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Our donors
Our donors are people who have made a simple yet incredibly meaningful decision to support Leeds Beckett University. By making a donation people have decided to support an education at Leeds Beckett University, helping to transform the lives and aspirations of students studying here.
Without the support of our alumni and friends we wouldn’t be able to offer the financial support that we do. We’re delighted to formally recognise the contribution that our donors make, and share some of the stories of why our donor support our university. You can also find out more about giving to Leeds Beckett University by reading our donor newsletter, Giving News.
What our donors say
Bob
Mitchell
“When I think back to my time here back in the mid-70s, everything was paid for, the food, the accommodation, the course was paid for, so we had nothing to worry about. These days I know how difficult it is financially. I donate because I as my children were getting older I realised how difficult it was for them going on to higher education, and I wanted to do something to make sure that students had as full a time as possible to develop their learning, their potential, and to be as positive and as successful as possible.”
Gillian
Hampden-Thompson
“As someone who works in education, I was always passionate about supporting students and their education. I had a fantastic time at university – I wouldn’t change anything about it at all, except maybe to go back and do it all again – but I know it’s not the same for everybody. I know that by giving to the Bright Futures Scholarships I’m supporting something very specific, helping to support students who otherwise would find university life very difficult.”
Tony
Horsfall
“There are so many memories from my time at university, which for me was one of the major highlights of my life. My Poly Olly colleagues and I simply get the pleasure through the scholarship of helping someone to have a similar once in a lifetime experience. I hope that future students studying at Leeds Beckett will enjoy their time, gain a great qualification, but importantly make new friends for life as we did.”
Janet
Reveley
“Reconnecting with the university highlighted to us all the impact that alumni giving can make to current students who are at risk of not completing their courses, and the subsequent success stories that don’t happen because of this. Hearing about the positive impact on students made us all as a Carnegie year group think about what we could do collectively to help, and it also made us reflect on our own lifelong connections and the journeys we have been on after Carnegie.
“We realised we had a desire to support the next generation to have the same opportunities we had, regardless of the background they came from. Together with the help of the alumni team we set up the Carnegie Class of 78-82 Scholarship. Giving together was a way to cement our long standing relationship with Carnegie and leave a legacy.”
Thank you to our current donors
CLASS OF 1992
Alexandra
Aylward
CLASS OF 1992
Graham
Bell
CLASS OF 2006
Eve
Blackwell
CLASS OF 1958
Donald
Bligh
CLASS OF
Paul
Briggs
CLASS OF 1968
William
Cormack
CLASS OF 2017
Thomas
Duerden
CLASS OF 1993
Stephen
Evans
CLASS OF 2001
Aaron
Goddard
CLASS OF 1978
Christine
Hunter
CLASS OF 2001
Luisa
Lyons
CLASS OF 1976
Bob
Mitchell
CLASS OF 1972
Sir Bob
Murray CBE
CLASS OF 1974
Peter
Rice
CLASS OF 2011
Tomas
Shanahan
CLASS OF 2012
Joseph
Sheerin
CLASS OF 1983
Christine
Sherlock
CLASS OF 1976
Christina
Smith
CLASS OF 1999
Anthony
Snowdon
CLASS OF 2004
Ian
Stevens
CLASS OF 2016
Bernd
Stottok
CLASS OF 2004
Robert
Thompson
CLASS OF 2012
Hugh
Wellesley-Smith
