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Studying for a degree at Exeter can be a life-changing experience. In addition to benefitting from first-class teaching, we want our students to have the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of activities to enhance their skills for a successful future. University is a place where lifelong friendships are formed, memories are made and stories begin.
Donations to our Alumni Annual Fund are given to sports clubs, societies, music groups, theatre productions, student conferences and community outreach projects, to name just a few. Gifts help support the extra-curricular activities and experiences which make Exeter such a fantastic place to study.
At the end of each year, all money raised is divided up between University departments including the Students Guild, Sport and the Academic Faculties to be spent the following year. The more money we raise, the more projects we can support.
Our typical award for an Annual Fund project is £2,000, and support from our alumni helps us support dozens of brilliant projects every year. By making a monthly gift to our Alumni Annual Fund, you’ll help us increase the number of grants we’re able to provide. You’ll be by the side of our students all the way through their time at Exeter.
When you make a monthly gift, you’ll also be joining a wonderful community of more than 1,400 loyal supporters.
Thank you for your support.
To receive funding, projects must demonstrate that they will have a positive impact upon the student experience. So far this academic year (2023/24), we have been able to award grants to 75 new projects which would not have otherwise received any funding.
These included new equipment for our Women’s Rugby Club, supporting our Engineering students to build a Solar Boat, and helping the Shakespeare Society to put on a production of King John.
Donations have become even more impactful in recent months due to the ongoing cost of living crisis. The Alumni Annual Fund Award can mitigate costs, allowing projects to remain affordable for all. Our students are immensely grateful to all of our donors who choose to support them with a gift to the Alumni Annual Fund.
“The generous funding we have received from the Alumni Annual Fund this year enabled the Exeter University Symphony, Symphonic Wind and Chamber Orchestras to go on tour together for the first time. We went to Belgium for four days, where we performed in two successful concerts.
We are so grateful for this; for many of our members, touring with an orchestra is something they had never had the opportunity to do before. The tour has strengthened the sense of community within our society, and has enabled us to showcase the music we play to an international audience.” - Hannah Bradley, Exeter University Symphony Orchestra President
“In addition to the skills I developed through studying my degree, my involvement in so many different aspects of University life, from society membership to volunteering with local youth groups, without doubt helped to enhance my time at Exeter and provide me with a springboard for the future.
I am proud to donate to Exeter’s Annual Fund as it gives me the opportunity to shape the Exeter experience for current and future students.” - Annual Fund donor