On Saturday 3rd February, the Malvernian Society welcomed the College’s donors, legators and supporters to the Lyall Foyer for the annual ‘thank-you’ Benefactors’ Lunch.
60 guests enjoyed a drinks reception, with beautiful background music provided by Malvern College pupils, before taking their seats for lunch.
Alexandra Albright, Head of Development, welcomed everyone to the event and introduced Malvern College’s Headmaster, Keith Metcalfe. In his address, Mr Metcalfe reflected on the achievements of past year and thanked guests for their philanthropy. He also spoke of the need to always look to the future, highlighting several developments in progress, or planned, at the College, including a new Sixth Form Centre which will be ready for September 2024, and the redevelopment of the ‘Grub’ to provide a new collaborative working and social space.
Guests then heard from Tim Straker (3.68-72), Chair of the Malvernian Society, who gave a heartfelt thank you for the room’s support over the last 12 months and past years. Indeed, the Lyall Foyer where the event was hosted, was made possible thanks to the generosity of legator Alan Lyall (SH.46-51).
After dessert and coffee had been served, Upper Sixth pupil, Enya (Chapel Prefect and Malvernian Society Prefect) talked about the importance of the generosity shown by those present and the impact this makes to the lives of Malvern College pupils.
The event concluded with a visit to the Memorial Library to hear first-hand from Jen Major, Head of Sixth Form of the exciting plans to sympathetically transform this heritage building into a contemporary Sixth Form Centre in readiness for the new academic year.
To find out how you can support the fundraising work of the Malvernian Society, please visit the Support Us page, or contact:
Alexandra Albright, Head of Development
or
Fiona Paterson, Senior Development Manager
+44 (0)1684 581517
