The Society of Merchant Venturers has donated over £55,000 to a range of local charities and good causes. Organisations ranging from acting workshops to homeless charities have received funds from the society, supporting a range of innovative projects. Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust received a £10,000 grant, which will be matched by the Heritage Lottery Catalyst Endowment Challenge. Juliette Randall, Chief Executive of the Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust, said, “The Merchant…
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St Anne’s Park Primary School in Bristol has reopened as an academy and been renamed The Kingfisher School. The school is to be run by Colston’s Girls’ School Trust (CGST), which is sponsored by the Society of Merchant Venturers. The school has become an academy to help drive forward improvement, in particular increasing the number of children achieving target standards in English and Maths by the age of 11. The…
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The Merchant Venturers have pledged £30,000 to fund a pioneering initiative to raise academic aspiration within Bristol’s primary schools. Delivered by the University of the West of England, the Primary Transition programme will focus initially on primary school children at Merchants’ Academy, Bridge Learning Campus and Fair Furlong primary schools. A further six schools have also expressed interest in joining the programme. Led by student ambassadors from UWE, the programme…
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