One Degree More

If Sir Isaac Newton hadn't been able to go to university we might have very different ideas about planet earth.  

Launched at our Celebration Evening in April, One Degree More will build on the success of our Shuker Scholarships and make tertiary education or vocational training funding available to students from across the county who may otherwise be precluded for financial reasons. 

The founders of our education funding were Brian and Marie Shuker of Trowbridge who left a £2.5m legacy to the Community Foundation.  Their express wish was to provide financial support to young people from West Wiltshire to enable them to undertake a university course.  We have been able to fulfil those wishes and are sure they would be delighted to know that in the past 3 years we have supported 34 young people through university.

We would very much like scholarships to be available to young people from across all of Wiltshire and Swindon.  Our target is to build an endowment fund of £5 million to support 30 young people a year.  Under the heading of One Degree More we will be asking for your help over the next year to make Wiltshire the first county in England to have an independent educational fund of this kind: a real boost to the aspirations of our young people.

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Click here to see how One Degree More helped Angela 

If you would like to made a donation to the One Degree More fund please click here

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Fill in a Pledge Form and return it to the Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon.

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Call Jon Yates on 01380 729284.  

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