On behalf of Clongowes Foundation I would like to draw your attention to a wonderful, new funding initiative for the Alberto Hurtado Bursary Programme (AHP). A programme I have seen work up close over past eighteen months through the podcast, Portraits of Clongowes
This new initiative, pioneered by the OC'85 Year, now allows for the members of a given OC Year to come together and fund a bursary student through his six years in Clongowes in a flexible, anonymous, and transparent way. The Clongowes Foundation acts as a facilitator to the Year setting up an iDonate link and applying for the tax credits.
This new style initiative allows a Year of Old Clongownians to come together to support the Alberto Hurtado Bursary Programme. Importantly it is a template that allows for:
flexibility, in that each past pupil can participate at a level and with a frequency that suits the individual.
offers anonymity, in that the names of donors are anonymised.
transparency, in that the donating Year can see the individual donations and the running total at all times, and tax efficiency.
In that way donations are worth 30% more when an Irish taxpayer donates more than €250 in a year and assigns the tax benefit to the Foundation. We expect the average donation to be maybe reach €300 perhaps which goes a long way to kicking the project off.
Using idonate.ie as the platform for donations the Foundation will claim a tax refund on donations of €250 or more, per annum on behalf of the individual. This refund can reduce the amount that any Year needs to give by some 44%. This pioneering initiative of the Year of 1985 can be replicated hopefully by 1978
The cost for a Bursary student is 140k over 6 years. By contributing 20k per annum (with the addition of the tax refund) the Year group can support a student through his time at Clongowes. It’s also not imperative we find the full sum as even half a bursary is a great help to the foundation. So don’t be scared off by the imaginary numbers or sums as this a much more pragmatic approach. So much so that I feel able to part with 500€ annually to support this worthy programme offering boys an opportunity.
For more information on this initiative and support to set up please contact Joe Rooney jrooney@clongowes.net or Antoinette Kelly antoinettekelly@clongowes.net. 045 838215. They can also link you with members of OC85 if you’d like to hear directly from them.
To view the OC85 Bursary fundraising page please visit https://www.idonate.ie/
fundraiser/CWCOC85Bursary
The Alberto Hurtado Bursary Programme.
The Alberto Hurtado Programme (AHP) is a bursary programme that seeks to give the opportunity of the unique educational experience that a seven-day boarding school can offer to children whose financial circumstances otherwise would preclude them from attending Clongowes. For the very most part these boys have attended primary schools in areas with designated disadvantaged status (DEIS).The AHP is not a scholarship programme.
The students are not selected on the basis of their academic, sporting or musical abilities. They are chosen instead on the grounds of their general suitability, family ambition and their potential to thrive in a seven-day, boarding environment.
Here is the link OC78 Bursary Fundraising Initiative.
Webpage is here https://www.idonate.ie/
fundraiser/CWCOC78Bursary.
I have just put in a target of €20k.
We have some information on the website also OC Year Group Bursary funding webpage
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