Spring Martlet 2017

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE NEWS
2015/16 ANNUAL FUND
Thank you to each of the 2,358 Old
Members and friends of Univ who made a
gift in 2015-16. Your generosity helped to
make last year a record-breaking year for the
Annual Fund, raising more than £1.165m
in total. This will have a powerful impact on
the lives of Univ’s students over the coming
year, providing more hardship assistance,
funding for access, grants for research and
support for the College’s tutorial teaching,
as well as enabling us to develop pioneering
schemes such as the new Univ Opportunity
Programme and the forthcoming expansion
of our Staverton Road Annexe.
Old Members from all countries, subjects
and year groups contributed to this
fantastic achievement. The 1966 year group
celebrated their Golden Anniversary
Reunion in September, and marked the
occasion with an appeal that has so far raised
over £100,000, establishing a new 1966
Academic Opportunities Fund. This Fund
will provide grants to allow students to take
up opportunities they would not otherwise
be able to, such as travelling to conduct
research or participate in internships during
the vacations.
Due to the UK government’s recent
changes to charity regulations, following
the publication of the Etherington Report,
University College is required by law as a
registered charity to have your documented
permission in order to contact you in the
future. It is of the utmost importance to the
College that we are able to stay in touch
with all our Old Members around the world,
and to keep you updated on our news,
events, updates and campaigns.
Without your documented consent, Univ
will soon no longer be legally permitted
to send you The Martlet magazine,
e-newsletters, the College Record, invitations
to events, fundraising appeals or any other
communications. We value our ongoing
relationship with you. Please make sure
we can stay in complete touch by giving
your consent online at: www.univ.ox.ac.uk/
consent or contact the Development Office.
Please tick all the boxes that apply, so that
we can continue to stay in touch with you,
and safeguard Univ’s success for the future.
Thank you.
Josie Turner
Annual Fund Manager
YOUNG UNIV
Now in its third year, activity in the Young
Univ community continues to go from
strength to strength. Since the summer, the
Young Univ committee has seen some
significant changes. Harry Pasek (2014), who
co-ordinated the committee for 2015-16
and worked as Univ’s Development Intern,
left us for a post at the British Film Institute
but remains a member of the committee.
Now leading the committee is recent
English graduate Cathy Shafto (2013). We
were sad to see the departure of two of
our committee members, Nadia Odunayo
(2010) and Fabienne Morris (2004), and
thank them for the valuable contributions
they each made in bringing the Young Univ
community together.
Thanks to Cathy and Harry’s collaborative
efforts, our recent event at CRATE Brewery in
Hackney was a great success. It was a relaxed
and informal evening which was well attended
by Old Members from across the Young Univ
cohort. The evening featured a tour of the
Brewery, which was both informative and
amply supplemented by samples of beer. It
was a fantastic chance to catch up with old
friends and meet Univites
from other years. At the time
of writing, we are looking
forward to our next trip (also
to Hackney), to The Yard
Theatre on 8 December.
Young Univ’s financial support of College
proved incredibly generous last year. In
2015-16, Young Univ made an outstanding
contribution to the College’s Annual Fund,
totalling £102,411, representing almost 10%
of the fund as a whole. We are very grateful
to all of the Young Univ members who made
a gift to College, at whatever level they were
able to, and thank them for participating in
community life in this way.
Cathy Shafto (2013, English)
Development Intern
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