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Welcome to the
Elaine Bain Family Trust
Giving Children the Opportunity to Grow Achieve Succeed Shine
A few words of
Welcome

We are delighted to have you here! At EBFT, we are dedicated to giving children the opportunity to shine.

The Elaine Bain Family Trust (EBFT) is a children’s charity whose aim is to support the most vulnerable
children in the Rochdale metropolitan borough.

The key focus of the charity is to engage with learners in local High Schools who are in need of additional support through mentoring, personal development, learner centred activities and external visits.

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Our
Offer

The work of EBFT is focused on the wider curriculum, personal development, life skills, supporting experiences that may not always be accessible for all and giving the opportunity for children to shine.

We work with schools to focus support where needed and work from our main venue in Castleton. This provides a bright, modern, well equipped home from home and an environment which supports learning and development.

To support our work, we use a range of other activity venues in the borough and also provide experiential trips and visits across the wider area of Greater Manchester.

Meet the
EBFT Team

All our team are locals who have lived and worked in the area for a considerable amount of time. Their backgrounds include education, professional sport and business.

In addition to working at EBFT, their placement and contributions at the heart of the local communities across the borough gives an excellent understanding of the challenges and opportunities which young people are presented with. Each individual’s knowledge and links gives us an extensive network through which care and support can be maximised and tailored.

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Who We
Work With

We offer a unique opportunity which is completely self-funded and has learners at the heart of every decision.

We are looking to grow our network and add more partner schools who share our vision for young people in the Rochdale area.

Who Was
Elaine Bain?

The Elaine Bain Family Trust (EBFT) was founded as Albany Children’s Trust (ACT) in 2012 by Keith Courtney, Elaine Bain and Lynne O’Reilly.

When Elaine passed away in March 2020, everyone involved with ACT wished for the name to change to the Elaine Bain Family Trust (EBFT). We will endeavour to continue the success of EBFT, in her honour, both in the UK and Portugal.

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Our latest
Socials
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19 Sep: Start of year blog
At the end of the last academic year, work experience students supported our delivery having fantastic few weeks working with our team and gaining valuable skills and experience.
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10 Jul: Welcome to our new website

The Elaine Bain Family Trust (EBFT) has launched a new website to improve communication and engagement with partners, supporters, and the community, offering updated information and resources on trust initiatives.

Latest News
from EBFT

Stay in the loop with the latest goings-on at the Elaine Bain Family Trust.

Visit EBFT Portugal

Did you know…
EBFT opened a site in Portugal in 2022? Why not take a look and what EBFT Portugal has to offer?

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