Education Alliance for Life Chances

A partnership bringing together Bradford's schools, health services, police, the Local Authority, voluntary services, universities, faith leaders and business to tackle childhood inequality and improve social mobility for all, hosted by Bradford Birth to 19.

The Education Alliance for Life Chances (EALC - pronounced 'elk') was formed in 2022 to realise the recommendations from our predecessor programme, the Bradford Opportunity Area.

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The Challenge

Bradford is a unique place to live, to grow up, work and be an active citizen but the evidence is clear: current systems for delivering public services are fragmented and can be challenging to navigate - especially for families already experiencing disadvantage.

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Our Purpose

EALC will help to tackle childhood inequalities by connecting key organisations in Bradford’s public and voluntary sectors with all schools.

Through our partnership with CAER, we will test and pilot cutting-edge interventions in schools. With EALC’s leadership Bradford can lead the way in innovative scientific solutions, which can be scaled to other areas.

Our Vision

For every child in Bradford to be supported to secure good life chances.

We have a bold 20 year ambition to improve the life chances of Bradford's most disadvantaged children. You can view our first delivery plan here.

Click play to see what happened at our launch event

EALC is tackling childhood inequality through collective impact. Our flagship programme of place-based partnerships is called Act Locally and is based in three Bradford areas:

Manningham and girlington

Improving the mental health of female pupils and parents

Central Keighley

Tackling food insecurity, poor diet and nutrition.

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Supporting children and young people vulnerable to crime and antisocial behaviour

Our Partnership Board brings together leaders from across the Bradford District to work together to improve the life chances of Bradford's children. View our membership here.

Latest News

Keep up with the most recent stories from the Education Alliance for Life Chances.

ALL EALC NEWS

EALC Director to Chair NIHR research project!

Kathryn Loftus is the Chair of a £289,000 NIHR research project

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Listen to our director Kathryn Loftus talk EALC and Act Locally!

Kathryn was invited to speak about EALC and our Act Locally project on the 'Frank and Stan Chat'

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Research Opportunities

Our partners at Born in Bradford's Centre of Applied Education Research have a number of research projects in partnership with education settings which are ongoing throughout the year. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate and engage in knowledge exchange with experts in the field. To view projects which are currently recruiting please follow this link.