St Alban's College Legacy Brochure

LEGACY
CAMPAIGN

A PROSPECTUS

It takes a school with vision to prepare a young man for life

Index

Message from the Chairman of Council, Mr Warwick van Breda. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Message from the 5th Headmaster, Mr Tom Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Leaving a Legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Legacy Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Why invest in St Alban's College? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
St Alban's is asking for your support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Legacy Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Message from Mr Mike Beaumont, St Alban's College Foundation . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bursary Endowment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Message from Sibs Molimi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fellowship and Community Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Built Environment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tax Efcient Giving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
An Invitation to Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Giving Back to St Alban's College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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MESSAGE from the Chairman of Council

Warwick van Breda

Dear Albanian Community, over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the

life of ease … you, and your young compatriots

A Ripple of Hope everywhere, have had thrust upon you a greater
burden of responsibility than any generation that has

I write to you as the newly elected Chairman of our ever lived ... this is the measure of the task of your
College Council in the year that we celebrate our generation and the road is strewn with many
Matric Class of 1966 and in so doing I draw inspiration dangers.”

from the words of Robert F. Kennedy delivered in the Kennedy went on to articulate four of these dangers
same year in Cape Town. * that I paraphrase below, being mindful that there is
relevance in each, but the fourth is the most
Senator Kennedy remarked: – poignant:-

“Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are “First is the danger of futility; the belief there is nothing
times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also one man or one woman can do against the
the most creative of any time in the history of enormous array of the world's ills …
mankind. And everyone here will ultimately be

judged - will ultimately judge The greatest legacy one can pass ... The second danger is that of
himself - on the effort he has on to one's children and expediency; of those who say
contributed to building a new- that hopes and beliefs must bend
world society and the extent to grandchildren is not money or other before immediate necessities. Of
which his ideals and goals have material things accumulated in course if we must act effectively
shaped that effort.” one's life, but rather a legacy of we must deal with the world as it is.
character and faith.

This noble message is echoed in We must get things done. But if
the words of my predecessor as Chairman of St there was one thing that President Kennedy stood for
Alban's Council, Mr Kuben Pillay, who said: “A that touched the most profound feeling of young
funding decit would be a problem, but a 'moral people across the world, it was the belief that
decit' would be a crisis!” He regularly reminded us of idealism, high aspiration and deep convictions are
our social obligations as an Albanian community. He not incompatible with the most practical and
challenged us to be mindful of our privileges and for efcient of programs…

us to take a leadership role in the conversations … The third danger is timidity. Few men are willing to
pertaining to secondary education in South Africa. brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of

The relevance of these quotations is that it is their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral
inconceivable for us to have an authentic courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle
conversation about what we should do for the next or great intelligence…

fty years without understanding the reason … For the fortunate amongst us, the fourth danger is
therefore. Again the words of Senator Kennedy comfort; the temptation to follow the easy and
provide guidance: – familiar path of personal ambition and nancial

“This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time success so grandly spread before those who have
of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a the privilege of an education. “

quality of imagination, a predominance of courage

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Futility, expediency, timidity and comfort; their funding for bursaries, a community fund that will allow
relevance to the discussion in South Africa, at this time us to make meaningful contributions to our
of uncertainty, are undeniable and important in our community without having to suffer the
understanding of why we should concern ourselves consequences of the expediency of our operational
with our Legacy. The very best of what we have done budget and nally a fund for our building
together, an open admission policy in 1979, development to ensure that we do not have to face
commemoration of Youth Day long before this the prospect of sacricing our heritage or historic sites
became a public holiday, the community and buildings due to the costs of improving them.
programmes, innovation in teaching techniques, the
honest and open conversations that we have had, Affordability of education, facilities and the
and bravely continue to have, are the essence of the responsibility that we take within the community are
Albanian Community. Our challenge is not one of not our “why”. For several years we have been trying
survival; our nances and governance structures are to encapsulate what this is. It is not easily denable,
sound and should we be tempted to follow our but it can be observed when interacting with an
familiar path we can foreseeably celebrate seventy- Albanian. It is ingrained in our character. William F.
ve and then one hundred years of existence of Graham once proclaimed that:
excellence, community service and relevance.
“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's
Our challenge is to lead, to innovate and to surprise children and grandchildren is not money or other
ourselves - to be that Ripple of Hope in what seems to material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a
be a pond of indifference and distraction. These legacy of character and faith.”
challenges are a clarion call for Albanians to invest in
the future of the College and, in a meaningful way, I encourage you to support our Legacy Campaign
our Country as well. This investment will allow us to knowing that in time it will be instrumental in passing
build an endowment fund that will guarantee on legacy as well.

