Charity benefits from Solent students' donation

30 January 2012

Students present cheque to Naomi House Hospice. From left to right: Jenny Anderson, Dean of the Faculty of Business, Sport & Enterprise, Lesley Strachan, Principal Lecturer, Southampton Solent Business School, The A Team, Debby Bartlett, Volunteer, NaomiBA (Hons) Marketing with Advertising Management students from Southampton Solent University donated £200 to Naomi House Hospice after raising money during a Fresher’s week Apprentice style challenge.

The money that students raised was presented to Naomi House’s Debby Bartlett, who gave the students an interesting talk on the role of advertising in raising funds and awareness for the charity.

During the week the contestants were required to create and sell a new product on a £10 budget and endure a ‘board room’ grilling. The winning students – The A Team - had opted to produce a drink which could be branded up for this year’s Olympics.

Debby Bartlett said: “Thank you to the students who raised money for Naomi House during Fresher’s Week. Everything that is raised helps all the young people who attend Naomi House and Jack’s Place.”

Lesley Strachan from the Southampton Solent Business School said: “Students were actively involved in their learning all week and did an amazing job in spite of the weather which was unseasonably hot."

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Southampton Solent University offers more than 19,000 students over 200 qualifications ranging from HND to PhD, in subjects such as maritime education and training, fashion and design, media and television, music, sport and leisure, business, IT and technology.

Solent has set its fees for 2012 at £7,800, rather than at the maximum level, because it is determined to achieve a fair balance between the commitment to offering places based on student potential - irrespective of family income - and the need to continue to improve the experience of the students attending the University