I have been a member of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists for almost a decade (and with it I am allowed, as a Freeman of the City of London, to drive my sheep across the Tower Bridge for free).
A few years ago some very brave WCIT members persuaded us to adopt an Academy and we then agreed to raise £1 million for the new Hammersmith Academy which opens in September and on Wednesday, at our Hall in St Bartholomew's Close, thirty or so members met to better understand what HA stands for and to see if we could make up the £175k still missing from our £1m promise.
It is simple fantastic what is on offer at the Academy and I agreed to mentor students in years 12 and 13 and to make a donation.