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Bridges was founded in September 2003 by Shropshire based international development charity Harvest Help (now Self Help Africa) in response to a need and demand for education around global issues in Shropshire. Those of you who remember us from our beginnings will remember our Fairtrade Shop and resource centre adjacent to the bus station in Wellington, Telford. Bridges became one of a network of fifty Development Education Centres across the UK, and a member of the Development Education Association. In its early days the centre focused on bringing the global dimension to the curriculum in schools and promoting an understanding of Fairtrade in the County of Shropshire.
Bridges moved to its current independent office base in October 2006. It’s work with schools continued to grow, with a number of funded projects up and running and a growing range of services for schools and colleges. One of our first projects, ‘The G8 Challenge’ was taken on enthusiastically by eight project schools in the area, and their good work was shared though a conference and resource. Since that time, Bridges worked on a number of innovative bodies of work with primary schools, secondary schools and colleges in the area. In the last few years, the our approach has emphasised the role of schools and communities working together to understand and tackle global issues.
In parallel, our work with communities has began to grow and thrive. In 2006, our first community focused project, Views from Shropshire, investigated cultural diversity in Shropshire through the stories of the Black and Minority residents who live here. In 2009 we appointed our first full time Community Officer.
Thanks to the skills of our staff and volunteers and the support of our funders we now offer a range of services and projects to educational organisations, community groups and interested individuals covering global issues, diversity and what we can all do to build a better world. Major funding from the Department from International Development has meant we can consolidate our work with schools and surrounding communities, through looking and the development issues raised by the Millennium Development Goals. We aim learn from our relatively short but productive and eventful few years as an organisation and continue improve our work by joining together with others to build a better world.
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Bridges, The Studios, Mansell Rd, Wellington Telford, TF1 1QQ
T.01952 255526 Email. info@shropshirebridges.org.uk
 
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