Building Our Digital Archive – and We Need Your Help

As alumni, you’ll know how powerful our shared history is. The photographs, programmes, magazines, honours boards and memories that connect generations don’t just tell the story of a school — they tell our story.

Over the past year, we’ve taken important steps towards creating a Digital Archive that will preserve this heritage and make it accessible to alumni, pupils, staff and researchers for generations to come. This is a long-term investment in safeguarding our past and sharing it properly in the future.

We’ve been encouraged by the support shown so far, but uptake has been slower than we had hoped. To move the project forward meaningfully, we now need a broader base of support — and, ideally, a small number of alumni willing to lead the way.

How you can make a real difference:

• Regular donations, even modest ones, give the project stability and allow us to plan digitisation work with confidence.
• One-off leadership gifts from those in a position to give more can accelerate the project significantly, helping us unlock key collections sooner rather than later.

Every contribution directly supports:

• Professional digitisation and preservation of fragile materials
• Secure long-term storage and access
• The development of an archive that reflects all generations of the school community

This is not just about nostalgia. A well-resourced digital archive strengthens our alumni network, enriches current pupils’ understanding of their heritage, and ensures that achievements and memories are not lost to time.

If you value the school’s history and believe it deserves to be protected and shared, I’d encourage you to consider supporting the Digital Archive Fund — whether through a regular gift or a one-off donation. Leadership support at this stage will have a lasting impact.

Thank you for helping us preserve the past while investing in the future of our community.