Development
A Great Campaign Securing Girton’s future through difficult times as well as good 2020 has been one of the most difficult years in living memory including having to close the College for the first time in its 150-year history. We have highlighted elsewhere the inspiring fortitude shown by Fellows, staff and, above all, students in coping with these challenges. This remarkable ability to cope with the demanding, ever-evolving circumstances of a global pandemic has been supported by the generosity of all those who have given, and continue to give, to A Great Campaign. Donations to A Great Campaign have underpinned the College’s ability to award means-tested undergraduate bursaries, hardship grants, and postgraduate scholarships. Philanthropy has funded Fellowship posts for worldclass academics, meaning that highquality, inspirational teaching will always be available to our students. Perhaps most importantly, donations have also
increased the permanent endowment capital, providing a level of financial stability that has enabled the College to cope with this unprecedented year. This year has been hard for everyone, and it is therefore incredible to be able to report that A Great Campaign has reached over 90% of its £50 million target. Now, more than ever, we are so very grateful to everyone who has supported us. Thank you!
•T o support all-round education through music and the arts. We are within touching distance of completing a fundraising campaign that has already transformed the College. In this most difficult of years, may we ask for your support to help us transform the future not just of today’s students but of generations of students to come?
As we approach the completion of A Great Campaign our current priorities are: •T o grow the unrestricted permanent endowment capital. •T o endow even more meanstested bursaries for undergraduate students. •T o establish one more postgraduate scholarship.
Spring 2021
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