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Development:
Gift of £400,000 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.
Dudley Cox and his son Geoffrey
were both OMTs who ran a very
successful group of construction and
property companies. In 1979 they
created the Dudley and Geoffrey
Cox Charitable Trust to support
charitable interests, with particular
interest in education. They bequeathed
significant funds to the Charitable
Trust, which 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
which will give 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
will be a leading centre for Design and
Technology and can become a hub
school in the area, allowing pupils and
teachers from other schools to benefit
from the facility and the expertise at
Merchant Taylors’.
In recognition of this wonderful gift,
the school intends to 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 2015
when it will be possible to come to see
the new facility and equipment in place.
Concordia
Merchant Taylors’ School