It is with great sadness that we announce that Michael Sparks MBE, the former Chief Executive of the Foundation passed away on the 10th January 2021. Michael was employed at the Foundation for nearly two decades and served as Chief Executive for eight years from 1989-1997, but contributed more than those years would imply through […]
Author Archive | Jane Miller
A longitudinal study of young women’s transitions in Tower Hamlets in an age of austerity
23rd October 2020
By Professor Charlotte Chadderton, Bath Spa University Funded by Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation is delighted to launch our new report looking at young women’s transitions within Tower Hamlets. This five-year longitudinal study looks into the career aspirations and transitions for young women in Tower Hamlets, predominantly from Bangladeshi backgrounds. For this […]
Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation is no longer accepting new grant applications (March 2020)
25th March 2020
We recognise that the outbreak of Covid-19 is already having an immediate impact on the third and education sectors and on many of the individuals, organisations and schools we currently fund. Our primary concern is for the health and safety of the public and the communities with whom we work, including the Foundation’s own staff […]
Announcement of the death of Mr Graham Forbes, a former Governor of the Foundation
4th April 2019
It is with the utmost regret and sadness that we announce that Graham Forbes passed away on the 1st April 2019. Graham served on the Board of Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation for twelve years between 2006 and 2018, but contributed considerably more than those years would imply through his dedication and commitment to the Foundation. […]
The Brilliant Club-Tower Hamlets Scholars Programme
30th July 2018
The Foundation is pleased to support the Brilliant Club, which exists to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds that progress to highly-selective universities. The Tower Hamlets Scholars Programme recruits PhD researchers, trains them as university access professionals and places them as tutors in both primary and secondary schools in the borough to deliver […]
Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services
30th July 2018
The Foundation is delighted to support the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services, and in particular, the Chatterbooks Reading Clubs, which will work with twenty primary schools in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. A series of events designed to boost literacy and encourage reading for pleasure will take place over the next year, including author […]