To complement our existing Equality Policy, the Foundation is delighted to introduce our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement, adopted by the Board today. While we have always strived to ensure that everyone is equally valued and respected, the statement reiterates the Foundation’s commitment to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all. […]
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Hermitage Primary School Library, Tower Hamlets
5th August 2021
After being without a permanent library for a number of years, Hermitage Primary School in Tower Hamlets was awarded £60,000 from the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation towards the building of a new permanent library for its students. The library offers reading resources and ICT to pupils and their families through extended opening times, and with […]
Centre of the Cell’s Youth Membership Scheme (YMS)
7th June 2021
As part of Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London, Centre of the Cell is the first science education centre in the world to be located within medical research laboratories. Throughout the year, it delivers educational shows, experiences, and youth engagement events to primary and secondary school-age […]
Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation and Ragged School Museum bring Victorian education to Tower Hamlets schools
28th April 2021
The Ragged School Museum, a landmark of Victorian philanthropy combines two important national stories: the struggle for free universal education and the role of philanthropy in driving social change. Opened as a ragged school by Dr Thomas Barnardo in 1877, these former canal warehouses on Copperfield Road in Mile End now bring to life the […]
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 […]
The Reverend Laura Jørgensen is to receive the Freedom of the City of London
15th March 2019
The Foundation is delighted to announce that one of its Governors, the Reverend Laura Jørgensen is to receive the Freedom of the City of London. Laura is one of more than 100 women who will receive the honour to commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which, for the first time, […]
Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation joins Tower Hamlets Education Partnership
25th November 2016
The Foundation has joined the Tower Hamlets Education (THE) Partnership. THE Partnership’s vision is that schools and other educational settings should build on an existing culture of collaborative working – initially focused on school improvement – to enable all the borough’s children and young people to experience the best possible educational opportunities, outcomes and life […]
Announcement of the death of Mrs Irene Buckman, the former Chairman of the Foundation
18th July 2016
It is with great sadness that we announce that Mrs Irene Buckman passed away on the 7th July 2016. Irene served on the Board of the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation for sixteen years between 1988 and 2004; holding the position of Chairman between 1993 and 2000, but contributed considerably more than those years would imply […]