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The Old Ratcliffan 2011 | news from the college news fROm The cOllege Development Office In March this year, I took up the just ‘dropped in’ to Ratcliffe after you will take post of Development Director about 50 years (as some do!). In the time to here at Ratcliffe. Ably assisted by July 2011, we had our inaugural read it and my colleague and Old Ratcliffian, Washington DC Dinner, which was that some of Gemma Rumbold (01), our role is to a great success and we hope to you will be generate and sustain support for the announce some other new locations able to School that will aid and encourage for 2012. support it. its development. We hope that the Whilst single wider Ratcliffe community, including However, development is not just gifts are always past pupils and parents, will offer about events and hospitality. It’s also gratefully about making sure that the School can their financial support and help to continue to improve and enhance the received, enrich the Ratcliffe experience for its it is through students, both now and in the future. lives of its students. It would be naïve regular giving Gemma Rumbold (01) to say that we have everything we that we want at Ratcliffe, as we clearly don’t. can make substantial investment back Fee income alone doesn’t provide for some of the major capital works that into the College. This magazine goes out to over 1,000 Old Ratcliffians. we need to undertake at Ratcliffe. As If we each gave just £2 per week, Development Director, it is incumbent together we could raise over £100,000 on me to ensure we find the necessary per year, which would make an funds to do this work. incredible difference. In June 2011 we established a new Your feedback, as well as your independent body, the Ratcliffe College Foundation (Charity No. support, is vital to our role. If you 1144450), which provides a focus have any ideas or comments about Andrew Yell (82), Ratcliffe College’s for all our fundraising activity. Whilst Development at Ratcliffe, please do new Development Director get in touch with me directly at the Foundation is newly established, ayell@ratcliffe.leics.sch.uk or During the first six months of my the concept upon which it’s based at www.ratcliffe-college.co.uk/ tenure, it has been a great pleasure (‘caritas’ – charity) is as old as the foundation-giving. to have met so many Old Ratcliffians School itself. I have enclosed with the at various social events and sporting Magazine some more information Andrew Yell (82) fixtures, as well as several who have on the Foundation. I hope that Development Director Ratcliffian Association Leavers’ Presentation This year’s Year 13 Leavers were invited to attend a special Leavers’ Mass on Friday 27th May on their last official day of school, to celebrate becoming a part of the Ratcliffian Association. Fr Simon Giles (60), President of the Association, presented each boy with a silk Old Ratcliffian tie and each girl with a silk pashmina in Old Ratcliffian colours embroidered with a Ratcliffian crest. Afternoon tea was served in the Old Library for everyone afterwards. Year 13 leavers in their Ratcliffe College brightly coloured ‘hoodies’ Register online at www.ratcliffanassociation.co.uk 5