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Civic Centre
Burdon Road
Sunderland
SR2 7DN
Tel. (0191) 520 5555
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Useful Links A690Youth Initiative provides youth work provision for young people aged between 8 and 25 throughout the wards of Sandhill, Silksworth, Barnes and St Chad's in the City of Sunderland The Basic Skills Agency at NIACE is committed to finding, developing and disseminating good practice in literacy, language and numeracy.
British Red Cross provides a wide range of services to offer help and advice to people in need internationally and locally and are always recruiting new volunteers. The Charity Commission for England and Wales is established by law as the regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales. Our aim is to provide the best possible regulation of these charities in order to increase charities’ efficiency and effectiveness and public confidence and trust in them. Search for childcare provision in your local or surrounding areas, view latest job vacancies, leisure activities and local support. The Coalfield Forum is a registered charitable community group working in the voluntary sector of Sunderland and is made up of local people, workers and organisations.
Community Development Exchange is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development.
The Community Development Foundation is the leading source of intelligence, guidance and delivery on community development in England and across the UK. Community Development Foundation is a non-departmental public body supported by Communities and Local Government (CLG). Community Matters is the National Federation for Community Organisations.
Communities and Local Government's vision is of prosperous and cohesive communities, offering a safe, healthy and sustainable environment for all. Family Adult and Community Learning This service works with a number of organisation to offer a range of learning opportunities across the City. Farringdon Jubilee Centre is a community facility that is the focus for key services and learning opportunities in the Farringdon area. The fit4funding website provides 'Help & Advice' for community groups and voluntary organisations who are seeking funding. These resources can also be used by those giving funding advice in the Voluntary and Community Sector. To advertise in Eastwise call 0191 565 4245
A community based organisation managed by local people for local people, providing education training, employment and volunteer opportunities, using community development practices and principles. The Hetton Town Trust has risen from the former Eppleton Colliery Welfare Organisation. The Trust is responsible for managing a range of facilities within the Hetton Centre, this means that any money raised from grant applications and from hire of the facilities, is paid directly back into the community thus helping regeneration and sustainability. Find out about hundreds of online courses in computers, office skills, self development or to improve your maths or English, designed so that you can learn at a time, place and pace to suit your needs, information on our network of over 700 learndirect centres to help you with your local learning needs, as well as information on over 900,000 courses from UK providers, the learndirect Advice now offers a free careers and guidance service to help you reshape your future. The Office of the Third Sector was created in May 2006 in recognition of the increasingly important role the third sector plays in both society and the economy. The Sandhill Centre is the first complex of its kind in the country and aims to provide learning and leisure opportunities with access for all members of the local community.
Our Governors and staff are committed to providing the best possible education for all of our pupils. Our staff are highly professional, hard working and dedicated. In addition to the regular school curriculum, they provide numerous extra opportunities and activities to benefit all our pupils. The South Forum was set up in 2005 and is a voluntary community group working in the voluntary sector of Sunderland. It is made up of local people, workers and organisations.
The Sunderland Centre for Voluntary Service aims to support voluntary organisations, in the City to function more effectively.
This site is designed for children and young people living in Sunderland who are disabled, have special educational needs, or a long term health condition, and their families. It will also be a useful resource for the professionals working with them. Sunderland Community Network is a network of voluntary community and faith sector groups operating within the City of Sunderland. The Compact was established in England in 1998 and exists at national, regional and local levels. The Compact is a code of good practice that governs relationships between central government and the voluntary and community sector. The Sunderland Compact will be a code of practice between the voluntary and community sector and wider partners in the Sunderland Partnership.
You will find information on the NVQ's. City of Sunderland College, Sunderland University, libraries service , Electronic Village Halls and many other locations in which you can learn, along with explanations on qualifications such as NVQ and City & Guilds. Help can also be found on a range of subjects which directly effect your ability to learn such as transport childcare and finance. We are a Self Advocacy Group for people with learning disabilities. Self advocacy is about people speaking up for themselves. However most of our work is about Group Advocacy.
The forum has three main aims and work which has been undertaken is as follows: The Centre is a local voluntary organisation that exists to promote, support and develop volunteering in Sunderland and surrounding areas. We actively recruit volunteers from all sections of the community and place them with local voluntary organisations who are seeking volunteers to help with their work. We also support and advise these organisations on good practice when working with volunteers. If you are a Voluntary or Community Sector Organisation in Sunderland you can search the grants database on Sunderland 4 Community Website to find out what funding your group can apply for. Sure Start is the Government’s programme to deliver the best start in life for every child by bringing together early education, childcare, health and family support. Urban Forum is an umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration. It was set up in 1994 as the national voluntary organisation through which local and central government could relate to the community and voluntary sectors on such issues. New an exciting website for the West area and Millfield Ward of Sunderland Youthnet is part of the City of Sunderland's Communities of Interest Project (COI). Content is maintained by the website club form Hetton School. The Sunderland Youth Offending Service works with young people between the ages of 10 to 17 years, their families and relevant professionals to assist with young people who, because of alleged or actual offending, have become involved in the Criminal Justice System and prevent offending by children and young people by working with those at risk.
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