Charity reaches £170,000

The donation from the That’s Life magazine sees the total money raised to date hitting £170,000, a truly remarkable tribute to Lisa’s legacy which continues to help less fortunate young adults achieve their educational dreams and ambitions in the way Lisa did. Lisa was incredibly proud of her BA 2-1 in Business Management that she [...]

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Kemal Omag receives “Outstanding Achievement Award”

After three years of studying, student and bursary recipient Kemal Omag was presented with the Lisa Wilson ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ following his graduation ceremony on November 5th. Kemal graduated with an outstanding B.A. Hons in graphic design.
We would like to wish him every success in the pursuit of a new career, he has been a [...]

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New bursary recipients for 2008

On October 27th at a ceremony at Southampton Solent University this year’s intake of bursary recipients were presented with their cheques by Clive and Tricia Wilson.  This puts the number of students who have benefitted from the awards up to 35.  The ceremony was attended by 40 people including parents, tutors, staff, and many others. [...]

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Scholarship Fund in the news

From the Community Echo 08
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The 5th Lisa Wilson Scholarship Award presentation

The fifth presentation of the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Awards was made on November 1st at Southampton Solent University. At a moving ceremony five new students received their bursaries over twenty people were in attendance including new Vice Chancellor Professor Van Gore. At this years award one of the first recipients [...]

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Olympic Candidate

One of last year’s recipients of the award Ali Lalani (pictured below) also spoke of the benefit the bursary had made to him. Despite being severely disabled, Ali has overcome his physical disabilities to become and is a member of Great Britain’s successful Bocha World Championship team, recently winning the [...]

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Twenty seven awards to date

Nine students have recently continued on at Southampton into their second and third years and were awarded their bursaries accordingly; they were Tom Dowsett, Cherie Cross, Kirsty Anne Smithers, Kate Hayne, Denise Mutoni, Vanessa Langlais, Naomi Jane Linton, Kayleigh Doughty and Kemal Omag. This brings the number of students in university this year to fourteen [...]

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Eight new bursaries granted

Following a record number of scholarship applications this year eight bursaries have been granted. On Wednesday 18th October nearly fifty people were at Southampton Solent University to see a record number of recipients being awarded the Lisa Wilson Scholarship Award. Along with the students there were many parents [...]

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Varsity football match raises £770

A dissapointing crowd at the home of Eastleigh Football Club saw Southampton Solent University run out winners against Southampton University to win the Lisa Wilson Varsity cup. Former Saint Nicky Banger presented the trophy to the winning captain.

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Fund reaches £87,500

The amount of money now raised on behalf of the charity has now exceeded £87,500.  Following the successful fundraiser at the De Vere, the first target of £100,000 came ever closer. £100,000 will mean 100 years of education in Lisa’s memory, becoming Lisa’s Legacy.
Lisa’s brother Ross has created a brilliant [...]

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