8/4/2019 StAnnesAnnFundLetter2002

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bursaryfundST ANNES COLLEGE

I am writing to ask you to consider making a standing order donation of20 a month to St Annes College.

It is some 40 years since I first took my place at this College, as an undergraduate preparingto read Jurisprudence. My time here - and I hope yours too - was life-transforming, openingmy eyes to new challenges and opportunities.

Looking back, we were the lucky ones. Education was free, and we had our maintenancegrants. For todays students our experiences must seem a different world.

Most students pay tuition fees in excess of 1,000 a year - and the maintenancegrant has been abolished. A survey this year revealed that students now leaveuniversity owing 10,000 on average, triple the 1999 figure.

It is for this reason that St Annes, in association with the University, launched this autumnthe Oxford Bursaries Scheme - the most comprehensive to be offered by any Britishuniversity. All students who are most in need are now eligible for bursaries worth up to2,500.

Providing this level of student support costs money.To fund the 50 bursaries that will be needed oncethis scheme is fully up-and-running will cost theCollege 35,000 each year: that is the equivalent of875,000 of endowment funds at current interestrates. Achieving such a sum is perfectly possible.

St Annes today has 6,000 Senior Members.We need only 570 of you to give 20 a monthunder Gift Aid, and we will reach that875,000 in just five years!

We recognise that individuals circumstances will vary: some may be able to afford more,others less.

All I ask is that those of us who had the privilege of being educated at St Anne s give whatwe can to ensure that our young people can enjoy their college years with financial peaceof mind.

With all good wishes,

Dame Ruth Deech (Fraenkel, 1962 Jurisprudence)

Principal, St Annes College

PS: Please dont delay returning the enclosed Standing Order form - your donationreally can make a difference.

Dame Ruth Deech