Supporting Voluntary and Community Action
This is the VCSE Directory, a comprehensive listing of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations in the Bristol area. If you don't see your own organisation listed, you can add your organisation to our directory.
Clinks supports, represents and campaigns for the Voluntary and Community Sector working with offenders. Clinks aims to ensure the Sector and all those with whom they work, are informed and engaged in order to transform the lives of offenders. More information on our local work can be found here: http://www.clinks.org/support/local-support
Co-operative and Community Finance provides loans to co-ops and other social economy enterprises throughout the former Avon area. These include registered or incorporated workers, marketing and community co-ops and community businesses.<br><br>It provides user-friendly support and Advice to clients and is therefore especially suitable for new and existing social economy enterprises. Loans of £5,000 to £50,000 are available and in some circumstances it is able to... More
We are a theatre company that makes work about social issues working with communities to create them. At the moment we are working on a site-specific production about domestic violence staged in a residential house. We have been working extensively with the charity Survive and with women who have experienced domestic violence to record their stories which we are making a verbatim text out of. We aim to make work for people who do not normally go to the theatre and have strong marketing... More
Community Care Connect is a localised approach to building care and support networks that enables communities themselves to play a vital role in meeting the care and support needs of the people that live there.
We support third sector organisations, social enterprises and carer-led start-ups to upscale their impact by developing viable new Carer Introduction Services that match people seeking care or support at home with self-employed and directly employed Care or Support Workers and... More
We are a social enterprise working across the community public and private sector, promoting new ways of meeting, engaging, collaborating, participating, co-designing and co-creating. We use the income generated through our work with larger organisations to subsidise our work with the grassroots.
We are Community Organisers, Participatory Group Process Designers/ Facilitators, Graphic Artists, Campaigners, Researchers and Trainers using cutting edge social technologies such as "... More
Curo Choice delivers Community Connectwhich is a service which supports people over 50 by identifying ways to improve their lives and signposting them to other agencies when appropriate. Our support may include creating groups in the community, and enabling them to re-connect to their neighbourhood and become less isolated.
We provide educational classes, advice services, employment support, social opportunities and signposting, advocacy and counselling services,
We run and manage Filwood Community Centre. It is base to Filwood Sports and Social Club, The Knowle West Health Association and Kepping kids Company (from 1/1/13)
Mentoring for CEO's, Board development around strategic planning and governance
Community of Purpose C.I.C (10421390) is committed to transforming the lives and futures of young people and making Bristol even better. To make this a reality, we run three main projects throughout the year:
The Compass Project is a community of people in recovery from addiction working together to move forward by providing volunteer work opportunities to all our members. We support ourselves by collecting, recycling, renovating and reselling donated furniture and goods through our two social enterprises. We believe everyone and everything deserves a second chance!
Contact! is a charity which provides support, advice, and information for families with disabled children.
We do not provide "hands on" practical support but do provide information, signposting and a listening ear from a local parents who has local knowledge.
Academy school - Co-operative model
We provide supported training & employment for disabled people, using the creativity of cooking, gardening and beyond.
We are a charitable organisation renting offices to other charities, hiring activity and meeting rooms and developing work with young people, inspiring them to fulfil their potential through arts
cinema, music, arts venue
The Charity has a trading arm, the Curzon Community Cinema, from which any profits go back to the charity to support these aims:
(a) To promote, maintain, improve and advance education of the public in Clevedon and the surrounding area generally and encouragement of the Arts.
(b) To provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for the recreation and leisure time occupation of the residents of the areas aforesaid without distinction of sex of political, religious or... More
Dame Emily Park Project DEPP are a community group made up of local residents. Our aims are to
improve Dame Emily Park, for the benefit of all its users, in providing a safe and pleasant environment with good facilities.
Supports adults with sight and hearing loss
A leading firm of solicitors specialising in public law and human rights, whose casework focuses on representing marginalised groups and individuals to challenge decisions made by public authorities. Legal Aid is available. Other forms of funding for cases can be explored if needs be.