TELEPHONE CAMPAIGN

16 JULY TO 4 AUGUST

A huge thank you to our wonderful call team:

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Between 16 July and 4 August, our fantastic team of callers spoke to more than 550 Reigatians. They loved hearing about what former students used to get up to when they were at school – not to be repeated, apparently!

From advice about university courses and career prospects, to the best pubs in Oxford, reading-book suggestions and gap-year recommendations, our call team certainly benefitted from the wealth of knowledge our community has to offer. Here is a flavour of the conversations taking place:

“Hi Olivia. Thank you for your kind words about my stories. I hope the campaign continues to go well and that you have a fantastic years 2, 3 and 4 at uni. You’re clearly going to smash it!”

As well as having some incredible conversations, the Telephone Campaign raised over £62,000 for the Changing Lives bursary fund.

A huge thank you to our wonderful calling team who helped make this campaign so successful. We also want to thank all those who shared their insights and advice and to those who generously supported our fundraising efforts.

“Hi Jasmine. Thank you for such a mature, knowledgeable and intelligent conversation – you represented yourself and RGS extremely well, something to be proud of. Good luck in the future with Geography at Bristol, but more importantly, make the most of your gap year.”

“Really lovely chat, she works at GSK first in communication, then the commercial industry. Gave me book recommendations, she likes visiting family and friends – she now lives in the US.” (Mawadda)

“We spoke about our careers in medicine. I expressed my interest in going into plastic surgery and he told me he is training to become a plastic surgeon right now and offered me advice, which was great. He told me to get in contact as he would love to help me out with my future career decisions and any help I need.” (Aurora)

“Had a lovely chat about his time at RGS and how he studied English, French and Spanish. One of the friends that he met at RGS ended up being the best man at his wedding and he really enjoyed the 50th anniversary reunion where he said he was able to recognise lots of people despite them having a few grey beards and hairs! He talked about being in the CCF and also playing croquet on Broadfield Lawn.” (Tom)