Cowes Enterprise College Announces Football Partnership With Chelsea Foundation

Cowes Enterprise College has announced a new, exciting partnership with Chelsea FC Foundation (CFCF) on the launch of a new football college academy.

Cowes Enterprise College will now be working closely with CFCF to open the academy for the 2020/21 season. Over the next 12 months, the school and the Foundation will engage with talented and gifted footballers on the Island to provide a pathway into further education, football participation and competition at a high standard.

In addition to the Football College Academy, the foundation will also work within the local and wider community to promote the work of Chelsea FC Foundation and further strengthen the strong reputation for sport at Cowes Enterprise College.

The news comes after Cowes Enterprise College was granted funding from the Premier League, the Football Association, Government’s Football Foundation and the Isle of Wight Council to open its new floodlit third generation (3G) artificial grass pitch (APG).

The state-of-the-art facility will be open to the community in the evenings and at weekends, as well as to school pupils during the day, and will greatly enhance the sport and physical activity curriculum and amenities on offer at the academy.

Rachel Kitley, Principal at Cowes Enterprise College, said:

“We are thrilled to launch this partnership with Chelsea FC Foundation for what is sure to be an exciting and hugely beneficial initiative.

“We have always been proud of the varied sports curriculum at Cowes, which is supported by excellent facilities, and we are looking forward to developing this further with the opening of our new academy and the discovery of new football talent.”

John Dutton, Senior Development Officer at Chelsea FC Foundation, said:

“We’re delighted to be working with Cowes Enterprise College, as the school’s facilities and reputation on the island sets itself apart from other providers.

“We are looking forward to a long and successful relationship where we can not only provide a high standard of football participation backed up by excellent education, but also support the school in engaging in the local and wider community by ensuring that our resources are used for positive impacts that benefit all.”

Click here for the full article

Recent Posts

Facebook Youtube Linkedin

Get Involved

About us
Network
News
Team
FAQs

Links

Grant Focus Areas Funding Principles Case Studies #WeWill

Reach Out To Us

Suite 1, Windmill Oast, Rolvendon, TN17 4PF 0207 266 7940
Contact Us
Copyright © Ormiston Trust 2023, Unless otherwise stated | Privacy Policy

Registered company no: 09648958  |  Registered charity no: 1164358

James is the Chief Executive officer of Ormiston Trust. He has worked as an organisation advisor in the private, public and voluntary sectors, helping organisations to grow sustainably over the medium to long term. He has helped charities for over 20 years in the fields of strategic development, partnership setup, programme and project delivery.

Poppy is the Youth Engagement and Partnership Officer at Ormiston Trust, responsible for coordinating our team of Young Advisors and developing effective working relationships with external organisations. She is currently studying ‘Politics, International Studies and Global Sustainable Development’ at Warwick University and previously worked as Board Advisor for a non-profit youth-focused organisation in Croydon. She has experience in activism work – attending COP26 with environmental education company Force of Nature and had been a member of the UK Youth Parliament for many years, speaking on environmental issues in the House of Commons for its ‘Make Your Mark’ campaign.

Genéa is the Communications and Events Coordinator at Ormiston Trust. She plays an integral role in overseeing the communications and media strategy – along with leading the content development for internal and external comms and PR across the Trust and the #WeWill programme. As well as supporting all event planning across campaigns, including the delivery of comms workshops with the Youth Advisory Council. 

She has worked predominantly in broadcasting PR, comms and editorial and now works as a narrative designer alongside her work since completing her MA in Narrative Environments at Central Saint Martins. 

Fiona is the Grants Assistant at Ormiston Trust and in her role she supports the Grants team. Previously, she worked in the City for 10 years, firstly as a dealer on the floor of the London Stock Exchange and then as an equity salestrader.  

Samia is a business and ICT Teacher with over 20 years of leadership experience in Education, working with leaders from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 5. Her experience has ranged from working as an Acting Head Teacher to a Deputy for an Education Trust. Some of the key highlights from her education career have included building schools and setting up education provisions, including a teaching school, and winning several National awards. Samia is passionate about ensuring the young people in her care have the best possible experience and has always led by example by sending her own children to the schools she has been a part of.

Ray leads the youth engagement, partnerships and fundraising work streams at Ormiston Trust, in particular having strategic oversight of how we as an organisation can embed the voices of our young people in everything we do, and how we can work with partner organisations to maximise shared outcomes and opportunities.

His background is in community project development and funding, having worked with charities, schools, and local authorities in East Anglia to develop a plethora of projects including primary-secondary school transition, award-winning youth amateur theatre, social prescribing in rural GP practices, and youth commissioning boards, for which he was recognised as a Prime Minister’s Point of Light.

Ray is a global health and medicine graduate, alongside his work at Ormiston, he is a hospital doctor and public health academic. He is also an #iWill Ambassador and national #iWill Partnership Board member.

Anne is Finance Manager at Ormiston Trust and has worked for Ormiston Trust for over 30 years, overseeing the property portfolio and asset management. She combines her work at the Trust with voluntary community work and has raised thousands of pounds to enhance leisure and education opportunities for young people in disadvantaged communities. 

Karlene is Finance Manager at Ormiston Trust and has been handling the Financial Management of Ormiston Trust since 2014. Her background is in Financial Services with 20 years working in the industry and she has a passion for systems, processes and spreadsheets to enable good finance management. 

Aneela is the Head of Education at Ormiston Trust. Prior to joining Ormiston Trust, she was Head of Professional Development and School Improvement at Beaconhouse Group, overseeing the professional development of over 8000 teachers and implementing systems for school improvement across 200 international schools, in the Southeast region. Prior to this, she worked at Universities in the UAE, where she taught on the Bachelor of Education and Diploma programmes, and previous to this she was a Lead Advisor for Nord Anglia Education services, working with head teachers and principals to raise educational standards across schools in Abu Dhabi.

Melissa is a Programme Management Officer at Ormiston Trust. In her role she supports the #WeWill programme management, and works closely with the monitoring & evaluation, social action toolkit & skills, and youth engagement teams. She completed her undergraduate degree in International Development at the University of Sussex, and her postgraduate degree in Global Health and Development at UCL. Over the last eight years, she has dedicated much of her time to working with non-profit organisations in the UK, Nigeria, China, and Tanzania.