Sincerely,
Warwick van Breda

* Robert F. Kennedy's Day of Afrmation Address (also known
as the "Ripple of Hope" Speech) was a speech given to
National Union of South African Students members at the
University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966, on the
University's "Day of Reafrmation of Academic and Human
Freedom".

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MESSAGE from the 5th Headmaster

Tom Hamilton

As one of South Africa's leading schools, St Alban's relationship should be
College provides an education aimed at developing mutually benecial,
a boy's independence of mind and honing his critical sustaining the College in
thinking abilities through a deep immersion in our its mission to:
broad holistic curriculum. A St Alban's boy should
push his own boundaries, and be aware of the • equip boys with the life
challenges facing our society and his role in skills which will enable
addressing them. them to make a
positive contribution in
Schools have always been instrumental to a country's an open and dynamic
prosperity. If you look through history, you will nd that global society.
at every stage, successful countries have had
successful schools. We believe that the success of our • accept our responsibility to the wider educational
Alumni is a crucial barometer of the College's eld; and with those concerned, to develop
continued success. innovative programmes for the community at
large.
St Alban's has over 3 000 Alumni living all over the
world. We aim to create a lifelong personal and St Alban's College was founded with the
professional relationship with each one of you. That encouragement of the Anglican Church at a time
when our country was beginning to entrench grand
apartheid. We were founded to challenge orthodoxy
and we were never comfortable with the status quo.
Just as there are over 300 Alumni living all over the
world, there are just as many South African men and
women who count themselves as 'Associate Alumni'
through our vast educational outreach and bursary
programmes from the 1980s and 1990s.

Our country's contrasts and contradictions have
informed our own history to date - just as surely as they
will inform our future - but what this school has never
lacked is courage. We invite you to join us to walk the
journey of courage into our future, into the future of
our country. Together, we can play a powerful role in
making that future brighter than we possibly imagine.

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ST ALBAN'S COLLEGE

Leaving a Legacy

Education unlocks the potential of individuals, communities and countries. St Alban's wishes
to continue its proud tradition of doing just this. The Legacy Campaign is about ensuring the
sustainable future of the College and our community.

The three pillars of our Legacy Campaign are the Our reputation of excellence and signicance is
Bursary Endowment Fund, Fellowship and Community sustained thanks to the generosity of people who
Fund and the Built Environment Fund. appreciate the vital role that an established,
academically strong, values-driven Christian school
Over the past fty years, St Alban's College has can play in society. To sustain these high standards of
played an integral and leading role in the schooling education the school needs enduring nancial
of boys in the Highveld. We are a school that has support. There are many ways funding partners can
shown courage and we have had the courage of our support St Alban's College, and many different types
convictions. Whether it was the admissions of boys of gifts – endowments for scholarship and bursary
from all races in the late 1970s, the creation of funding, support for Community and Fellowship
'Outreach' in the 1980s, the introduction of ICTs into initiatives; and the built environment are a few ways.
education in the 1990s, or the establishment of
private-public schools partnerships, St Alban's has Donations to, and sponsorships of, particular projects
been at the forefront. Our vision is forward looking, are specically allocated to that project. Regular
committed to quality and service, and we pursue reports on progress are made to the St Alban's
innovative strategies and encourage personal College Family, both locally and globally, and to all
responsibility in the interest of all-round development donors via personal visits, correspondence,
of the boy as he journeys towards manhood. As an newsletters and the termly Mitre Newsletter.
Anglican Church school our values, held in common
with people of other faiths, include compassion, Governance structures have been put in place to
courage, and a commitment to what is right. We aim allow for the St Alban's Foundation to work in concert
to create a just, peaceful, united, positive, ethical, with the College Council in building capacity for the
happy and caring community. future. The Trustees and the Members of Council are
all highly capable and respected individuals and
their resumes are posted on our school website

