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MEET OUR EXPERTS Autumn 2023


When FundEd first started, one of our core aims was to help schools raise the funds to provide enrichment opportunities: the visits, workshops and trips that spark imaginations, introduce new skills and build friendships, and the events and experiences that can enable levelling up across school communities. We’ve returned to this theme in our cover story, rounding up ideas to fund or deliver enrichment, alongside inspiring case studies. The truth is, however, that schools are grappling


with the difficult reality of simply funding core activities, resources and buildings that are fit for purpose. So in our Grants section we highlight some of the funding options that can support schools in delivering literacy programmes, setting up new libraries and getting their hands on much- needed books. We also go back to basics on how schools can work


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with business, alongside a profile of the Ahead Partnership, which collaborates with companies to provide training, skills and experience days for school pupils. Finally, school leadership coach Laura Williams brings some brilliant insights from SBLs on why it pays to network – both in relation to funding and self-empowerment. As ever, we’d love to hear your stories so do tell


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us your news. Jane Hughes, editor


LAURA WILLIAMS is a school business leader with 18 years of experience in the education sector.


She coaches school leaders, hosts the School Business Leadership podcast and runs her own SBL coaching community.


KEVIN PARKER is head of business at Phoenix Learning Alliance, a MAT in Gloucestershire,


where his aim is to make a positive difference to every pupil and the wider community.


JILL ROBINSON is director of development at Jordanhill School in Glasgow.


She has previous experience of fundraising, strategy development and management within the third sector.


AMANDA BURGESS is community liaison and income generating manager at Priory School,


Lewes. She worked for 25 years in the voluntary sector, gaining much of her fundraising experience in her last role as a project manager.


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