Raheem Sterling launches university scholarship fund

Clive Ellington, chair of trustees, added: ”At the Raheem Sterling Foundation, we believe that access to better education and employment opportunities should be made fair to all young people regardless of financial circumstances and background.

“The work we do is in pursuit of improving their opportunities, future careers and quality of life and we won’t rest until we succeed in Raheem’s vision of achieving this.”

University of Manchester’s president and vice chancellor, Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell, said the scheme would give the university additional support to “enable talented black students to access higher education, mitigating financial challenges so they are better able to focus on their studies and realise their full potential”.

President and principal of King’s College London, Prof Shitij Kapur, said: “Widening participation in higher education makes both King’s and the wider world a better place.”