Whitgift Giving Day 2025

Together, 469 donors have given £116,094, which has been matched to total £164,094.

An anonymous donor

gave £10.00

Alex Aikwen
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

 Delighted to support Whitgift, which is a brilliant school and a strong community. 

An anonymous donor

gave £50.00

 Respect for the view of those who made the appeal 

Erica Mordue
Lambeth, London
United Kingdom

 Great cause and happy to be part of the Whitgift family!  

Tom Morgan

gave £100.00

London
United Kingdom
Nevila Gruda
Beckenham
United Kingdom

 My son had 8 great years at Whitgift and is a great school. 

Mike Chinneck
Folkestone
United Kingdom

 The School gave me a great start in life before I joined the RAF. After 33 years in uniform and then 17 years in Mission Aviation Fellowship, those schooldays still feature in my memories as a foundation for my life, and also for the start of my Christian life too. 

An anonymous donor

gave £100.00

An anonymous donor

gave £10.00

An anonymous donor

gave £50.00

 Our son has absolutely loved his first year at Whitgift. We are pleased to help other boys to benefit from the same opportunities he has had. 

JEFFREY James
Oxted
United Kingdom
Jeremy Keable

gave £500.00

Steyning
United Kingdom

 Delighted to donate on behalf of the Keable and Bradshaw families that have benefitted from this special place. 

Elizabeth Pleasance
London
United Kingdom
Snigdha Gupta
Reigate
United Kingdom

 Keep up the fabulous charity work that you do 

Tamara Coelho
South Croydon
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £50.00

An anonymous donor

gave £250.00

Jaya Singh

gave £100.00

Croydon
United Kingdom
Anne Carroll

gave £100.00

London
United Kingdom

 Whitgift provided a wonderful foundation for our son’s education as well as finding fantastic friends for life. If we can help enable others to enjoy this opportunity I know Alex would be happy to help make this happen. Thank you Whitgift.  

David McCallum
Mosman, NSW
Australia
Said Mohamed

gave £500.00

Warlingham
United Kingdom

 I am truly inspired by the stories of the pupils who received bursaries. It is a perfect demonstration of the good that can come out of giving. I am happy to play a small part of that process.  

An anonymous donor

gave £10.00

 A real gift. This blessing opens up doors to countless opportunities and I am incredibly grateful that my children have been beneficiaries. 

Nicki Malik
Surrey
United Kingdom

 Whitgift is a school that has given my son a wonderful environment to thrive.  

Jeff Schroeder

gave £50.00

Southwater
United Kingdom

 Well done to all the boys for completing their 1,596 pull up challenge! Amazing effort! 

An anonymous donor

gave £100.00

Carmelita Agranoff

gave £20.00

CR5 3QP
United Kingdom

 We had two children at Whitgift. I am supporting giving day, as a way of acknowledging the opportunities our children had, and in a small way to support other children to also share in the unique opportunities this school offers.  

Roger Purdue
Victoria, BC, Canada
Canada

 I found the comments by Stewart Cook to be telling: "I wanted the school experience itself to be the privilege, not the background from which a student came. The wonderful thing about Whitgift is that the mix of pupils in their financial, religious, ethnic diversity, makes no distinctions..." 

Adrian Barton
London
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £25.00

 Forever grateful for the education, opportunity and community Whitgift bursary gave my son. Tomorrow is graduation. He leaves but Whitgift will be in our hearts and gratitude forever. Thankyou x 

Emma Pereira
London
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £48.00

 Sponsoring some amazing lads who smashed out 1,596 pull ups ! 💪 

Niyaz Haji
South Croydon
United Kingdom

 Congratulations to all the boys for their fantastic 1596 challenge entries! I’m always blown away by their creativity and dedication. 

John Gould
Kenley
United Kingdom

 I wasn't the brightest or best behaved student. Bob Schad was my housemaster from 1962 - 1968. I tried him sorely at times, fortunately he persevered and eventually I managed to progress to university. Thanks Whitgift; especially dear Bob who sadly passed away a couple of years ago.  

Rebecca Fisher

gave £50.00

South Croydon
United Kingdom

 “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family." Kofi Annan 

Ian Hanley

gave £25.00

South Croydon
United Kingdom

 Proud to serve Whitgift’s students and its community. 

Sophia Bennett
London
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £500.00

 To help others with potential in both sport or academically to have an opportunity of thriving and reaching their true potential which they may not get without a bursurary or help. 

Sarah Sharland

gave £25.00

London
United Kingdom

 Supporting Whitgift and it's pupils  

Kylie Yung
Kingston upon Thames
United Kingdom
Helen Orchard
Purley
United Kingdom
Andy Chandler
Carshalton
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £50.00

 A fabulous school - my two boys have enjoyed every minute. The staff are dedicated and supportive, lovely boys and parents. We are very lucky to have had this experience. 

Cinca David
Kenley
United Kingdom
Ian hills
Guildford
United Kingdom
Andrew Seal

gave £50.00

Caterham
United Kingdom

 I am very lucky to have had so many opportunties at Whitgift during the 30 years I've been part of the school. The bursary fund enables students from all sectors of our community to experience the amazing, diverse offering we have here. It makes me proud to call myself an Old Whitgiftian! 

Ana Cutajar

gave £50.00

London
United Kingdom
An anonymous donor

gave £25.00

Pradeesh Sriskandarajah
Purley
United Kingdom

 Honoured to stand behind and proud to have been able to be part of this remarkable school and visionary programme that ignites purpose, nurtures character, and empowers boys to become the very best version of themselves