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Thursday
11 March, 2010
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Comberton
Village College Trust Fund
(Reg. Charity No. 288773) |
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Trust Fund - New Chair: |
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The Trust Fund needs you! The current chair will
finish a 3-year term this summer and the trustees wish to
recruit a new chair. This role involves contact with the College
Senior Management and the Governing Body. Experience of leading
a small team and managing meetings would be helpful but previous
experience of fund raising is not required. The time commitment
is modest and the Chair is well supported by a professional
secretary and treasurer. The trustees meet once a term. A
small amount of work arises between meetings. This is a key
role and helps bring significant benefit to the college. |
| Over the past few years, the trustees have re-focussed
their activities and notched up various achievements: |
Pioneering and embedding the organisation of an annual Principal’s
Ball
Developing closer links with College staff and Governing Body
Raising the Fund’s profile within the College community and
establishing a web presence
£7,000 contribution to complete the purchasing of a disabled
minibus
£1,900 contribution for the purchase of a PA system for the
Performance Hall
Facilitating fund raising for the Academy of Death tour and
contributing the final sum needed
Working with the Charity Commission and College’s financial
advisor to identify ways to boost income via gift aid
Providing a Just Giving facility
Cooperating with other community efforts (Teenage Cancer Trust,
Combathon, Readathon in feeder primaries). |
| Immediate plans include: |
Fund raising for a grand piano (an initiative of the music
department, supported by the College senior management)
Supporting the BLOCO an arts project for young people to be
organised to coincide with the Olympic games, based on CVC
pupils
Embedding fund raising activity in the college community
Responding to pupil initiatives to create a young fund raisers
group
Encouraging the business community to support the College
- purchasing by supporters would net a percentage donation
to the College
Establishing a 100 Club. |
| The CVC Trust Fund is alive and well!
Come and help. |
| The trustees would like to invite
applications for the role of chair as from September 2010
(no more than 1 side of A4), by e-mail to
by 21 February. Interviews will be held in March. It is anticipated
that the appointee would join the Board of Trustees in April.
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The Principal's Ball - raised a profit of £1925.0. The CVC
Trust Fund donated £1950.00 towards upgrading the sound system
in the Performance Hall. |
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Throughout the academic year 2008-2009, The CVC Trust Fund
supported the fund raising efforts for the Academy of Death
and tour at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009. The Trust Fund donated
£1200.00 towards the purchase of radio microphones. |
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Through facilitating the 'Justgiving' link on the CVC Trust
Fund webpage, we helped to increase and enhance parental contributions
by £222.15 |
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| The CVC Trustees
have begun 2010 with a burst of enthusiasm! We would warmly
welcome your support to help make life at CVC for the students
and wider community even better. In keeping with our remit
we are happy to announce that we are embarking on a new project. |
| Ben Parker and the Music Department
have outlined some great reasons why the addition of a Grand
Piano would be welcomed at CVC: |
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A grand piano would be a great resource for The Performance
Hall - a performance space of this size is ill-equipped without
one. Large groups such as choral societies or amateur orchestras,
who might otherwise use this venue, are put off from doing
so. The dining hall instrument is old, in severe need of extensive
reconditioning, and deeply unsatisfying to play, and therefore
does not represent a viable option. It is not possible to
attract high-quality performance artists and groups to CB3
if a piano is required for their use. On rare occasions, a
piano has had to be hired in for the purpose. This is a step
too far for most. |
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In terms of equality of provision, it is unacceptable for
the school not to provide an instrument of a reasonable quality
for pianists to participate in concerts etc. While other players
can bring their own instrument, pianists are lumbered with
whatever instrument there is. Whilst an electric piano is
a useful practice instrument, it is frankly not a fair stand-in
for public performances by students of grade 8 or diploma
level, and we have had several of these just in the last few
years. |
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Over the past two years, the performance hall's own electric
piano has been in disrepair, leading to heavy electric instruments
having to be transported on a regular basis and loaned by
the music department when they are actually required for teaching
purposes. |
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A quality piano can help to generate and establish musical
activity in a venue. For instance, a recent purchase at Impington
Village College led to the instigation of an annual series
of community recitals. |
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Grand Piano Appeal
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The CVC Trust Fund has donated £1,000
to kick-start the fund-raising project to provide
a Grand Piano for Comberton Village College.
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During 2010, the CVC Trust Fund
will be supporting and promoting fundraising initiatives
in order to purchase a Grand Piano. A total of around
£15,000.00 will be needed. However, we hope that some
matched funding or grants will be gained to help with
this very worthwhile project.
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If you have a fundraising plan and
would like the Trust Fund to support your efforts
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please contact us at by e-mail:
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| Contact
Details, Officers and Minutes of Meetings:
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| The Comberton Village College (CVC) Trust
Fund was established in 1984 as a body to generate additional
funding to support the work of CVC both for its pupils and
the wider community. All funding received by the Trust is
used exclusively to improve facilities and equipment at the
school. It is a registered charity. |
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to the Trust Fund should be addressed to 'The Secretary'
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You can contact the CVC Trust Fund
by post at:
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Comberton Village College Trust Fund
Comberton Village College,
West Road,
Comberton,
Cambridge, CB23 7DU.
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Officers 2009-2010: |
- Chairperson:
Rosemary Boyle
- Vice Chairperson: Saskia Dart
- Treasurer: John Helmsing
- Vice Treasurer: Vijju Churchman
- Secretary: Sylvie Nicholas
- Linda Hollow (Trustee)
- Thomas Hillas (Trustee)
- Nikola Baumgarten (Trustee)
- Lesley Murray (Trustee) |
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This page was last updated on: Thursday 4 March, 2010 |
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