FOUNDATION OFFICE
GIVE TODAY CHANGE THEIR TOMORROW
LANCING FOUNDATIONERS GIVING WEEK 13–20 NOVEMBER 2021 This is an annual opportunity for us to focus everyone’s mind on our aim to transform the lives of school children from challenging backgrounds through our campaign Lancing Foundationers – Bursaries that change lives, and to create a sense of real awareness within our community for those far less fortunate than ourselves. The last 18 months have shown us that now, more than ever, is the time to act and make sure our voices are heard on such an important agenda. In November we celebrated the fourth anniversary of the campaign. It is impressive what has been achieved in this time and the impact made on the education, lives, and future outcomes of 22 young people.
• This term we have the largest ever number of Foundationers (17) in the school – we started with two in 2017 and have 22 in the programme in total. • We have six OL Foundationers: two in the workplace, three at university and one on a Lloyds apprenticeship. • We have raised the first-stage target of £3m, 18 months ahead of schedule and we have made a firm commitment to start fundraising for phase two which will be formally launched in 2022. • We are delighted to be working with our partners, Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation, EYLA, Buttle UK, Highfield School and Trinity Lewisham School. • Our pastoral care continues to be acknowledged by our partners as outstanding. • In the last four years, three of our Foundationers have been Heads of School and five have been Prefects. They are also contributing to the leadership of the school through positions such as Heads of House and Peer Supporters. Thank you so much to all of you in the Lancing community who supported us in Giving Week. We are delighted to have raised just under £50,000 (and counting ...) which means with some matched giving we will be able to fund another Sixth Form Foundationer through our programme. Funds are still coming in and we will give a full update in the next edition of The Quad and announce the winner of the House competition.
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It was really encouraging this year to see our own student body throwing themselves into supporting the programme through raffles, an own clothes day and a Krispy Kreme day. The introduction of text giving proved to be very popular with our young donors as well. We are profoundly grateful to everyone who took the time to participate and make a commitment to our Changing Lives programme.
