New Partnership

NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME

The new college partnership scheme was set up to enhance the scholars’ Oxford experience and their contributions to their College communities whilst supporting access to the Leadership Programme through the generosity of individual College donors. In 202021, 30 Scholars were welcomed in to the seven core Colleges. The Partnership Colleges have committed circa £1.5m over 5 years which was match- funded by our co-founder and Trustee André Hoffmann and Chairman of the Trustees Michael Lewis to be invested in the Leadership Endowment Fund set up in 2019.

The generosity of our institutional and individual donors enabled the Leadership Programme to grow. This year we have raised £75k towards the cost of the Leadership Programme including an additional £3000 from our alumni (one of whom supports the Welcome/Farewell Dinner).

Hertford College Keble College Lincoln College

Thanks to the generosity of GRoW @ Annenberg, who supported the Leadership Programme for three scholars, the Saïd Business School, who supported another three scholars, and the Blavatnik School of Government who kindly funded the Leadership Programme for five scholars. In addition, the Blavatnik Family Foundation generously supported public speaking and communication training once again. The Trust is committed to continuing to raise funds for the Leadership Programme Endowment Fund.

Mansfield College

Trinity College St Edmund Hall

Worcester College

Living together through the ups and downs of eleven months, three academic terms, and a couple of lockdowns, we became a tight-knit college group within the larger WHT cohort. It’s been a privilege to share my Oxford experience with them and I am grateful to Mansfield College for being such a great partner to WHT.” “

Sarani Jayawardena

Sri Lanka, MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann-Barnett, Kofi Annan Scholarship, Mansfield College