The Salvation Army Southwick Community Project in Sunderland is on the front line of The Salvation Army’s community work.
Facilities
- Family Centre
- Community Centre Room Hire £5.00 per hour.
- Life Long learning Craft Classes, Art Classes.
- Employment Plus (IT Room) Mon - Fri 8:30-4:00pm. Support on offer Monday 9:30-11:30am
- Welfare Advice with CAB Tuesday's & Thursday's
- Foodbank is Open Monday to Friday 9.00am till 1.00pm.
- Community cafe
- Children Services
The community centre helps people with employment issues, including young people looking for a break and families who have been out of work for generations. Despite the rhetoric in the national arena at the moment, what we see is generally people who want to get trained and skilled, particularly in the younger generations so they can break the cycle of poverty.
“We also help older people who feel isolated and anybody in this community who needs help, be it from just a chat with a cup of tea, to aid with budgeting or food, to long-term life-plans,”.
State-of-the-art classrooms and learning suites house activities such as arts-and-craft classes and workspaces for those involved in youth projects where local young people work towards various qualifications. There are opportunities to get involved in voluntary work and, by partnerships with organisations such as the Prince’s Trust, The Salvation Army in Southwick has been able to give these young people a stake in their society again. They even offer the chance to study for a qualification, be that for a GNVQ, GCSE or even A Levels.
Venues
1. Roker Avenue, Monkwearmouth.
2. Cairo Street, Hendon
3. Rutland Street, Millfield
4. Shakespeare street, Southwick
5. High Street West. Central