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.
We are a Christian Church and a registered charity based in St Pauls offering various outreach community programme:
- Day Care & lunch for the elderly 10am-2pm Wednesdays
Family Support Service Tue & Thu 10am - 2pm (by referral from any main agency)
- 'Little Angels' Parent & Toddler Group; Wednesdays and Fridays 10am-12noon & Toddler lunch club 12noon-1pm.
Sunday services: 10am and 11.45am
- Youth activity <br>
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We run a festival over 2 days in July to raise money and awareness of the service of samaritans. This is our first year and dates are 26th and 27th July. We are non profit with all proceeds to samaritans
A café that helps people with disabilities gain training and work,
Our hope is that this would increase feelings of self-worth and self-confidence; develop new skills (social and technical); improve prospects for paid work in the future. We envisage a warm, friendly, calm and inclusive environment for customers and staff alike. In addition to providing healthy and nutritious food and drinks, we would cater for those with special dietary requirements
The Following are some of the sevices we offer:
Business & Enterprise Development
Business and Enterprise Development Services for new and emerging businesses, including assistance to access funding and technical expertise from the local and national business community.
Customized business support and advice to provide assistance in up scaling systems and processes of new and existing businesses
Entrepreneurship training and Business Start-up support
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Looks after the health and wellbeing of the elderly and disabled living in independent accommodation in the South Gloucestershire area
To obtain or acquire access to the waste land at the corner of Saxon Road and Warminster Road in St. Werburghs and turn it into a community green space.
The green space would benefit the whole community by turning a piece of waste ground, into something that can be shared. Currently the land is owned by a company planning to put storage containers on the land. The land has been derelict on and off for about 20 years.
Following a community consultation we gathered a wealth of... More
School's Out, Henleaze is a non-profit making organisation which provides after school and holiday childcare for up to 48 children. Our aim is to provide quality childcare in a safe, welcoming and stimulating environment for as low a cost as possible. We are registered with, and regulated by, OFSTED. During the school holidays the play scheme runs from 8.30am - 5.30pm. Children from all schools are welcome to attend, providing they have first been registered with the scheme. To find... More
Schumacher promotes sustainable systems for social, economic and environmental development. We organise the yearly Bristol Schumacher Conference since 1978. Publish Schumacher Briefings (16 so far). Schumacher Awared and Promote Human Scale Sustainable Development
We are a voluntary organisation who cook healthy, delicious soups using surplus veg from Fareshare and Foodclub and distribute it weekly to families at risk of food insecurity in Lockleaze, Bristol
Bristol Crisis Service for Women is a national charity that offers support to women, with a particular focus on self-injury. We provide support through our helpline, information service and training.<br><br>Our helpline is open Friday and Saturday 9pm - 12.30am and Sunday evenings 6pm - 9pm. Tel: 0117 925 1119. The helpline is for women in emotional distress, but the focus is on self-injury. Interpreters are available (women need to say in English which language... More
Established 25 years ago, Send a Cow is an international development charity that enables poor farmers in Africa to become self-reliant by providing them with livestock, training and advice. We work in 7 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, hand in hand with poor families, teaching them the skills they need to build new lives free from poverty and hunger. By providing training, livestock, seeds and support, we aim to restore hope and create stronger communities for the future. In turn, these... More
Supportive Parents is a charity providing information and support to families of children with any type of special educational need from 0-19 years in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, from September 2014 the service will be extended to 0-25 year olds.
We are an independent organisation offering a free, confidential and impartial service to any parent who has a concern about their child’s education. We provide you with all the information you need to understand the... More
We are a small group of dancers, singers and percussionists. We believe in the power of music and song to lift the spirits and in the undoubted physical and social benefits of dance.
To this end we take live percussion instruments, including Samba and African drums into care homes and day centres, sheltered housing. Working with older peoples groups, people with learning diffficulties and people with Alzheimers Disease.
Sessions last an hour and consist of : drumming performance... More
We support child and young people with additional needs to access therapy leisure and learning activities in nature and with the support of horses
Serenity House delivers the Recovery Dynamics program, a non-medical 12 Step treatment for alcoholism and other addictions
The program runs for 12 weeks, Monday to Friday, Monday 1.00-5.00pm, 10.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Lunch is provided.
We are an addiction treatment resource for the City recognised by NHS Bristol.
Primarily we are a place of worship however we operate a number of community projects for sections of the community, such as: Tuition, Youth Projects, Play Activity Schemes and a community feeding programme.
Severn Four Credit Union is a not for profit community organisation, offering an easy way to save and borrow money. It is an ethical and local financial service provider that is owned and managed by its members. It tackles financial exclusion through providing low-cost loans and an easy way to save (qualifying members received a 3% dividend in 2005). The credit union also runs a childrenís saving scheme ëMoney Munchersí, which now has 455 members in 6 local primary schools. The office is... More
Encourages the use of local trains radiating from Bristol. Work with schools, volunteers and community groups on project to enhance local stations to make them safer and more welcoming to passengers and to the benefit of the communities they serve
SGYH is a housing project based in Kingswood South Gloucestershire near Bristol. We provide services for young homeless people including accommodation and support for young people with mental health problems as well as other projects.
Our key services are:
-Supported housing and accommodation in Kingswood for over eighteens and supported housing in Yate for sixteen plus.
-Move On flats in Yate and training flats in Kingswood.
- The Park View Hostel for eight young... More