(www.stalbanscollege.com.) Every
contribution reinforces St Alban's
College's reputation and position as a
world-class centre of educational
excellence in Africa. Irrespective of size
or shape, all gifts, bequests or
sponsorships are acknowledged and
appreciated. The act of giving is more
important than the size of the donation.

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THE

LEGACY
CAMPAIGN

BURSARY ENDOWMENT FUND
FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNITY FUND

BUILT ENVIRONMENT FUND

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Why invest in St Alban's College?

The history and traditions of all great schools have been built on generations of generous benefactors. At St
Alban's, ve decades of dedication and commitment by Governors, Staff, Parents and Boys have been
enhanced by sound nancial management and responsible stewardship of the school's assets. Maintaining and
upgrading the school remains a challenge to ensure that St Alban's College retains its position as a world-class
African school.

St Alban's College is relying on Old Albanians, current and past Parents and Friends of the College to support the
Legacy Campaign generously. Giving to St Alban's College contributes to the school's programme of excellence
and to its broader signicance in terms of social and community development in our region. Seless philanthropy
makes the difference between a good school and a great school.

We believe that St Alban's College has a powerful role to play in terms of being a beacon of educational
excellence and in terms of being able to multiply the benet of that excellence into our local communities. We are
not interested in building capacity just for ourselves, but we aim to be strong in order to do more for our
communities, our nation and our continent.

St Alban's College is asking for your support

Education unlocks a potential for individuals, The plan is to raise capital to ensure that St Alban's
communities and countries. St Alban's College College remains sustainable, that it maintains a
embodies a rich history and proud tradition which diverse intake across all socio-economic areas. The
have made it one of the leading independent College wishes to grow fellowship and create
schools in Southern Africa. Our boys are individuals capacity for sustainability over the next fty years. We
who belong to an international community and we believe that our school's history and track-record is
welcome them from throughout South Africa, Africa one of which we can all be proud.
as a whole and the world, enriching diversity and
widening our perspective. Our message is one of condence, courage and
hope. For the College to play this role, it is essential for
School fees are an important part of educational it to remain strong and vibrant, relevant and
funding but no school can rely totally on this revenue innovative.
for future development and growth. Hence we seek
funding support for the key areas outlined, over and With your help, we can achieve this.
above what the school generates through fees.

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Legacy Plan

A practical plan for investing
in St Alban's College

Fifty years after our rst group of matriculants There is no point in being excellent unless we share
graduated, the College Community has engaged in that excellence, so we also intend to convey a spirit
conversations on what kind of school we are, what of HOPE, a plan of ACTION and a series of
kind of school we intend to be in the next FIFTY YEARS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS that will spread our
... and what LEGACY we wish to build for the future of excellence far and wide.
our school.
Maintaining and developing the BUILT ENVIRONMENT
We have created a BURSARY ENDOWMENT FUND on our beautiful campus is important to
which will ensure the future of College in perpetuity. accommodate increasing demand for places at
The Bursary Endowment Fund seeks to create an on- College, as well as encouraging new learning
going means of supporting the College by raising methodologies, spiritual development, recreational
capital and investing the funds to generate a source and extramural activities and accommodation. It
of sustainable income to support the St Alban's helps us to maintain, upgrade and develop our built
College of the future. Investing in this Fund will allow environment and to grow outreach programs.
St Alban's College to continue to reect a diverse
student body and offer an in-depth and varied Recent developments which have been completed
programme, as well as a broad range of activities on on campus include the Todd Learning Enhancement
the playing elds, in the boarder houses, in Music and Commons, the upgrading of the Music Centre, the
the Arts, as well as in personal leadership Von Geusau Visitors Centre and the expansion of the
development. We need to augment and strengthen Hamilton Hall. The new Chapel remains a priority.
our Bursary Endowment Fund to allow us to offer an
increased number of subsidised places and fee relief
to sons and grandsons of Old Boys.

