AnnuAL rePOrt 2011 - Winchester College

A rePort froM
the ChAIrMAn
of the WYKehAM
CAMPAIgn
As Chairman of the Wykeham Campaign,
an Old Wykehamist (K, 1972-76) and
also the grandson, son, nephew, brother,
cousin, father and uncle of various other
Old Wykehamists, Richard Morse is
well qualified to lead the Wykeham
Campaign fundraising efforts.
richard Morse
Chairman of the Wykeham Campaign
The Wykeham Campaign aptly
takes its name from our founder,
whose vision of providing the best
education in the best surroundings
for deserving pupils, irrespective of
their means, remains at the core of the
school’s aim today. That William of
Wykeham also made provision to this
day for Quiristers is an added bonus
that offers delight to anyone who hears
them sing in Chapel or elsewhere.
objectives
In these origins lie the three major
objectives of our campaign:
• Bursaries – to increase the ability
of the school to offer deserving boys
places, irrespective of their means;
• Buildings – to maintain and adapt
our unique architectural heritage
for present and future use, both
suitable for the school itself and
increasingly for the many visitors
who come to admire the College;
• Quiristers – to secure the funding
to maintain what is now the last
surviving treble voice choir for any
major independent school, and to
provide bursaries to cover the rest
of a Quirister’s educational cost
where appropriate, so that our
bursarial offer to Quiristers can
match our offer to academic
and music scholars in the main
school itself.
donations and pledges received
The year under review in this
Annual report represented another
strong year for the development effort
at Winchester. Although the challenge
ahead is substantial, we already have
much to celebrate. donations received
in the year rose to £2,234,000
(an increase of 28% of the prior year
figure of £1,675,000). The level
of pledges, including declared legacy
gifts, received in the year was
£2,919,251 (an increase of 206% over
the prior year’s figure of £952,778
whilst a further 32 gifts and pledges
were received with a value of £10,000
or more).
Very broadly, the allocations
of donations received in the year
mirrored the objectives set out above,
with a majority going to bursaries
and a significant minority going
towards buildings. A particular focus
during the year has been the project
to convert the old Warden’s stables
(next to Paradise regained) into a new
museum. More than half the required
funding of £3milllion for this project
is now in place and it is hoped to
raise the rest during the course of
the present year.
The Quirister Appeal, which forms
part of the Wykeham Campaign, has
also shown strong performance during
the year under review. I am delighted
and grateful that Beatrice Lupton,
a recent Quirister parent, has agreed
to Chair the Quirister Appeal – she
has already had a significant impact.
The Quirister Appeal aims to provide
bursaries for Quiristers as well as to
build an endowment to support this
ancient choral foundation.
total amount donated
in financial year (£’000)
07 08 09 10
“
It has been particularly gratifying to
note that so many parents, both past
and present, should have felt suitably
inspired to contribute so generously,
and often to enable other sons less
fortunate than their own to benefit
from the unique education that
Winchester has to offer.”
dAVId feLLoWes
36 WINCHESTER COLLEGE
AnnUAL rePort 2011
37
1,005
1,033
1,517
1,675
2,234
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