Planning Permission Received | Target: £212,000 | Remaining funding required: £42,000
A new Centre for Countryside and Equine Management will provide dedicated facilities for pupils studying two of our most popular vocational courses. The project will involve a re-development of the stable block to create new classroom spaces, changing rooms and toilets, storage space and an improved tack room.
Target: £45,000 | Remaining funding required: £12,000 | Planning Permission Submitted
While we already offer excellent stabling facilities for horses to be kept on site, space for them to be trained and worked in is limited. Pupils sometimes have to travel off-site to use a local arena for lessons. Plans to construct a new 50mx20m arena in the centre of the canter track, near the stable block, have recently been submitted for planning permission.
Target: £250,000 | Remaining funding required: £81,000 | Planning Permission Received
The new Gallery and Art Centre project will involve redeveloping the present Art Department to provide both new and improved teaching spaces, and a gallery space for displaying pupils’ work, with space for use by the local community.
The ongoing Milton Abbey Bursary Programme enables support to be given to current and prospective pupils who need financial help to benefit from all that life at the School can offer. The programme incorporates funds that are already in place, such as the Toby Mann Fund and the William Holy-Hasted Trust. It currently helps more than 20% of pupils, with a growing demand for support from current and new pupils. Further information can be found in the Supporting Bursaries brochure in the Downloads section.
Over £100,000 has been donated towards this ad-hoc Fund, which is used for smaller projects to enhance activities and facilities for our pupils. Projects that have been supported range from new trees for the campus, stage equipment in the theatre and a scrum machine for rugby, to mobile lights for outdoor activities and equipment for Countryside Management, Creative Media, Science, Art and DT.
Through the Milton Abbey Fund, every donation can make a difference to the education of our boys and girls. Even a modest monthly gift can add up to significantly help the School. Making a regular commitment of support, either monthly or annually, is particularly valuable as this provides a steady and predictable stream of income, which helps us to plan future projects. Such support can also provide tax benefits under the Gift Aid scheme.