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Why we need

your support

Heriot’s provides specialist bereavement, pastoral and financial support for
local children where a parent has died.
Heriot’s is committed to growing the Foundation, however the number of
children who benefit from Heriot’s bereavement expertise and wider support
is severely limited. Currently, there are 62 Foundationers in school - just 3%
of those learning at Heriot’s. The primary limitation preventing this number
from growing is the lack of available funding.

It costs £820,000+ to fund Foundation places every year, of which 90%
comes from school fee income; longer term we seek to raise enough money
to fund Foundation places in perpetuity.
If the Foundation were to fail financially, it would have a significant impact
on school life. Many parents choose Heriot's because of its charitable heart
and the diversity of its pupils.
Andy Irvine
The Foundation400 campaign will ensure increasing numbers of children Foundationer, 1970
can access vital support, enabling them to flourish in the face of adversity

and achieve their dreams. The sooner we accomplish this, the more children

can benefit from the opportunities Heriot’s can offer.
“It was not only the financial assistance
To ensure no child misses out on this vital support at an incredibly difficult from the Foundation that I had to be
thankful for. The Headmaster and indeed
time in their young lives, please donate today.
all the teaching staff could not have
been more supportive to a young lad
battling the trauma of losing his father.
I will never forget their thoughtful and
caring kindness in assisting and guiding
me through the final years of my school
education.”
Andy Irvine
Scotland International and Captain
– 1972-1982
British and Irish Lions
– 1974, ’77 and ‘80

Foundation400 5 year report