Useful Links

A690 Project

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

Basic Skills Agency

The Basic Skills Agency at NIACE is committed to finding, developing and disseminating good practice in literacy, language and numeracy. 

Charity Commission

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.

Child Care Link

Search for childcare provision in your local or surrounding areas, view latest job vacancies, leisure activities and local support. 

Coalfield Forum

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

Community Development Exchange is the UK-wide membership organisation for community development.

Community Development exchange works to ensure that community development is recognised and supported as a powerful way of tackling inequality and achieving social justice. As an organisation with members from across the UK, Community Development Exchange reflects a diverse range of interests in community development across all sectors and fields.

Community Development Foundation

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

Community Matters is the National Federation for Community Organisations. 

Community Matters currently have 1100 member organisations across the UK and have been supporting community associations and similar organisations since 1945

Department of Communities & Local Government

Communities and Local Government's vision is of prosperous and cohesive communities, offering a safe, healthy and sustainable environment for all.

Communities and Local Government was created on 5 May 2006.

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

Farringdon Jubilee Centre is a community facility that is the focus for key services and learning opportunities in the Farringdon area.

Fit 4 Funding

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.

Eastwise

To advertise in Eastwise call 0191 565 4245

Houghton Racecourse Community Access Point

A community based organisation managed by local people for local people, providing education training, employment and volunteer opportunities, using community development practices and principles. 

Learn Direct

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.

Office of the Third Sector

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.

Sandhill Centre

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.

Sandhill View Secondary School

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.

South Forum

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. 

Sunderland Centre for Voluntary Service

The Sunderland Centre for Voluntary Service aims to support voluntary organisations, in the City to function more effectively.

Sunderland Children with Disabilities

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

Sunderland Community Network is a network of voluntary community and faith sector groups operating within the City of Sunderland.

Sunderland Learning 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.

Sunderland People First

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. 

This is about finding what lots of people think about things and passing on their opinions to people who can change things for the better. 

Sunderland Voluntary Sector Youth Forum

The forum has three main aims and work which has been undertaken is as follows:

To act as a representative body for the voluntary youth work sector in Sunderland in order to ensure that voluntary youth work provision is adequately represented in new developments and existing structures.

Sunderland Volunteer Centre

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.

Sunderland 4 Community

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

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.

The Sure Start, Extended Schools and Childcare Group, within the Department for Children, Schools and Families, is responsible for delivering Sure Start.

Urban Forum

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. 

West Forum Website

New an exciting website for the West area and Millfield Ward of Sunderland

Youth Net

Youthnet is part of the City of Sunderland's Communities of Interest Project (COI). Content is maintained by the website club form Hetton School.

Youth Offending Service

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.