DEVELOPMENT SHERBORNE GIRLS VOICES Last year we launched our Sherborne Girls Voices initiative to encourage all members of our Sherborne Girls community to share opinions, challenge key issues and make a positive difference. At school, this involved the launch of several new forums including: Ask the Head, where girls are invited to raise questions and ideas at a fortnightly Q&A session; Diverse Voices, a pupil group that is leading the school’s stand against discrimination; and a joint Pupil Pastoral Forum that engages pupils at Sherborne Girls and Sherborne School in discussions on key issues. There have also been several initiatives involving Old Girls:
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
Founder of Nina Seed Interiors, Polyglot and Former Lawyer
Izzy Norris
Each day of Global Entrepreneurship Week, we released a video interview with a different Old Girl, each emphasising the importance of the five entrepreneurial traits of: Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, Curiosity and Courage in their respective careers. Thank you to these five inspirational Old Girls: Mel Exon (Copeland) A’89 – Writer, Board Trustee and CEO in the UK creative industries
Senior Paralegal, Trainee Solicitor at Fieldfisher LLP
Nina Seed (Malone) DH’91 – Founder of Nina Seed Interiors, Polyglot, and former Lawyer
WD 2014-2020
FRI 20 NOVEMBER
Foundation Year Doctor, Acute Medical Unit, Charing Cross Hospital
AE 2003-2008
Lucy Fortescue
RH 2009-2014
THUR 19 NOVEMBER
Habibah Alao
DH 1985-1991
Habibah Alao AE’08 – Senior Paralegal, Trainee Solicitor Izzy Norris RH’14 – Foundation Year Doctor, Acute Medical Unit
Founder of Mabel Dora Jewellery
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www.sherbornegirlsvoices.com
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Writer, Board Trustee and CEO in the UK creative industries
Nina Seed (Malone)
WEDS 18 NOVEMBER
A 1983-1989
TUES 17 NOVEMBER
Mel Exon (Copeland)
MON 16 NOVEMBER
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Lucy Fortescue WD’20 – Founder of Mabel Dora Jewellery
PHONE INITIATIVE As the country went into a further lockdown, we invited a group of recent leavers to help us call over 450 Old Girls over the age of 70 to offer a friendly voice on the end of the phone. We wanted to make sure that our Old Girls felt cared for and part of a supportive community, while also providing an opportunity for our younger Old Girls to get involved in a fun and rewarding initiative, at a time when many of their plans had been disrupted by the pandemic. It was wonderful to connect two generations of Old Girls in something so positive at a difficult time.
