Who we are
SHINE exists to help disadvantaged children and young people. We support programmes that concentrate on core educational subjects. Education provides choices. By funding best practice educational support projects, SHINE is working to ensure that the participants can have choice and control in their lives.
SHINE operates as a business, rigorously evaluating the organisations and projects we fund to ensure the most effective intervention into young lives and the best possible value for money.
We want every penny of your donations to reach these projects so our trustees cover all our annual operating costs.
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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