Bursary Endowment Fund Fellowship and Built Environment Fund
• for boys who would Community Fund • New Chapel
• to be a BEACON of • The Zone
otherwise not be able
to attend St Alban's excellence and SHARE
College our light
• to assist sons and • to PARTNER with a
grandsons of Old public school for FIVE
Albanians years ...
• Fee support • ... and repeat every
ve years for the next
FIFTY years

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MESSAGE from

Mike Beaumont

St Alban's College Foundation

The St Alban's College Foundation (the College) is requirements of the Income Tax Act insofar as they
registered as a public benet organisation. Its relate to a PBO. In terms of this status, donations to the
objective is to raise, receive, invest and Foundation can be recognised as a deduction
distribute/apply funds to maintain and ensure the against taxation in the hands of donors and the
future sustainability of the College. Trustees are required to apply funds in a non-prot
manner and with an altruistic or philanthropic intent.
The role of the Foundation therefore is to assist in
sourcing long-term funds in order to support the Governance protocols apply for the receipt,
development of the College and in particular (a) to acknowledgement, investment and distribution of
broaden and improve the life of the school through available funds and income derived therefrom.
scholarships and bursaries and (b) to safeguard the Donors may choose the purpose for which donations
independence and nancial security of the school. are applied i.e. to be used in connection with
The Foundation is independent of the St Alban's bursaries, community partnerships or towards the
College Council (the Council) and no Trustee of the built environment of the College or leave the
Foundation can be a member of Council and vice application of funds to the discretion of the Trustees.
versa. The Council is responsible for the strategic
direction of the school and the successful operation A common goal shared by the Foundation and the
thereof. College is to promote the educational inventory of
the country and to facilitate persons to optimise their
The Foundation is chaired by the Bishop of Pretoria. talents for their benet and that of wider society.
The Trustees consist of persons who are independent Funds from the Foundation are typically distributed
of or who have a history of deep involvement with St through the College against an application therefore
Alban's College and who reect the diversity within by the Council and funds so released can be by way
the St Alban's family. Details of current Trustees of the of grants or loans.
Foundation can be found at
www.stalbanscollege.com. The Trustees provide their The Foundation keeps annual nancial accounts
services to the Foundation gratuitously. which are audited and available to stakeholders. The
current auditors are MFG Accountants. The annual
As a public benet organisation (PBO), the nancial statements of the Foundation have always
Foundation is, amongst other things, subject to the been certied by auditors without qualication.

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BURSARY ENDOWMENT FUND

Investing in People

The Bursary Endowment Fund seeks to create an on- SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMMES. Currently there are 55
going means of supporting and allowing the College boys attending the College on fully assisted places,
to offer scholarships, bursaries and fee support. The with another 26 boys receiving support at some level.
objective is to attract talent, diversity and sons of Old
Boys to the College and to assist current boys to The responsibility for that is currently being largely
remain at the College. It is also for attracting superior carried by the College Council, although signicant
talent across different elds for slipstreaming and developments have occurred in the past decade
thereby upgrading of general standards. with the establishment of the Don MacRobert Bursary
Fund, Alumni Funds provided by the Classes of 1975,
St Alban's College has always been dened by its 1979 and 1998, as well as partnerships with the
people more than its buildings or grounds. It wasn't Student Sponsorship Programme and the Allan Gray
until 1979 – sixteen years after the College's founding Orbis Foundation.
– that this included all of the people of our country.
The Bursary Endowment Fund will support the College
Over the past three decades, more than 700 BOYS in attracting a diversity of talented young South
FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS HAVE Africans committed to making a difference.
benetted from our various BURSARY and

Scholarships Bursaries
• For previously disadvantaged boys
• Academic
who would not otherwise be able
For academically gifted boys who to afford a St Alban's College
are invited to write the Scholarship education
Examinations • Old Albanian Fund: To assist sons
and grandsons of Old Albanians
• Cultural who may not have the means to
continue their family ties with the
For boys with special talent in Art or College
Music • Sports Bursaries: For talented
sportsmen to reach their potential
• Sport in a supportive environment
• Fee support
For boys who are talented
sportsmen

• Partnership

For gifted boys selected by our
Partners

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SIBS MOLIMI

SUPPORTED BY A BURSARY FROM THE CLASS OF '79

There are millions of young people who are talented but often the world
never gets to see their talents because they are not given the opportunity
and a platform to showcase their talent.

