FOUNDATION OFFICE
Foundationer Ambassadors This term sees the departure of five of our Upper Sixth Foundationers. Amongst them are the first two to have been with us for a full five years, having joined us when we officially launched phase one of the programme.
All five have ambitious plans for the future and are set to go to university in September studying Economics (Southampton), International Business (Birmingham), Marketing (Bristol), Medicine (Leicester), and Politics and International Relations (Bristol). We look forward to following their careers and watching them go out into the world not just to be successful members of society, but to change society for the better. The fundraising for phase one has been completed and we will welcome the final three pupils for this phase in
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September. Phase two to raise £5.5m to fund 40 transformational bursaries is now in its quiet phase prior to a launch in the autumn. However, the early fundraising and pledges have provided the funds to allow us to recruit another four pupils for September. This means we have seven Foundationers joining us in September, making 17 across all year groups and 29 as an ongoing total through the programme. We had 17 applications for seven places in the programme this year and it is certainly a challenge to identify and select the most deserving
candidates. On Founder’s Day, Shirin Mirzayasheva, one of our Head Girls and a Foundationer, spoke openly about what had shaped her time at Lancing, the range and diversity of what she had gained and given and what the opportunity of a slice of the Lancing cake meant to her. We all feel an acute responsibility towards our Foundationers and are determined to continue to offer more ‘slices of the Lancing cake’ to many more young people. Do read on to see what some of our other Foundationers are doing since they left Lancing.
