot on the property ladder in the current climate, so the Regular Saver Account is designed to encourage people to put by what they can so they have something in reserve, perhaps for a deposit on a property. If savers then look to us for a mortgage, we’ll reward them with £100 cash back.”

Teachers Building Society was founded over forty years ago by the National Union of Teachers and the Society remains committed to providing mortgages for teachers and education professionals, with its savings products available to everyone.

For more information about Teachers Building Society and the range of products available, visit the website at www.teachersbs.co.uk or call 0800 378669.