The Bursary Fund I received at St Alban's College had a positive impact in my
life because it gave me opportunities and numerous platforms to showcase
my talents. Not only was I given the opportunities and platforms, but there
was also immense support and belief in me from my teachers who assisted
me in thriving.

I had an opportunity to explore diverse platforms such as sports, culture,
academic and leadership, and these resulted in me growing holistically - in
my leadership capabilities, my communications skills with various people
and more.

Today, I am a motivational speaker, a published author as well as an
entrepreneur and I can condently say that the Bursary Fund played an
immense role in getting me to do what I do.

I was put in an environment where I was challenged to grow, excel and
aspire for excellence.

As a result of the Bursary Fund, I was given a once in a life-time opportunity to
receive a quality education from quality teachers with quality
infrastructure. I had never been on a ight before I got to St Alban's College.
As a result of the Bursary Fund, hard work and a positive attitude, I was given
the opportunity to travel to America, Malaysia and Singapore with the choir
and hockey team in the space of 6 months.

I will forever be grateful to the Class of 1979 for the bursary support that they
awarded me.

Sibs Molimi, Class of 2011

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FELLOWSHIP AND COMMUNITY FUND

A beacon to our local communities

“I am proud to be Archbishop of a church which has institutions such as St Alban's College, which could produce
such innovation and creativity… This is something to give us hope, something to be told, to generate in a
despairing people some hope and optimism for the future.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was speaking at the occasion of the with the blessing of the Gauteng Department of Basic
opening of Statech, a huge and brave project that Education. In 2015 a partnership with Flavius Mareka
was undertaken at the end of a brave decade for St High School in Atteridgeville was established.
Alban's College. Don MacRobert had been However, these public-private partnerships require a
Chairman of Council for that whole period and he long term view and they bring challenges.
encouraged the community to embrace a brighter
future for the country long before it was politically or We also played a leading and active role in the
nancially prudent to do so. Outreach put St Alban's establishment of St Augustine's LEAP School in
Colleges' name on the map. Garankuwa. The Diocese of Pretoria provided the
land and the initial costs for the establishment of the
Since the 1980s, over ve hundred young men have school in 2012. St Alban's provided curriculum support
matriculated from St Alban's College on educational and also seconded a Science teacher from our
development bursaries. The College maintains that Teacher Internship Programme. Academic camps
commitment to providing opportunities for boys of are held on the St Alban's campus each term and we
talent and there are currently over thirty boys are actively engaged in joint programmes. St
enrolled in the College on full bursaries in the 2016 Augustine's had its rst Matric class in 2015 and was
academic year. We open our doors to provide new awarded the prize for Best School in the District by the
futures and make our community authentic and Gauteng Department of Education. Our association
grounded. here is already bearing fruit.

In addition, we look out. The Top Matric Programme In 2016, we moved into two partnerships in Eersterust:
was started with just nineteen young men from one with the Church of the Good Shepherd and
Mamelodi and Atteridgeville in 1985. Eighteen another with Eersterust High School. It is early days,
achieved degrees and two of them have had their but the momentum in these two projects is already
own sons matriculate from St Alban's College. The signicant.
programme ran continuously until 2009, when we
realised that the impact of late-intervention The VISION OF THE COLLEGE is to replicate these types
educational programmes at Grade 12 level was of partnerships over the course of the next fty years
limited due to the declining standards in public so that the College can leave an imprint of
education. excellence across the range of local communities
and thereby create capacity for South Africa to be a
The Retsweletse Literacy Programme ran WINNING NATION. With this in mind, Mrs Connie
continuously from 1988 to 2009, when it also became Kannemeyer was appointed as a full-time
apparent that we needed deeper partnerships with Community Project Manager in September 2016. We
the schools in our region. Unless our programmes had are aiming to make an impact on our community
an impact that could be measured and veried, we that will change lives and create better futures.
could not justify the investment.
The main limitation to the impact of such
Thus, we moved towards partnership with other programmes, bursaries and partnerships is the
schools who could learn from us and from whom we resources available to us. For us to realise our vision,
could learn, too. A formal public-private partnership we will need your help.
was signed with Modiri Technical High School in 2011,

