STEP Development Trust is a community-led organisation working for the sustainable regeneration of the Stocksbridge and surrounding area. It is an independent, not-for-profit registered charitable company, committed to the involvement of local people in regeneration.

As a foundation stone for local regeneration, the Trust aims to build the capacity of the local community and puts people at the heart of what it does.

The Trust recognises that regeneration is not purely economic and that only a comprehensive integrated approach is likely to succeed in the long term. We are developing an asset base that will allow it to generate an income, which in the long term will enable it to become financially independent and help sustain its activities.