The Aldridge Foundation uses entrepreneurship as a catalyst for young people to create lasting social change for them and their communities.
We do this by
- Empowering young people to direct their own lives, raise their aspirations and change their future for the better.
- Creating opportunities for young people that develop skills and support them to achieve excellence.
- Building new partnerships and challenging current structures, thus enabling young people to realise their potential.
Academies
Social Cohesion
The Foundation supports a number of community engagement projects as part of a holistic approach to its commitment to reducing the educational underachievement and social exclusion of young people.
By supporting community engagement The Foundation aims to develop practical solutions to the educational underachievement and social exclusion of young people, bringing benefits to the community at large by, for example, reducing anti-social behaviour.
News Update 
The Aldridge Foundation releases report of the first international trip of the Opening Eyes programme - to New York City.
Rod Aldridge
Rod Aldridge is an entrepreneur with over 40 years experience of working in the public and private sectors. He is the founder of the Capita Group retiring in July 2006 as Chairman. Subsequently he established The Aldridge Foundation to continue his work on public service reform and to focus on his charitable activities.
Project Spotlight
The Dance Champions Group, chaired by Rod Aldridge, launched in October 2009, with the aim of seeing hundreds of thousands of people encouraged to try dance as a physical activity.





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