Rachel Everard

Give the Gift of Education through the City Lit Bursary and Student Fund

Fundraising for City Lit
£95
raised of £500 target
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Event: Paris Half Marathon 2020, on 1 March 2020
City Lit Student Bursary
Campaign by City Lit (RCN 803007)
Our bursary fund helps transform lives. Each year, over 1000 students apply for help with course fees, materials, and assistance with travel and family care. Your gift makes sure that financial need isnt a barrier to education.

Story

This is how the conversation went back in November:

Friend Heather: 'I’ve just signed up to run the Paris
half-marathon.'

Me: ‘That’s amazing, what a brilliant thing to do’.  And that got me thinking – I had resigned myself to believing 10k was the maximum distance I could run but Heather wasn’t putting any such restrictions on herself. Inspired by her willingness to go that extra mile (or kilometre!), I decided to follow suit.

That willingness to take on a challenge is my reason for choosing the City Lit Bursary scheme as the charity I want to raise money for.  Working at City Lit, a college of adult education, I have a privileged insight into the reasons students decide to pursue a passion, develop skills for the workplace, study something they’ve always wanted to do.

The Student Bursary scheme aims to support those with financial difficulties, so that they too can take on that challenge. A bursary award helps directly with the cost of course fees.

So thank you for reading this and I hope you’ll sponsor me as I take on my own personal challenge.

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About the campaign

Our bursary fund helps transform lives. Each year, over 1000 students apply for help with course fees, materials, and assistance with travel and family care. Your gift makes sure that financial need isnt a barrier to education.

About the charity

City Lit

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RCN 803007
At City Lit you can try something new, rediscover past passions, learn new skills, change career or bring some balance to a busy life. Please join us in our work to remove barriers for all adult learners and ensure that everyone, regardless of their situation, can access the education they need.

Donation summary

Total raised
£95.00
+ £18.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£95.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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