THE GAME CHANGER APPEAL
Sport is such an important part of school life. It is the ideal counterbalance to academic work. Beyond this, a passion for sport and physical activity, encouraged and nurtured at school, is a gift for life.
This is why we have a long-held ambition to develop our sports facilities so that we can give our girls even more opportunities to play, train and compete on top quality playing surfaces, unconstrained by weather and light.
nothing short of a transformation
Over the last few years, we have created and adapted an ambitious scheme that is nothing short of a transformation for Queen Anne’s sport.
We began fundraising for this in 2019. Generous donors stepped forward and the appeal began to gain momentum. Then we had to put the scheme on hold over the pandemic.
realising a dream
Now, we are ready to push ahead again with one of the most exciting developments Queen Anne’s has ever taken on.
As before, fundraising will be essential to us realising this dream. We hope you will support us.
Elaine Purves Head of School
We are gearing up for a game-changing development of our sports facilities
One scheme, four elements
Complete upgrade of our tennis and netball courts
Creation of a sports dome
Creation of an artificial turf pitch (ATP) with floodlights
Levelling of the grass pitches
Full re-surface
Floodlights
Windproof fences
Provision of 3 indoor tennis courts and 2 indoor netball courts. A flexible indoor training venue for many other sports and PE.
A full-size lacrosse pitch available in all weathers. Also, perfect for football.
A scheme to create a set of 4 completely level grass pitches, suitable for lacrosse, football, cricket and athletics.
What is an artificial turf pitch?
Artificial turf pitches are made of synthetic grass, which offers superb grip, a smooth playing surface, and a more weatherproof surface than regular grass pitches.
a top quality playing surface
Black rubber pellets, or rubber crumb are spread into the artificial grass to create a top quality playing surface, with shock absorbing underlay. This is a surface that is kinder on the skin and joints than conventional, sand-dressed astro-turf pitches and much less likely to cause impact injuries.
1. Courts
2. Dome
3. ATP
4. Level pitches
Sport
LACROSSE
for everyone TENNIS • All year round tennis programme, not affected by the weather • Host tournaments at home • Top quality surface • Attract top players • QAS will be able to push the tennis programme to the next level • No travel to off site courts • Windbreak - a game changer in itself NETBALL • Indoor matches in the dome • Matches and training possible whatever the weather and after dark • No more cancellations • Hosting of tournaments
• All girls will get to train and play on the ATP: a national-level surface • Hosting top level competitions • Hosting regional/national lacrosse training weekends • Fewer injuries • Take pressure off grass pitches • After dark training sessions • No need to travel to Highdown
ON
FOOTBALL • The ATP is the perfect artificial surface for football • Develop the football programme • Could have 30 – 40 girls playing football at any one time • Home league matches CRICKET • Improved opportunities on the levelled pitches • Greater availability of sports hall for training KNOCK-
BENEFITS With the benefit of the ATP, the dome and the floodlights, many of the activities that currently take place in the sports hall will move outside. This will create much more scope for... • Badminton • Trampolining • Indoor games • PE
Timing and finance
The first big result.
Thanks to generous donors who supported our
One’, pre-pandemic appeal, we raised
funds for Phase 1.
We have now completed the transformation of our tennis and netball courts.
remaining challenge
We have planning permission and costed plans for the entire development. Our remaining challenge is to raise the necessary funding.
1
AND LIGHTS
Summer 2022 Autumn 2022 £100K £200K PHASE
COURTS
‘Round
enough
the
The
challenge £400K £500K £600K £700K £800K £900K Summer 2023 Autumn 2023 Autumn 2024 PHASE 2 SPORTS DOME AND ARTIFICIAL TURF PITCH PHASE 3 LEVEL PLAYING FIELDS Total cost £2.7M If we can raise our appeal target, we will press ahead with the rest of this ambitious scheme. Remaining appeal target £720K Already raised £180K School funds and borrowing
Pledges will be key
In principle support
We are asking for pledges, not donations. We will only ask individuals to redeem their pledges once we are certain that the scheme is going ahead.
Communication
We will keep donors informed of progress, updating them on design details, costs and timings. This will include information about the progress of the fundraising.
The development we need to fund
We are asking for pledges to help fund phases 2 and 3 of the sports development scheme outlined in this document.
We will of course happily accept pledges restricted to specific elements of the development.
Donor-perspective
Our fundraising is guided and overseen by a group of parents and friends - see list of Development Board members, opposite.
Naming
We will be happy to recognise the generosity of donors by naming elements of the scheme.
The effects of tax and time
Total face value donation
Total benefit to the school (including Gift Aid)
Total net cost to 45% taxpayer
Annual net cost over 4 years (45% taxpayer)
£100,000 £125,000 £68,750 £17,188
£50,000 £62,500 £34,375 £8,594
£25,000 £31,250 £17,187 £4,297
£15,000 £18,750 £10,313 £2,578
£8,000 £10,000 £5,500 £1,375
£4,000 £5,000 £2,750 £688
£2,000 £2,500 £1,375 £344
Development leadership
Formed in 2015, the Development Board brings external rigour to Queen Anne’s development, both in terms of advising on and refining the school’s development projects and providing leadership and guidance on the fundraising.
Membership:
Jeff Banks, governor
Lucy Bureau, parent, Old Girl
Beth Butterwick, parent
Colin Fitzgerald, parent
Tim Green (Chairman), past parent
Tim Jones, past parent
Chris Khoo, past parent
Ex officio members:
Elaine Purves, Head of School
Ed Hellings, Bursar
James Underhill, Development Consultant
Contact details Queen Anne’s School Henley Road Caversham Berkshire RG4 6DX E: james.underhill@qas.org.uk T: +44 (0) 118 918 7369 James Underhill, Development Consultant 07919 308160 www.qas.org.uk
