100 students will have a chance to attend a private school with the newly-launched bursary project called 'Launching 100 Lives'.
Royal Hospital School has launched its Centennial Bursary Campaign, a fundraising initiative to support 100 students with bursaries at the school by its centenary in 2033.
The Holbrook school has a long-standing heritage of providing bursaries, from the original seafarer bursary supported by Greenwich Hospital to the work it does with organisations such as the Royal National Children's Springboard Foundation and legacy gifts like the De Neumann Scholarship.
Combined with the generosity of the RHS Funds, the school has been able to provide bursaries to young people from any background, so they can access an education that becomes the foundation for their happiness and success.
Simon Lockyer, the headmaster at RHS, said: “Launching lives has been at the heart of our school’s purpose for over 300 years.
“Making a positive difference through education lies at the centre of our school’s charitable focus, which enables pupils from around the country, and indeed the world, to become part of this community during their formative years.
“I have seen young people grow in confidence, discover passions and achieve amazing things.
“Changes that are only made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors and our benefactors.
“Working with our partners, we continue to identify young people and families who will benefit from an RHS education.
“The scale of this is only limited by the funds that we can generate through the giving of legacies, one-off donations and regular donations giving.
“Every penny donated to our Launching 100 Lives campaign will help to support our drive to increase the number of bursaries that we can offer.”
Teni, a current bursary recipient at RHS, said that the bursary is not just a grant to enable her to go to a great school, but rather an opportunity to be “exposed to endless possibilities and activities that would not be open unless being in this environment”.
The student added: “It has had a life-transforming impact on me in terms of the knowledge and skills I have gained but also for my family being able to see me prosper in an environment, which emphasises the importance of tradition and success.
"This has motivated me to want to achieve more and take every single opportunity presented to me at RHS and take every single skill learnt at RHS into the real-world and hopefully give back in any way possible in the future.
“I understand the significance of being given a chance like this.”
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