Monthly Updates

May 2010 Update

11 May 2010

The Aldridge Foundation announces sponsorship Academy in Portslade; Aldridge Academies awarded Connecting Classrooms funding from British Council; Teenagers offered chance to make their lives their business.

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March 2010 Update

23 March 2010

Welcome to the March 2010 Update: Rod Aldridge hosts Dance Summit to unite the sector in common goal; Rod Aldridge keynote speaker at SSAT Business and Enterprise Conference; Darwen Aldridge Community Academy celebrates Topping Out; Aldridge Academies Director urges sponsors to constantly move with the times.

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December 2009 Update

2 December 2009

December 2009: Francis Maude debates public service reform at Aldridge Foundation dinner; Aldridge Foundation welcomes Career Academy students; Aldridge Foundation piloted dance programme reaches 100,000 children; Rod Aldridge takes part in turf-cutting for Academy at Falmer.

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November 2009 Update

2 November 2009

November 2009: Rod Aldridge launches Dance Champions Group at Southbank Centre; Aldridge Foundation finds adversity motivates entrepreneurs; Darwen Aldridge Community Academy welcomes DCSF Permanent Secretary; Darwen students travel to New York to learn from social enterprises.

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October 2009 Update

2 October 2009

October 2009: Rod Aldridge calls for simplified outsourcing system; First Entrepreneurship Career Academy launched in Darwen; Aldridge Foundation cautiously welcomes changes to Academy sponsorship system; Falmer Academy Open Evening takes place.

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August 2009 Update

2 August 2009

August 2009: Aldridge Foundation celebrates Third Anniversary; Aldridge Foundation Prospectus published; Students of Darwen Aldridge Community Academy launch art gallery; Aldridge Academy students perform at Chelsea FC; Alan Milburn speaks on social mobility at Aldridge Foundation event.

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July 2009 Update

2 July 2009

July 2009: Building design for second Aldridge Academy announced; Aldridge Foundation pilot of Essentially Dance concludes with launch of evaluation; We Are What We Do Young Speakers’ training takes place; Sport specialism celebrated at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy; Foundation welcomes secondee from Department for Communities and Local Government.

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May 2009 Update

2 May 2009

May 2009: Aldridge Foundation’s Falmer Academy appoints Principal; Aldridge Foundation funded community project enters prototype stage; Rod Aldridge lectures on the future of the public sector; Rod Aldridge speaks at launch of new graduate entrepreneurship scheme; Foundation hosts roundtable on Public-Private Partnerships [PPP];

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April 2009 Update

2 April 2009

April 2009: Aldridge Foundation engages with Prince's Charities Council; Aldridge Foundation funded pilot of Essentially Dance continues; Rod Aldridge and Aldridge Foundation lead in new project on public service reform; New Darwen Aldridge Community Academy rises from the ground.

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March 2009 Update

2 March 2009

March 2009: Aldridge Foundation takes part in launch of Essentially Dance; Darwen Aldridge Community Academy hosts visit from top civil servant; Rod Aldridge leads debate on Academies roles in Communities; Aldridge Foundation pleased to support second year of Young Speakers Programme; New Aldridge Foundation website launched.

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