£400,000 Gift to the Design Centre

In March, the School was delighted to hear that the Dudley and Geoffrey Cox Charitable Trust wished to make a gift of £400,000 towards the new Design Centre, due for opening in September.

Dudley Cox and his son Geoffrey were both OMTs who ran a very successful group of construction and property companies. In 1979 they created teh Dudley and Geoffrey Cox Charitable Trust to support charitable interests, with particular interest in education. In 1981 and 2001 they bequeathed significant funds to the Charitable Trust. The Trust has been very supportive of the School over the years, providing many scholarships and prizes. With Dudley and Geoffrey's interest in construction and design, the trustees felt the new Design Centre at Merchant Taylors' was a perfect fit for the Trust's objectives.

Their generous gift of £400,000 will fund equipment in the new building giving pupils the possibility to reach a level of sophistication in 3D design and manufacture which would otherwise not be possible. WIth equipment of this standard, the School - already a leading centre for Design and Technology - will have a truly outstanding facility and can become a hub school in the area, allowing pupils and teachers from other schools to benefit from the facility and expertise at Merchant Taylors'.

In recognition of this wonderful gift, the School will name two spaces in the new building - the CNC Design Hub and the Major Projects Workshop - after the two benefactors, Dudley and Geoffrey Cox.

There will be a series of events during Design Week in October when it will be possible to come to tour the new facility and see the equipment in place.

We are still working to identify other sources of funding for the Design Centre before its completion in September. For more information, please contact the Development Director, Nick Latham on 01923 845589 or nlatham@mtsn.org.uk. 

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