The College and the Association
Salisbury Cathedral and the Close
Known first as Salisbury Training College, then Salisbury Diocesan Training College and finally as the College of Sarum St Michael, the College opened in 1841. By the time it closed in 1978 it occupied a range of buildings on the west side of Salisbury Cathedral Close, beside the River Avon.
The Association continued on closure of the College in 1978. The Chairman and her Committee organise and arrange the annual reunion and we are fortunate to be able to meet in some of the former College buildings each year. The Year Representatives maintain lists of current members of the Association and correspond with members twice each year. Reunion notices are distributed in April and the Newsletter in November each year. Our numbers are growing and currently stand at over 800 with over 1,500 names on the database.
The Old Students' Association of the College of Sarum St Michael is proud of the College motto which the Association continues to use: 'In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.'
The Sarum St Michael Educational Charity is a trust formed from the assets of the College. The Trustees aim to advance the work in education originally done by the college. They make grants to individuals ineligible for student loans to help them pursue their further education. They offer bursaries to intended teachers of Religious Education. They help schools to pay for resources for teaching RE, and parishes to pay for books and equipment for Sunday schools, youth clubs and the like. Grants are made within a wide geographical area consisting of the Diocese of Salisbury and all of the adjacent dioceses. More details are available on their website.
The Association continued on closure of the College in 1978. The Chairman and her Committee organise and arrange the annual reunion and we are fortunate to be able to meet in some of the former College buildings each year. The Year Representatives maintain lists of current members of the Association and correspond with members twice each year. Reunion notices are distributed in April and the Newsletter in November each year. Our numbers are growing and currently stand at over 800 with over 1,500 names on the database.
The Old Students' Association of the College of Sarum St Michael is proud of the College motto which the Association continues to use: 'In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.'
The Sarum St Michael Educational Charity is a trust formed from the assets of the College. The Trustees aim to advance the work in education originally done by the college. They make grants to individuals ineligible for student loans to help them pursue their further education. They offer bursaries to intended teachers of Religious Education. They help schools to pay for resources for teaching RE, and parishes to pay for books and equipment for Sunday schools, youth clubs and the like. Grants are made within a wide geographical area consisting of the Diocese of Salisbury and all of the adjacent dioceses. More details are available on their website.
