Duty: Advancing Equality of Opportunity
NCL Foundation
Since its launch just two years ago, the New College Lanarkshire (NCL) Foundation has provided tens of thousands of free breakfasts – no questions asked - for students. Every month 3500 students receive something to eat before they begin their studies. Sometime this is the only meal they will have all day.
The Foundation’s ability to deliver is a result of the enormous buy-in of our staff who see the value of a breakfast reflected in class performance and student retention.
We have also received enormous backing from a series of supporters including our Patron, Lady Susan Haughey, star of stage and screen Elaine C Smith and broadcaster Lorraine Kelly.
NCL’s Foundation exists because we believe students should simply be hungry for education. Food poverty should never be a barrier to learning.
As part of NCL’s Draft Strategy 2030 we intend to create a series of social enterprises which will help us exponentially grow funding for the Foundation and allow us to create other supports to boost the learning opportunities for students across Lanarkshire.
The growth and direction of the Foundation will be led by staff, students and community needs and guided by the relationships enjoyed with all our stakeholders.
The Foundation’s core aim is to remove every impediment and obstacle to education and to allow every person to fulfil their potential. By doing so we remove stigma, tackle poverty and create opportunity for individuals, communities and our nation.