FM Conway deliver school funding boost
Company donates £50,000 to Sevenoaks Primary School fundraising appeal for new building
KENT-based infrastructure services company FM Conway have donated £50,000 to Sevenoaks Primary School as part of their commitment to helping the school raise £750,000 to fund the construction of a new state-of-the-art building.
The school has recently received approval from the Education Funding Agency and Kent County Council for the new building, after being placed on the Government’s Priority Schools Building Programme due to deficiencies with the overall condition of the existing building.
As the largest primary school in the area, Sevenoaks currently caters for 570 pupils, although this figure is anticipated to rise to 630 over the next three years.
Designs for the new building aim to create a future-proofed, state-of-the-art school able to provide both for the needs of pupils already in attendance and for those of children joining the school in the years to come.
More than 50 clubs and activities extending beyond the traditional school day already use the facilities at the school, including childcare groups, the Kent Music School and the Lightning School of Gymnastics.
It is hoped that the new building will allow these additional activities to flourish while also providing opportunities for greater use of the school facilities by the wider local community.
The donation to Sevenoaks Primary School was made through the Conway Charitable Foundation – a charitable trust established in 2013 by FM Conway’s chief executive officer, Michael Conway, his wife Kim Conway, and FM Conway’s central services director, Joanne Garwood.
The Foundation donates up to £100,000 from FM Conway’s profits to worthy causes every year.
Michael Conway said: ‘We are proud to have been able to support Sevenoaks Primary School towards reaching its fundraising target. The new building will be an invaluable asset, not only to the school’s pupils, but also to the wider local community.
‘FM Conway have a long history in the Kent area, having been based in Dartford for many years before our recent move to.a modern, new head office in Sevenoaks. This donation cements our ongoing commitment to support the local area and the communities in which we operate.’
Head teacher Alan Duffy said: ‘This is an incredibly generous donation and I would like to thank FM Conway profusely on behalf of the children, staff, parents and governors at Sevenoaks Primary School.
‘This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver a school for the future, and thousands of children will benefit from the extra resources that the contribution will support.’
