TO PIONEER

Nine years ago, the Executive Team at the University of East Anglia set an ambitious goal: to better contribute to the lives of young, ambitious people and create pioneering change by harnessing the power of philanthropy. UEA aimed to raise £100 million to fund and further the University’s groundbreaking work. We named it The Difference Campaign.

With pride and delight, and on behalf of thousands of you, I now have the great privilege to tell you that UEA has achieved its ambitious goal. We have broken the £100 million milestone.

I was both humbled and honoured to be told that the donation that brought the campaign to the £100 million goal was one particularly personal to me. The Alan Matthews Memorial Scholarship was founded by his wife, Julia, and Alan’s friends to honour a dear husband and fellow alumnus who passed away suddenly in October 2020. It is wonderful that the recipient of this scholarship, Heather Faure, is already on campus and enjoying all that UEA has to offer.

As UEA approaches its 60th anniversary, this edition of Pioneer celebrates everything The Difference Campaign has achieved, both since 2013 and in the past 12 months.

Philanthropy is a powerful force. On behalf of all those who have benefited from your generosity and to all of you who have made this possible, we thank you.

Mike Hammond (SOC77)

Member of The Difference Campaign Advisory Board and founder of the Mike Hammond Scholarship

Issue 4

Cover Images (clockwise from top left) Prof Colin Cooper, UEA Chair of Cancer Genetics. The Bob Champion Research and Education Building.

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