Future Funding

Fourth blog post this week, its certainly been as busy start to the term!
A massive congratulations has to go to some of the more senior members of our team (if 15/16 can be called senior!) who have done a great job pitching our project to the Head.

Since our inception in 2007 we have run as a completely self financing project with very little funding from the school, we have only been able to run thanks to the generosity of local businesses. This has left us a bit short this year, without the necessary funding for the coming season, putting all our hard work in jeopardy.

This is when Euan, Spencer and Gemma stepped up and approached the head directly and made a Dragons' Den style pitch to secure some school funding for coming season. Inspired by the initiative of these exemplary members of the team the Head has agreed to an epic contribution of several thousand pounds over the next few years, a fantastic result that secures our project well into the future.

These 3 students are all Year 11s so they will unfortunately be leaving the team after the final in October so they will not get to enjoy the fruits of their labours, making their achievement even more impressive. Working hard for the benefit of others fits very well with the ethos of Richard Lander School and these students are fine examples of this.

Well done guys!