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 comprehensive community bike project. Please see our website for more info. http://www.thebristolbikeproject.org/
The Bristol Cable is redefining local journalism through challenging multimedia, community action and cooperative ownership. Online, in print and on the street.
We are a group of volunteers on a mission to put rainforest trees in classrooms all over Bristol. As well as raising trees we want to raise the ambitions, self-esteem and confidence of all of the children that learn under our trees in their classrooms.
Health and Local Crisis Response - Empowering people to live independently for as long as possible.
The Care Forum promotes health and wellbeing, challenges inequalities and enables organisations and individuals to make choices in health and social care. We support the not-for-profit health and social care sector and provide a wide range of services to communities (Healthwatch, research) and individuals (Well Aware, advocacy, social prescribing, volunteering).
It’s not always easy to recognise the impact of looking after a partner, family member or friend. The Carers’ Centre is a local charity and friendly community, that helps unpaid carers (from 5 years old) across the Bath and North East Somerset area.
The Carers’ Centre offer a range of services to help unpaid carers focus on their own health and wellbeing, connect with others in a similar situation and navigate the challenges of caring.
The aims of the not-for-profit, community based C.H.E.E.S.E. Project are:
1. to assist people in fuel poverty to have warmer, healthier homes.
2. to reduce domestic energy-use to mitigate climate change.
Both can be achieved by increasing the energy efficiency of domestic buildings. We do this by revealing where energy is escaping - by using thermal imaging and reduced internal air pressure. Three quarters of our clients take remedial action within three months. Our surveys... More
The Community Farm is a community-owned social enterprise, growing and selling organic food through a box delivery service.
Our aim is to help people develop a better understanding of where their food comes from, reconnect with the land on which their food is grown, and learn more about sustainable farming.
Create is a vibrant environment centre which hosts a range of events and exhibitions and features a purpose-built Ecohome. The centre is a great venue for meetings, seminars and conferences as well as providing flexible workspace to several environmental organisations. Create is owned and managed by Bristol City Council.
Visit Create to explore environmental issues and discover greener choices. Join us for our programme of activities. Create welcomes visits from school parties and... More
We work with individuals and groups running a range of cooking workshops and healthy eating sessions. We work in a range of settings across the region.
Formally know as ASAC, The Green House Bristol provides specialist counselling for adults and children who have ever experienced sexual abuse, rape, or sexual violence.
The Guide Association as part of a worldwide movement, enables girls and young women to fulfil their potential, to take an active and responsible role in society through its distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.
The Guinness Trust is a Registered Social Landlord providing affordable housing and sheltered accomodation to people on the Bristol City Housing Register. The Trust is committed to investing in and developing sustainable communities in which people will want to live now and in the future. The Trust is keen to work with other social landlords, neighbourhood groups and agencies to develop partnership approaches that empower local people to identify and deliver projects that will benefit their... More
The Harbour provides free and professional counselling and psychotherapy to people affected by a physical life-threatening illness. People using our service are either living with a life threatening illness or are carers or close family or friends to someone with a life-threatening illness or have been bereaved in the last 2 years through a life-threatening illness. Our service is available to individuals and couples from Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas.
Provide support for families and especially children who have lost a sibling.
land based recovery project for adults