Welcome to our website Pennywell Neighbourhood Centre is situated in the heart of Pennywell, Sunderland, and is a community based project with charitable status, and managed by a community led management committee.  It opened in 1990 and was housed for its first 10 years in a disused council property which had formerly been two semi - detached houses.  Pennywell Neighbourhood Centre has worked hard to establish itself in the heart of the community and strives to offer services which reflects the needs of the community it is in. In 2000, through hard work and determination of both community people and project staff, the project raised enough funding to move into a purpose built premises, shown below, where the services offered have grown.
On this website you will find lots of information about the work the project is currently carrying out, and there is also information on completed projects and funder information as well as useful links to other projects in the area. Some of these are:   PNC - A Background - A history of the project's beginnings, and how it developed into the project of today. Annual Reports - This section has printable copies of our latest Annual report. If you require original copies please contact the project and register your interest. Email and telephone details are in the contacts section. Childcare for the Community - The project runs an Ofsted registered community childcare facility which specialises in providing high quality childcare. All Season's Daycare is proving a real success story for the area and has expanded into Ford Estate with its Sunshine Daycare facility based there, working alongside partners SureStart. Take a look at how we do it. Family Support Services - This is a major part of the project's work and is a continuing service which changes to suit the needs of the community. Here you will find an outline of the services we offer and details of our new Safety Equipment Scheme and Toy Library as well as information about family support services.   Breakout - This is our school holiday activity programme and this page has a printable copy of our current breakout programme with some helpful background information on how it all started Young People's Mental Health - Our Young Minds Matter project has won national recognition. It has now moved to become a registered group on its own. Here you can access information from the report, and find out how the project has developed. You will also find our Community Links page gives details of partner organisations and interesting websites, and our funder page gives full listings of all funders who support the many and varied pieces of work the project carries out.