The Murray House Appeal
LATEST TOTAL £1,221,200
In June 2009, The Mary Hare Foundation launched an appeal to raise £2,000,000 needed to for a new boarding house at Mary Hare School. The boarding house will cater for the needs of Year 11 pupils, as they progress from GCSE coursework to the demands of the A Level curriculum. Our last estimates of the cost have reduced to £1.8 million so we have around £578,000 ro raise.
Year 11 students at Mary Hare School are currently housed in mixed age boarding accommodation which does not allow them to adopt the type of working practices that are vital in the Post-16 phase of their education. The creation of a new Year 11 boarding house will encourage independent study as well as collaborative learning in the students’ final year before moving on to Sixth Form and preparation for entry to university or other further education.
The Mary Hare Foundation received a substantial legacy in 2008 and these funds will be put towards this major new development. This contribution will be recognised in the naming of the building as ‘Murray House’.
Latest news
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In June we organised a dinner and cocert in support of the appeal. This event raised an amazing £110,000! We are very grateful to the Event Committee and all those who supported it. |
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"I am delighted to lend my name to this appeal. The new accommodation facility is important because the environment for people who are profoundly and severely deaf plays, as for any disability, a hugely formative and nurturing role. Architecture can help care for people."
Photograph: Glenn Dearing
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The Garfield Weston Foundation is supporting this appeal with a huge donation of £250,000 |
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The Wolfson Foundation has pledged £102,000 towards the project |
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Thank you to the Vodafone employees who raised over £2,500 in a 'dawn to dusk' cricket marathon |
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Mary Hare Alumni have contributed £2,216 so far - thank you to everyone who has donated |
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Lucy Williams raised £500 from her freefall parachute jump - thanks Lucy! |
Mary Hare is very pleased that Kevin McCloud has lent his support to the Murray House Appeal.
Please support this appeal by making a donation online using the link on the right.
If you would like to make a donation to the Mary Hare Foundation you can do it online using the link on the right
TXT 2 DONATE - you can send a donation of £3 to Mary Hare by texting the word HEARING to 82540
Please note: Messages are charged at standard rate. You will receive a confirmation message. Mary Hare will receive your donation net of charges applied by mobile network operators and a processing fee. If you have any questions regarding this service, please call 01635 244204
