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The Old Ratcliffan 2011 | Ratcliffan association council Plans to make all Old Ratcliffians Members of the Association! One of the main aims of the apply for Associate Membership ratification. Old Ratcliffians are, as Ratcliffian Association is to foster a will also be adopted as Associate always, encouraged to attend. close and supportive relationship, not Members without payment of any only between former pupils, but also further subscription. Paul Carter (60) with the College. With this in mind, Honorary Treasurer the members of the Association’s The Association will in future be Ratcliffian Association Council are anxious to increase the funded by a small increase in the Subscription Scheme paid by membership of the Association to advance those purposes. current pupils, which is already collected by the College on the With the cooperation of the College, Association’s behalf. a scheme has been proposed which In order to put this scheme in place it will allow for all former pupils of the School to be adopted as full is necessary to alter the Rules of the members without payment of a Association concerning membership subscription and will also free existing and subscriptions and to make a formal agreement with the College. members from the need to renew their At our Meeting on 20th November subscription in future. 2011, the Council gave its unanimous Furthermore, all current and former support to this proposal and it will parents, staff and others able to now go to the AGM in July for final Association members enjoying the AGM! THE RATCLIFFIAN ASSOCIATION AND CUNNINGHAM FUND MAY BE ABLE TO HELP IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN FUNDING YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION! The fund is a registered charity and the amalgamation of four separate funds founded on the donations and legacies of Old Ratcliffians who wished to assist pupils to have the benefit they had of being educated at Ratcliffe. Would you like to donate to this fund to At the present time the fund is capable of making grants to 25 pupils in help future any one year of between £2,100 for day pupils and £2,700 for boarders. generations have the These grants are based on need, but having regard to the high cost of benefit of an education this is not difficult to establish. education at Ratcliffe? It was embedded in the Trust that preference should be given to the It goes without saying children of former pupils or to those of Irish decent. Therefore the Trustees that the trust would welcome and encourage applications from former pupils, but also anyone welcome gifts, who requires financial assistance. donations or legacies to further its work. The Trust also prides its self on helping in emergencies—for instance, the Michael Coker would unexpected death of a parent or redundancy. We have found that we can be happy to advise usually help until the emergency is over or at least until the student’s current on this. course is completed. Anyone who feels that they would be eligible for a grant should contact As a registered one of the following: charity such gifts would be made by • The Headmaster Gift Aid and legacies • The Clerk to the Trust, Mr Michael F Coker, Field Overall, 42 Warwick are deductable for Street, Leamington Spa (01926 422101) or email: Inheritance Tax. michael.coker@warwickdc.gov.uk Both would be happy to discuss an application informally. 8