Editing Stepney (section)

==Community==
The Stepney Community Trust, a community-led charity with a long history of local action, was set up in 1982 as the St Mary's Centre to respond to the severe housing and social deprivation in the area. The name was later changed to Stepney Community Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stepney.org.uk/welcome.html|title=welcome|publisher=Stepney Community Trust}}</ref>

[[Stepney City Farm]] is a city farm which provides a number of community services, such as guided tours, workshops and other activities.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stepneycityfarm.org/at-the-farm/community-groups/?doing_wp_cron=1540313145.3181309700012207031250|title=Community Groups – Stepney City Farm|date=21 January 2013}}</ref> was founded in 1979 by Lynne Bennett; at that time it was called Stepping Stones. Local residents, schools, churches and community groups were consulted and wasteland left after a [[World War II]] bomb destroyed the Stepney Congregational Church in 1941 was secured for the farm's use.<ref name="WinfieldNigel">{{cite book|last=Winfield|first=Nigel|title=Stepping Stones: Community Farm Project in Stepney, East London|year=1986|publisher=British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres|location=UK|isbn=0950345253|page=32}}</ref>

The Stepney Historical Trust was set up in 1989 to advance the public's education on the history of Stepney and the surrounding areas. It is based in the London Dockers Athletic and Social Club<ref>{{cite web|title=London Dockers Social & Athletic Club|url=http://www.itowerhamlets.co.uk/profile/clubs-and-associations-social-leisure-and-cultural/42647/London-Dockers-Social-and-Athletic-Club.html|website=Tower Hamlets|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref> and has installed a series of plaques on sites of historic interest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stepney Historical Trust|url=http://openplaques.org/organisations/stepney_historical_trust|website=Open Plaques|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>

Jewish Care was created in 1990 by the merger of two previous charities to care for the community needs cost-effectively. It is based at the Brenner Centre in Raine House.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishcare.org/how-we-can-help-you/community/44-stepney-jewish-community-centre|title=Stepney Jewish Community Centre – Community – Jewish Care|website=jewishcare.org}}</ref>

The [[City Gateway]] Women Programmes were established to provide opportunities for local women in Stepney to gain independence, grow in confidence and access employment and develop skills in a supportive community environment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://home.citygateway.org.uk/women-and-families/womens-programmes/|title=City Gateway – Women's Programmes|website=home.citygateway.org.uk}}</ref>