Monthly Updates
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.
Read MoreMarch 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.
Read MoreMay 2009 Update
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];
Read MoreJuly 2009 Update
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.
Read MoreAugust 2009 Update
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.
Read MoreOctober 2009 Update
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.
Read MoreNovember 2009 Update
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.
Read MoreDecember 2009 Update
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.
Read MoreNews Update 
The Aldridge Foundation releases report of the first international trip of the Opening Eyes programme - to New York City.
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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