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RVC Alumni Fund –

Making a real difference to students

he RVC Alumni Fund has a Welcome to Weany!
huge impact on our students. The RVC Alumni Fund has funded
It helps support students in the purchase of a number of fantastic
Tfinancial need, provides a simulators, helping students practise
lifeline to the ever-popular RVCSU and perfect their handling and clinical
Clubs and Societies and enhances skills before dealing with a live patient.
the education of students through the The latest addition is a pig simulation
provision of cutting-edge educational model, called Weany.
equipment and funding career-inspiring
work placement opportunities. Put Weany enables students to
simply, the RVC Alumni Fund supports gain confidence with procedures
hundreds of students every year helping like jugular blood sampling, castration
them achieve their full potential – so on and euthanasia – notoriously difficult
behalf of all of them, thank you! Here are skills to develop especially with pigs.
some of the projects the RVC Alumni
Fund has supported this year.

RVC Student Support Jolly Hockey Club!
Fund – essential
support to students This year the RVC Hockey Club held a 12-hour hockey marathon to raise funds for
in need Dementia UK and the club itself. They raised £1400 in total with £500 of this going
to the club – this was matched with £500 from the RVC Alumni Fund. Rebecca
The RVC Alumni Fund contributes
to the RVC Student Support Fund Wilkinson, Charity Secretary for the club said they were hugely grateful and added:
every year and in the past two “We intend to buy a new Captains’ board to be placed in the Buttery and the money
years in particular, this support will also go towards pitch hire for training and matches, buying new equipment such
has made a massive difference. as goalie kits and will allow the club to put on more events as needed.” You can read
Shelley Revel, Deputy Head of the full hockey report on page 35.
the RVC Student Advice Centre
commented: “The 2021/22
academic year continued to be
marked by the impact of the
pandemic and we recognised at
the beginning of the year that it
would continue to be financially
challenging for students. The
ongoing effects of the pandemic
and the steep rise in the cost
of living have impacted on our
students in a variety of ways.
Thankfully, the Student Support
Fund means we can continue to
support students through these
tough times.” One grateful recipient
of this support added: “This award
was amazing to receive. It was
such a relief and helped relieve
some stress.”

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