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Challenger Academy Limited

Vccp Academy

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1206944
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 8, 2024
Legal form
Charitable company
Company number
14621461

Address

Address
The Challenger Academy
Studio 1
Spode Creative Village
Elenora Street
Stoke on Trent
ST4 1JH

Activities

Using the unique tools of the creative industries, The Challenger Academy equips underrepresented youth with the confidence and capability needed to thrive in a future career. Through training programmes and work experience focused on developing key employability and digital skills for the modern workforce, our aim is to ensure that location or circumstances are never a barrier to opportunity.

Objects: To Act As A Resource For Young People Up To The Age Of 24 Living In Stoke-On-Trent And Staffordshire, And Looking To Expand To Other Areas Of Social Deprivation, By Providing Vocational Training, Work Experience, Employability Skills, And Mentorship As A Means Of:(a) Advancing Education To Promote, Sustain And Increase Individual And Collective Knowledge And Understanding Of The Creative Sector.(b) Improving Employment Outcomes For Young People, And Creating Local Jobs, Which Positively Impacts The Community And Wider Economy.(c) Increasing Representation Of Young People From Lower Socioeconomic Backgrounds In The Advertising And Creative Industries.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who
Children/young People, Other Defined Groups

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £131,253 £105,582

Trustees

Name Appointed
Adrian Coleman May 4, 2023
Charles Vallance May 4, 2023
Daniel Waterman May 4, 2023
John Yarham Oct. 1, 2025
Kenny Dada Feb. 20, 2024
Mark Gregory May 26, 2023