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Extra funds enable us to buy new specialist equipment, modernise out of date kit, refurbish areas of our campus and buy in the latest V.I. resources. Vitally, they also enable our students to have enriching extra curricular experiences, now and in the future. Click the button below to donate or to contact our Fundraising Department directly please telephone 01432 376 372 or email fundraising@rnc.ac.uk

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Other ways to support us

Grassroots Sports Lottery

Support RNC’s Sports Academy by joining the Grassroots Sports Lottery and YOU could win anywhere from £250 to a massive £25,000! Tickets are just £1 per week, and here’s the best part… 50% of all ticket sales goes directly to supporting our College’s Sports Academy. One lucky player may also win the monthly Super Draw.

Players must be 18+

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Challenge events

We’ve teamed up with Run for Charity to offer a huge range of challenge events across the UK and beyond. Whether you’re signing up for your first 5K, tackling a half-marathon, taking on a Tough Mudder, or bouncing around an inflatable course, every pound you raise will help young people with blindness and visual impairment achieve their potential.

Challenge Events
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Adopt a collection tin

RNC is grateful to have a supportive network of public facing businesses, retailers and organisations across Herefordshire who hold collecting tins on their premises and have raised thousands of pounds for us from small change over the years.

Collection Tins
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Leave a gift in your Will

When you consider making or reviewing your Will – and after you have provided for your loved ones – please remember us with a gift, no matter how small.

Gift In Will
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'In memory' and celebration giving

Celebrate the life of a loved one by raising money in their memory to support young people who are blind or visually impaired and studying at RNC.

'In memory' and celebration giving
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Major gifts

RNC has a range of strategic projects including campus capital developments that it is aiming towards but which require serious investment. In recent years, major gifts have paid for the completion of a new Audio Media Production Suite supporting the curriculum and leisure activities, a sensory and working garden and a range of specialist IT and V.I. related equipment.

Major gifts
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Blindcare

Our sister charity Blindcare is a UK charity that supports blind and partially sighted people. The charity’s aim is to improve education, independence, and job opportunities, partnering closely with the Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in Hereford to help young people aged 16 to 25.

Blindcare
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