Why we created a Social Impact Fund at Channing
We believe Channing can and should be a force for positive change in our local community, which is why we’ve placed Social Impact at the heart of our strategy for the next 10 years. You can find out more about the difference this is already making in our first Social Impact Report.
Increasing levels of child poverty and deprivation, the impact of the pandemic, the cost of living crisis, and the ongoing financial challenges faced by maintained schools have all contributed to the educational attainment gap that continues to widen across the country. According to the Education Policy Institute, pupils entitled to free school meals are more than 1.5 years behind their peers by the end of secondary school, which represents 25% of pupils at this stage in their education.
We want to play our part in closing this gap, but we need your help.
We are working to widen access to inspiring education for as many young people as possible in our local community. We do this in two ways: through transformational bursaries for bright girls who could not otherwise afford to attend Channing; and through co-created partnership projects, which offer children from local state schools opportunities for academic enrichment and access to cultural capital.
Channing relies on fee income to deliver its inspiring education, meaning that when bursaries are offered to promising young girls, only a limited number of places can be supported each year and sadly the funds available are never enough to meet demand. We don’t have the luxury of an endowment fund which means your support is absolutely essential in enabling more children to benefit from these opportunities as well as protecting and expanding this provision into the future.
We are extremely grateful to the Channing community for their kind support, which comes in many forms, be it volunteering at school or Channing Association events; supporting students with their career choices through talks and interview practice; or donating to help build new facilities such as our Sports Hall, Music School, Sixth Form Centre and our state-of-the-art Performing Arts Building, the Arundel Centre.
If you’d like to find out more about how you can get involved in supporting social impact at Channing, please get in touch.
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