Outreach and partnership

Donations through the HDT continue to support the work of Shaftesbury Enterprise.

Whether teaching or coaching primary-age pupils, partnering with secondary students, raising sponsorship money through fundraising events, providing companionship for elderly people, working in charity shops or with disadvantaged groups, boys receive huge reciprocal benefit, with many Harrovians feeling that their commitment to Shaftesbury Enterprise is one of the most valuable they make at School.

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SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE

In March 2019, many OHs, parents, staff and friends of the School filled Shakespeare’s Globe to watch the School’s special 25th anniversary gala performance of Twelfth Night. Thanks to generous donations, the HDT provided the funds for hiring the Globe for this special event. Surplus proceeds from the occasion have gone towards a new Tiring House for Speech Room and the new Jeremy Lemmon Shakespeare Project partnership between the School and the Globe.

250+ HARROVIANS REGULARLY TAKE PART IN SHAFTESBURY ENTERPRISE.

2,400 PUPILS FROM 200 LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATTEND CONFERENCES, TALKS, REVISION SESSIONS AND CAREER EVENTS AT HARROW EACH YEAR. HARROW WORKS WITH 15 PRIMARY SCHOOLS, 56 SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND 24 CHARITIES ACROSS LONDON.

THE INAUGURAL LONG DUCKER BIKE RIDE

In September 2019, the HDT was pleased to be able to support and administer the first Long Ducker Bike Ride, which raised £30k for this year’s Long Ducker appeal.

LONG DUCKER

In November 2019, over 1,000 Harrovians, OHs, staff and parents took part in the School’s annual festival of sponsored sporting events. This year, it raised over £160,000 (in 2018, £130,000 was raised), with 50% directed to the main charity Spear, 25% towards the Harrow Club and 25% towards Shaftesbury Enterprise projects.

LONG DUCKER HAS RAISED £611k FOR GOOD CAUSES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IMPACT REPORT 2019

LUMINA

The Harrow Development Trust continued its partnership with Lumina, with 20 young people who attended the 2018 course receiving offers from Oxford and Cambridge and 141 being offered places from Russell Group universities. Since its inception in 2014, Lumina’s annual cohort has increased from 50 students from 13 schools to 200 students from 40 schools.

SPEAR

Every year 15 Harrovians help at the Spear Centre in Harrow. Developed by the social justice charity Resurgo, Spear is a six-week programme helping unemployed young people develop the skills necessary to securing and remaining in work.

As I continue to look at our partnership provision, I wanted to bring to your attention the contribution from HDT to Shaftesbury Enterprise. HDT will be supporting Lumina in its entirety this year and have been responsible for contributions of £50,000 a year to the Harrow Spear Centre for the last four years. This, along with other support administering the Long Ducker money, has made a significant impact on young people in our community. I am hugely grateful to them for their work.”

Timothy Dalton (Newlands 1992 3 ) Director of Shaftesbury Enterprise

44 HARROVIANS INTRODUCED YEAR 6 PUPILS FROM LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO SECONDARY-LEVEL EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE TECHNIQUES IN HARROW’S CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES.

8,000 HOURS WERE VOLUNTEERED BY BOYS TO PROJECTS LAST YEAR.

4STUDENTS FROM LOCAL PARTNER SCHOOLS ATTENDED A TWO-DAY INTRODUCTION TO SURGICAL SKILLS COURSE AT THE GRIFFIN INSTITUTE FUNDED BY THE HDT.