About the 4 All Foundation

The Marches Academy Trust has set up an independent, registered charity, 4 All Foundation.

The Foundation is dedicated to delivering local, accessible activities, projects and initiatives to support the needs and aspirations of communities across Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. As a multi-academy sponsor in Shropshire, the Marches Academy Trust is committed to empowering individuals within its network and neighbouring communities, fostering values of Achievement Through Caring to help everyone realise their full potential.

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Supporting the local community

The 4 All Foundation began operating as a community organisation in 2022 and registered with the Charity Commission, as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), in June 2023 (Registered Charity number 1203479). The 4 All Foundation was founded by the Marches Academy Trust, with the aim of supporting those living in the communities where the Trust schools are located. The 4 All Foundation carries out its charitable purposes supporting children, young people, adults, and older residents in Shropshire and the surrounding counties, to reach their full potential.

The Foundation responds to the needs of those in the community by working in partnership with local town councils (Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council), other charities, and education providers, and by communicating directly with the local community.

The work of the charity is delivered through local community hubs, in partnership with local councils and through outreach work within the community, in high need areas.

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What's the goal?

Operated through an independent Trustee Board, the 4 All Foundation seeks to support communities associated with the schools within the Trust. The Foundation strives to achieve its charitable objectives by offering diverse programs, including holiday clubs, educational workshops, environmental groups, and refugee support clinics. By focusing on children, young people, adults, and older residents in Shropshire and nearby counties, the Foundation aims to facilitate their journey toward reaching their personal best.

Governance

The 4 All Foundation is governed by a constitution dated 21^stApril 2023. The charity is led by a board of seven trustees. Three members of the board are connected to Marches Academy Trust.

The objects of the charity are:

To advance the education of those living in Shropshire and the surrounding counties through the provision of workshops and courses to develop their skills, enable them to achieve qualifications and create employability opportunities.
To promote and protect the health and wellbeing of those living in Shropshire and the surrounding counties through the provision of, but not limited to, health education workshops and resources and support groups.
To support those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial or other disadvantage living in Shropshire and the surrounding counties by providing safe spaces, delivering specialist programmes and equipment and through family support networks.
To relieve poverty amongst those living in Shropshire and the surrounding counties, and their dependents, through the provision of items, payment for services, the provision of facilities and through the delivery of educational programmes.

Foundation Objectives

Continuing with the 4 All Foundation’s current funded programmes (youth clubs, HAF programmes, eco workshops, SEND workshops through sport and community safe hubs) aiming to support over 600 people in areas including Market Drayton, Shrewsbury, Telford, Wem and Whitchurch.
Securing funding for programmes that are currently operating, but require additional financial assistance, aiming to support an additional 300 people in Wem, Prees and Shifnal.
Developing health and wellbeing services, with a focus on mental health. We will do this through the development of our existing programmes and by responding to opportunities where capacity and funding allows.
Growing the arts provision through our project work, investing in opportunities such as a community choir, traditional arts provisions, multi-school drama performances and in music, where capacity and funding allows.

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Helping Communities

The Foundation responds to the needs of communities across Shropshire and surrounding counties by working in partnership with local town councils, county/borough councils, other charities, and education providers, and by communicating directly with the local communities.

The 4 All Foundation provides a wide range of activities, clubs, initiatives, workshops, safe spaces, equipment, programmes, support networks/groups, and courses, in order to help:

Advance the education of local people to develop their skills, achieve qualifications and create employability opportunities
Promote and protect people’s health and wellbeing
Relieve those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial or other disadvantage
Relieve poverty

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Geographical Focus

The Foundation will continue their current geographical focus to include:

Market Drayton, Telford and Wrekin, Whitchurch, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Tilstock and Telford and Wrekin (specifically Oakengates, Woodside and Sutton Hill). Beyond this timeframe our focus for the immediate future will be on geographical areas where the MMAT operates.
We will grow and develop volunteering opportunities, particularly for young people, by facilitating intergenerational volunteering. We will do this through our current programmes and through any new opportunities, where possible.

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Vision

For everyone to have the opportunity to overcome barriers in order to thrive.

Mission

The aim is for people in the communities we support can live their best life.

Provide safe spaces
Deliver opportunities to promote health and wellbeing
Advance education as the key to unlocking potential

Values

Ambition

This drives people to new heights
The desire to achieve goals and the willingness to stay committed to communities no matter what.

Collaboration

Actively encourage and engage in collaborative and partnership working.
We are all ‘better together’

Creativity

Innovative, imaginative, original and inventive in the offer to (and engagement with) the communities, whilst ensuring needs are met.

Empathy

An empathy-driven culture, helping to understand each other better and work together more cohesively, to deliver better results for the communities it supports.

Inclusivity

Everyone associated with 4All Foundation are (and should feel) valued, welcomed, respected, included, represented, heard and that they fully belong, can be authentic, can contribute to the collective, and have a voice.

Values

Ambition

This drives people to new heights
The desire to achieve goals and the willingness to stay committed to communities no matter what.

Collaboration

Actively encourage and engage in collaborative and partnership working.
We are all ‘better together’

Creativity

Innovative, imaginative, original and inventive in the offer to (and engagement with) the communities, whilst ensuring needs are met.

Empathy

An empathy-driven culture, helping to understand each other better and work together more cohesively, to deliver better results for the communities it supports.

Inclusivity

Everyone associated with 4All Foundation are (and should feel) valued, welcomed, respected, included, represented, heard and that they fully belong, can be authentic, can contribute to the collective, and have a voice.