We started out in 1996 by being like lots of other voluntary agencies , taking on contracts, working on two year funded projects, building up staff and generally becoming overweight and tied up with running those contracts for Local Authorities rather than doing what local people actually needed.

So – in 2007 we made a big decision to stop running things like everyone else does, hive off all of our projects that would be better off being independent and go back to being a charity run by and for local people. For us, that means no salaries, no contracts, no short term projects and never, if we can help it, saying ‘no’ to people if we can possibly avoid it.

Since 2007 we have been able to develop more new community projects than we did in the previous 10 years and it’s all down to listening to local people, working in partnership and the pursuit of sustainability. If that all sounds a bit confusing , take a look at our current projects page and our past projects page and you’ll see what we mean.

If you are interested in ancient history, you can read more about the last 30 years or so by pressing the button below…..