Author Archives: L1nd@2021

The Harry Crossley Foundation had the privilege of visiting Infinity Culinary Training (ICT), a non-profit culinary school in Cape Town. ICT offers a comprehensive chef training program to aspiring students, and what sets it apart is that this program is provided at no cost to the students. During our visit, the team had the opportunity [read more]

Juliette de Beer is a Doris Crossley Foundation bursary recipient who is in her third year of BA Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University. She recently went on exchange and spent a semester studying abroad in Belgium. Juliette has kindly shared her story with us and we are so proud of her commitment to her studies [read more]

The Harry Crossley Foundation takes immense pride in supporting and celebrating the accomplishments of 35 graduates from various faculties at the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. Our graduates have demonstrated unwavering dedication, commitment, and academic excellence throughout their studies. As they embark on their professional journeys, we eagerly anticipate the positive contributions they [read more]

In 2023, The Doris Crossley Foundation formed a new partnership with the School of Explorative Architecture and welcomed our first student into the program. On the 1st June, Kristin Larsen and Thuli Mashabane, from the Foundation, attended the wonderful student exhibition put on by the school’s first and second year students. We were delighted to [read more]

The Harry Crossley and the Doris Crossley Foundations recently attended a special reception event at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to welcome and connect with their undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship recipients. The event brought together the foundation’s trustees and staff, UCT staff and the scholarship recipients in a warm and engaging atmosphere. The reception [read more]

“We hope that this beautiful playground abounds with the sounds of laughter and joy and helps to restore those who play in it back to full health” Linda Whitfield, Harry Crossley Foundation Trustee The Harry Crossley Foundation had the pleasure of attending the opening of the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Therapeutic Play Area [read more]

On the 22nd April 2023, The Doris Crossley team (Linda Whitfield, Kristin Larsen and Thuli Mashabane) set off to meet with the Doris Crossley Foundation 2023 undergraduate cohort for a fun-filled morning at Acrobranch Stellenbosch. The idea for the initiative was to bring our cohort of students together for a morning of fun, give them [read more]

The Doris Crossley Foundation are thrilled to announce that our 2022 Undergraduate Class has produced 13 graduates! The Doris Crossley Foundation is proud to have supported these outstanding students and congratulates them on their achievement. As a foundation, we believe in investing in the education and development of our bursary recipients, and seeing them succeed [read more]

On Friday the 10th March, Kristin Larsen and Bernard Osrin had the pleasure of joining ORT SA Cape for one of their amazing education workshops using Lego bricks. Theresa from ORT SA Cape was our teacher for the day and she was absolutely amazing at showing us the multiple ways Lego bricks can be incorporated [read more]

Christel House South Africa is a school in based in Ottery, Cape Town. The school works hard to help children break the cycle of poverty, and become self-sufficient members of society. Their goal is for graduates to achieve upward economic mobility, demonstrate good citizenship, and who are empowered to identify and realise their goals, dreams, and [read more]