Shiney Advice & Resource Project

ShARP will promote community development values and commitments in all of its advice and education work in the Houghton le Spring area of Tyne & Wear. These are;

• Community development is about building active and sustainable communities based upon social justice and mutual respect.

• Community development is about changing power structures to remove the barriers that prevent people from participating in the issues that affect their lives.

ShARP believes in a community development approach to regeneration or service delivery;

• Creates sustainable outcomes

• Creates holistic, joined up outcomes

• Reduces dependency culture

• Reduces social welfare costs

• Builds active citizenship

• Challenges inequality.

• Promotes inclusion

• Deals constructively with conflict

• Builds personal capacity and confidence

• Builds community capacity and confidence

ShARP receiving our BURA award in recognition for our regeneration work within the Shiney Row area

ShARP will work with communities to;

• Support community groups to set their own agenda

• Strengthen local action

• Build on community capacity

ShARP will work alongside other agencies to;

• Achieve effective community participation

• Assess community needs

• Plan and evaluate practice

• Enable all staff to work effectively in the community

ShARP's Funders & Supporters

Northern Rock Foundation, Coalfield Regeneration Trust, Strategic Initiative Budget, Sure Start, Sunderland Teaching PCT, Lloyds TSB