Telephone giving

TELEPHONE GIVING HITS £200,000

s this edition of Pioneer goes to press, the latest telephone fundraising campaign of the 2018-19 academic year has been completed. Between the four-week campaign in November and another three weeks in March, our generous alumni have pledged an inspiring total of more than £200,000 to support the The Difference Campaign. Gifts from alumni are supporting everything from life-saving cancer research, to scholarships that give more of the brightest and best students the chance to come to UEA, to the businesses of new entrepreneurs through the Enterprise Fund. Rosie Tarleton, who runs the campaign in the Development Office, said, “Thank you to everyone who has donated to our telephone campaigns in 2018-19 and through the years – you’re doing something truly wonderful. I hope you enjoyed sharing memories with our student callers and finding out what’s changed at UEA since your time with us.” More than 2,000 UEA alumni took the time to speak to our 40 student callers. As well as offering financial support, many alumni also kindly pledged their time – through career advice and work experience opportunities.

Above: Our 2018-19 student callers celebrate the campaign’s success. Below: Callers enjoyed sharing stories and happy memories with alumni.