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The Matrix Trust - transforming communities

Guildford is a town of 120,000It is a town of unusual significance, resources and influenceIt is a growing youth and student hubGuildford has over 9000 school students in 9 local secondary schoolsSurrey University is growing towards 12,000 students of whom a third are from overseasThe Academy of Contemporary Music is Europe ’s leading pop music academy with a thousand studentsGuildford School of Acting is one of the top drama colleges in the worldGuildford College has 20000 students enrolledThousands of young people from all over the world and are coming to Guildford to study and workThe North Guildford estates are home to thousands of teenagers – often with poor youth facilitiesThe Bridge Street pub and club area attracts tens of thousands of young people each weekendNationally acclaimed festivals like GuilFest and the Guildford Ambient Green Picnic are a creative magnet for thousands