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BUILT ENVIRONMENT FUND

Development Plans

The investment in and maintenance of our built development plan is multi-dimensional; top of the
environment is integral to reaching our mission and priorities is the building of the new Chapel and
the retention of our competitiveness and relevance. completion of The Zone alongside a number of other
The construct of the College's annual budget gives infrastructural and renovation projects.
rise to an operating surplus and free cash ow. This
approach allows us to fund internally much of the The purpose of the Built Environment Fund is to
ongoing maintenance of an ageing infrastructure facilitate the realisation of the CDP by providing
and built environment as well as the refurbishment of signicant funding for large capital projects that is not
existing facilities. within reach of the operating nancial model
mentioned above.
This internal funding approach to capital expenditure
has allowed us in recent years, for example, to As an Anglican School, the Chapel is in many ways
complete the road infrastructure, replace the the fulcrum of spiritual worship and faith learning. The
Astroturf, construct the Music Auditorium, redesign current Chapel, a converted cowshed, is a much
and refurbish the Todd Learning Enhancement loved place of worship. Its history and origin are in
Commons, extend the Hamilton Hall and commence many ways symbolic of the New Testament. Despite
construction on The Zone project. our emotional links with the Chapel, the building
carries little historical value, is structurally weak and,
The Campus Development Plan (CDP) is an most importantly, cannot accommodate the size
integrated, exible and modular plan that and form of services at the College.
programmes the expansion and renovation of the
campus in support of our long term strategic, spiritual, The new Chapel has been designed to replace but
academic and recreational objectives. This not eliminate the old structure, part of which can be

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retained as a lady's Chapel. The aim is to have a the old chapel with an inverted gable supported by a
chapel that can cater for 750 congregants and offer glass front. An outside labyrinth will offer space for
multi-purpose facilities for faith related events such as individual prayers and spiritual reection. A new
choral singing. Chapel will not only serve the needs of the school but
also become a welcome venue for private family
The new design captures image of the entrance to services and commemorations.

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The Zone

The global trend in education toward providing the The addition of what we have termed The Zone to our
student with shared spaces to interact, reect and built environment will align with the concepts of
learn have formed the manner in which the capital community spaces. This project, when complete, will
development projects have been designed and house our sports department, provide a wellness and
undertaken on the core College campus in the past conditioning centre as well as accommodate an
24 months. aquatics center with grandstand seating.

As can be seen from the successfully completed From a bird's eye view, the end result of The Zone
projects, the Todd Learning Enhancement Commons Project will be a wellness centre nestled in the heart of
and the Hamilton Hall expansion, the communal our sporting facilities with views and links to the
spaces have been crafted to reect the open and Pavilion, Moshate and Lesideng. It is an ambitious
enlightened attitudes of its users. These projects have project that has been phased in order to allow us to
been underpinned, in their design and conception, carry the cost burden in a nancially prudent manner.
by taking account of locally occurring materials like There is, as is the case on phased projects, an option of
slate and rough stone nishes that are at the accelerating the build through external funding by
College's foundation. donor contributions.

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TAX EFFICIENT
GIVING

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMISE YOUR GIFT

You may deduct donations to St Alban's College from • Amount or nature of the donation (if not in cash)
your taxable income. In terms of Section 18A of the • Certicate to the effect that the receipt is issued
Income Tax Act, donations to approved educational
funds in South Africa are tax deductible. This means for the purposes of Section 18A of the Income Tax
that your gift to the St Alban's College Foundation will Act of 1962 and that the donation has been, or will
not only be an investment in the future of South be used, exclusively for the object of the St Alban's
Africa, but will also provide you with tax relief. College Foundation.

LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIONS PLEASE NOTE:
When making a donation to the St Alban's College 1. Direct deposits may be paid into the dedicated St
Foundation, the deduction from taxable income
which is allowed in any one tax year is the sum of any Alban's College Foundation bank account.
bona de donation in cash or kind made by such 2. Cheques must be made payable to St Alban's
taxpayer and actually paid or transferred during the
year of assessment. College Foundation.
3. Electronic Fund Transfers (EFTs) can be made to

the St Alban's College Foundation bank account
(as indicated on the Gift and Pledge forms).

Deductions are limited to either R1 000 or 5% of The act
taxable income, whichever is greater. This applies to of giving
both individuals and companies. These limits are for is more
each year of assessment in total and not per important
donation. Companies may not use this deduction to than the
create an assessed loss, whereas an individual may. size of the
donation.
A claim for the deduction must be supported by a tax
certicate containing all particulars required in
Section 18A (2). The St Alban's College Foundation
will issue donors with such a certicate upon receipt
of the donation. As required by the Income Tax Act,
the St Alban's College Foundation will keep a record
of donations for a period of ve years.

The certicate will reect the following:
• St Alban's College reference number issued by the

Commissioner for the purposes of Section 18A
• Actual date of receipt of the donation
• Name and address of St Alban's College
• Name and address of the donor

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An invitation to partner

The current Headmaster, Tom Hamilton, and his immediate predecessor, Grant Nupen,
are Funding Ambassadors for St Alban's College.
Tom has served the College for 23 years and knows every Old Albanian since 1987.
Grant's association with the College goes back to the beginning: as a Founder scholar
in 1963, the College's rst Head Boy (a position he held for three years) and 4th
Headmaster, Grant can speak with more authority about 'his' school than any other. It
was for that reason, too, that Grant accepted the position of HONORARY PRESIDENT OF
THE OLD ALBANIAN CLUB in the 50th Jubilee Year.
WHY SHOULD I DO THIS?
While St Alban's College is doing its utmost to contain costs and increase its funding
income, it is doing so in a competitive environment of increasingly privatised and
franchised education. In countries such as the United States of America, many of its
best schools and universities receive as much as 80% of their income from gifts made by
private individuals, primarily bequests. Clearly, St Alban's College is also going to have
to rely more and more on individuals with the foresight and generosity to invest in South
Africa's most precious asset – its talented and intelligent youth.

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GIVING BACK TO
ST ALBAN'S COLLEGE

Securing the Future

Giving to St Alban's College contributes to the Inspiring boys in mind, body and spirit to strive beyond
school's future prosperity and ensures it remains at the the ordinary will always remain our … and your own …
forefront of independent school education. It is greatest legacy and gift.
seless philanthropy that contributes to making St
Alban's a great school rather than just a good school. HOW TO DONATE
It also spreads the inuence of St Alban's across the 1. Decide which aspect you would like to support.
broader community, giving opportunities to create
new futures and change destinies. St Alban's has a There is a Gift Form and a Pledge Form at the back
proven track-record and intends to build on that. of this brochure
2. Decide what kind of gift is appropriate – once-off
Donations, legacies and sponsorships assume or on a regular basis
greater importance as St Alban's College prepares 3. Complete the relevant form and return it to the
for the unique challenges of the new millenium. school

ST ALBAN'S COLLEGE ASSURES YOU THAT
• if requested, your anonymity will be respected
• all donations, bequests and bursary funds will be

used wisely and for the purpose for which they are
given
• you will receive frequent communication on how
funds are being deployed
• you will be kept informed about the school
through publications and the website
• appropriate recognition and appreciation will be
extended to you
• you will be welcomed to St Alban's College at
every opportunity. The Development Ofce will
always have someone to serve your needs and
host your visit.

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Private Bag X01, Lynnwood Ridge,
Pretoria, 0040, South Africa

Telephone: +27 12 348 1221

Fax: +27 12 361 1917

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.stalbanscollege.com