The College frequently receives enquiries from former members and friends who wish to contribute to the future development of the College. This can be done in many different ways including benefactions, gifts and legacies. Examples are given below. The Development Plan aims to provide accommodation on site for up to 350 students that would almost double our existing numbers. The Plan also provides for facilities such as a Computer Room, Library, Recreational areas, Combination Room, Lecture Room, Small Teaching Rooms and a Master's Lodge.
Pressures exist to increase the endowment.
We have an urgent need to be able to fund named Research Fellowships for postdoctoral Fellows, scholarships for people reading for PhDs and studentships for mature and affiliated scholars who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specific gifts have been received for the purchase of books for the library, special needs for College sports activities at which St Edmund's continues to excel, organ scholarship, and for hardship cases which seem to increase each year. In this latter category we have been greatly encouraged by some support from Trinity College. It is a great encouragement to know that so many of you have valued your time at St Edmund's and wish to see it prosper in the future. We would be delighted to hear from you or welcome you back in person.