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14 Mar 2023

Nottingham Ambition Giving Day 2022

In June 2022, supporters took part in the very first Nottingham Ambition Giving Day and the response was astonishing. Across the event, 576 people raised more than £100,000 for scholarships, medical research, student mental health activities and Cascade projects.

Find out how your donations are making a difference.

Cheerleaders at the Giving Day in front of the Trent Building

Nottingham Ambition Giving Day Cheerleaders

Words and images: Alex Kuster

The Ambition Giving Day was an opportunity for supporters around the globe to honour the University of Nottingham’s accomplishments and achieve something amazing.

The day celebrated 100 years since the Trent Building foundation stone was laid. Since then, supporters like you have helped nurture individual aspiration, academic talent and global research.

University Park campus was buzzing with activity on the day and there were incentives to be unlocked by donors throughout. Students, societies and alumni all came together in true University of Nottingham spirit. You can get involved once again for our next Giving Day in November.

You showed what a difference a day can make.

Student mental health

University can be a stressful experience for some, with pressures to succeed sometimes feeling overwhelming. One in three students will experience poor mental health at some point during their studies, particularly while preparing for exams. No student should have to suffer in silence.

Thanks to you, just over £14,000 was raised during the Giving Day to support mental health initiatives.

Find out more about how you’re helping student mental health in our Nightline interview.

Student in the library

Cascade

Your support will make inspirational ideas a reality through the Cascade grants programme. Students at Nottingham have brilliant ideas to help communities at home and around the world.

Your belief and backing has given Nottingham students the chance to use their skills to tackle issues affecting communities in need.

Together you raised £13,520 that will help innovative projects like the Flight Sim Project, which you can read about on page 28, to get off the ground. Thank you for enhancing the student experience.

Cascade

Scholarships

All gifts to scholarships - small and large - help bright, determined students to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Your donations raised a commendable £69,800, which will allow 70 more students to say yes to their university dream. In these most challenging of times, students will be extremely grateful for the way in which you have supported scholarships during the Giving Day.

You can read more about how scholarships are helping students cope with the cost-of-living crisis.

Scholarships

Medical Research

Thanks to your donations to medical research during the Giving Day, the University of Nottingham can continue its ground-breaking work in the fight against children’s brain tumours.

For 25 years, our world-leading researchers and clinicians at the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC) have been working tirelessly to stop brain tumours from shattering the lives of children and their families. “No child should have to suffer the devastating effects of a brain tumour,” researcher Tim Ritzmann says. “That’s why we are working on innovative new treatments, so that children can live full and healthy lives.”

You helped to raise more than £14,000, which will play a part in research that could change the world for us all.

Find out more about CBTRC's research

Ruhman Rahman
For all those from disadvantaged backgrounds who follow in my footsteps, take inspiration: it can be done.
Martin Cooper, Giving Day Donor

During the Giving Day, supporters shared some of their reasons for getting involved.

“For all those from disadvantaged backgrounds who follow in my footsteps, take inspiration: it can be done.” - Martin Cooper

“The University of Nottingham was a great experience for me, and I hope that this helps others enjoy and benefit from some of the same opportunities that I had there.” - Jane Prior

“The University of Nottingham gave me much more than an education, it gave me a second chance.” - Hadiza Saeed

“Delighted to be able to support research at the university that started my career.” - Michael Sadler

“Donation in memory of my nephew, a medical student recently at the University of Nottingham. I welcome initiatives to help students with their mental health.” - Ruth Harris