Our Current Priorities

SHINE has spent the last ten years researching, developing and testing educational projects enabling us to identify areas where we can make a difference and find out what really works. Currently, we are replicating some of our projects which have been delivering measurable educational benefits, so that more children, either in the one borough, or across a number of London boroughs can benefit. We are also piloting the replication of a select number of our projects in Manchester.

This doesn't mean we've stopped searching, our grants team are constantly seeking new and innovative projects to fund. However, our priority in the immediate future is to fund more of what we know works.

If you would like to find out more about our developing programme of replication, or if you would like to draw our attention to any innovative new projects you think might be of interest to us, please contact us.

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By the age of 5, disadvantaged children have a vocabulary almost one year behind that of children from middle income families|The Sutton Trust, 2010||Every year, well over 1 in 3 children receiving free school meals leave primary school with substandard maths and English - around twice as many as children not on free school meals|National Statistics, 2010||Last year, only 27% of students eligible for free school meals achieved five or more A*-C GCSEs (including English and maths) - around half the national average|National Statistics, 2010||Disadvantaged students that do perform well at GCSE are still less likely to go onto higher education at all, let alone to a Russell Group university|The Sutton Trust, 2010||Since August 2000, we have invested more than £12 million in projects in London and Manchester||This money is now helping almost 24,000 children from more than 850 schools