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The impact of your support
Buildings & environment
£209,914
Over decades, donations to support our College’s historic built environment have made an important difference, and in the summer long-awaited work to restore the Chapel organ began. We look forward to celebrating its completion soon, and to hearing the organ singing out at Mansfield once more. Support for the fund this year has also enabled improvements to the gardens and landscape around the Quad and made a contribution to vital roof works.
Graduate scholarships
Importantly, there is a growing number of funded graduate scholarships at Mansfield. For the past two years, Mansfield students have benefited from the Helena Kennedy Scholarships, established by an alumnus in honour of our former Principal, for which we continue to raise funds. Elsewhere in this magazine we announce the launch
of two new graduate scholarship programmes: seven new Kofi
Annan Scholars of the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Programme, and a new Lutheran Council Scholarship for a student seeking sanctuary in the UK – both made possible through philanthropy. These are in addition to our two Adam von Trott Scholars.
‘ It’s an honour and a pleasure to be a Kofi Annan Scholar at Mansfield. An honour because Mansfield and the Weidenfeld- Hoffmann Trust are such progressive and public-spirited
institutions; a pleasure because my co-scholars are kind and inspiring people.’
Sarani Jayawardena
Kofi Annan Scholar 2019
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‘ I am deeply aware of the positive impact sport has on academic and professional performance. Hence I was very excited to be able to support sport at
Mansfield in the hope that a well- rounded experience will help Mansfield students with their studies and general well-being.’
Antonio Bonchristiano
(PPE, 1984)
Other initiatives / Sports & societies
£22,239
This year Antonio Bonchristiano (PPE, 1984) made a new donation to sport at Mansfield. Antonio’s gift had already made a significant difference to varied sports, particularly rowing, prior to lockdown. It then enabled teams to keep going in spite of Covid, for example with a new four-person boat that saw both the women’s and men’s teams able to get on the river through lockdown. We also celebrate other vital support received for MCBC and the Library Fund this year.