The Record 2014 - 2015

OSE and Development Rebecca Ting, Director of Development and Alumni Relations

The Development and OSE office runs Foundation (fundraising) and OSE (alumni relations) activities for the School, and provides administrative support to the St Edward’s School Society and the Friends of St Edward’s. During the year there were a number of personnel changes. Following the departure of Simon Palferman in August 2014, Viola Kerr was recruited as Development Manager. In January 2015, the Development and OSE team returned to full strength with the appointment of Laura Hill to replace Pamela Keeley-Butler as Alumni Relations Officer, and Emma Grounds to the role of Development Administrator. The office remains as busy as ever, with a full programme of OSE events in venues ranging from St Edward’s to Sydney Yacht Club! We are promoting further expansion of the regional networks, more informal ‘pub night’ style events for younger OSE, and smaller, more specific events for networking and interest groups. If any OSE are interested in helping us take this programme forward, we would be delighted to hear from you: ose@ stedwardsoxford.org or 01865 319438. A second OSE Communications and Events Survey was carried out in the summer. 1105 responses were received, representing a quarter of those contacted. The outcomes of the survey can be summarised as follows: • Significant and helpful feedback on events and publications • Increased population of career and contact details on the OSE database

• 915 OSE agreed for their contact details to be shared with other OSE • 413 offers of careers support via talks, mentoring or work experience • 684 OSE opted to receive Rhubarb in digital form only, saving the printing and postage costs. This represents 10% of the Rhubarb print run. The Foundation Since its launch in 2013, the St Edward’s Foundation has continued to fundraise for music and the provision of bursaries for deserving pupils who could not otherwise afford a St Edward’s education. We recruited several new members to the Foundation Board, and the group is keen to take the Foundation forward proactively in the next academic year, when the main focus for fundraising will be equipping the new Music School. We are also preparing the Foundation’s first Impact Report, due for publication in early 2016. This will give a snapshot of the School’s finances, and detail the Foundation’s fundraising and impact to date. As part of the Foundation’s activities this year, the second Teddies 2-Wheeler, sponsored by Tinkoff Saxo, took place on 26th April. In a 50% increase from 2014, 300 cyclists took part on routes of 100, 50, 25 and five miles through the Oxfordshire countryside in aid of SeeSaw and the St Edward’s Bursary Fund. It was wonderful to see so many St Edward’s parents, pupils, staff and OSE cycling as well as those from cycling clubs and the local community. This

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