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.
Science centre. Charitable organisation.
We offer affordable counselling to adults and donation based/ free counselling to Young people 11-18
Wellspring Healthy Living Centre is a beautiful community building in Lawrence Hill. It is home to a host of services designed to improve your health and wellbeing, including a G.P. surgery, dentist, complementary therapies, arts project, learning kitchen and garden, and is a testament to what can be achieved when a community comes together with a clear vision.
WECIL (The West of England Centre for Inclusive Living) is a charity run by and for disabled people, which supports over 4,000 people in Bristol & the surrounding areas every year.
WECIL provides a wide range of services which support disabled people in different areas of their lives, including:
• Benefits advice and information
• Advocacy for care-assessments
• Support to receive direct payments
• A Payroll service for employers of Personal Assistants (PA... More
Wesport is a County Sport Partnership which covers Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and BANES.
Campaign for better transport in the West of England area. We believe that everyone should have access to get around, and that our transport system needs to change to get to zero carbon.
Provides and maintains a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of the Ward of Westbury-on-Trym and the neighbourhood thereof including use for meetings, lectures and classes, and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.
We provide accessible community arts facilities for teenagers Oldland Common and surrounding areas.
The Navy Training Corps is a National Youth Organisation promoting adventurous activities for junior Cadets 8-12 years of age.We operate an equal opportunities policy with regard to sex,religion,race,and disability(within the bounds of safety.
Our instructors are Trained by the NTC and hold nationally recognised qualifications for the adventurous and waterbourne activities undertaken.We operate to the highest safety standards.
We give the youth of the United Kingdom opportunities... More
Wider World helps children develop mindset and character strengths through stimulating enrichment experiences, in particular through our 7-month enrichment programme
Promote bat conservation and awareness across Wiltshire and beyond! We're an informal group made up of dedicated individuals carrying out scientific studies and running bat conservation projects across the County.
Windmill Hill City Farm is an independent voluntary community project seeking to meet the needs of local people through a wide range of social, environmental, educational and economic activities within a framework of sustainble development.
The Farm delivers over 50 services to the local community every week. Our services include: 80 place daycare nursery for children aged 3 months to 5 years, High dependency elderly daycare groups, Mental Health suport services and programmes for... More
The Adventure Playground is the only open access playground in South Bristol. It actively supports the right of children and young people to access freely chosen play opportunities and to be consulted in matters relating to them. The playground offers a child-centred, challenging, stimulating and safe environment in which children and young people can meet and play. Playground users can help to design, build and transform their own play space using a wide variety of materials and plenty of... More
We are a self-funded membership-based organisation run by volunteers. We hold events such as keep fit, dinner club, line dancing, senior citizens group, Pilates, martial arts, play groups. We have a lounge bar and function room which we hire out for private functions (weddings, birthdays and drama groups). We hold various social events such as quiz nights once a month. ballroom dances, skittles, live acts. Other community groups use the facilities here such as Parents Teachers Association... More
The charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:
4.1 To promote and undertake the conservation, restoration and management for the public benefit of Winterbourne Court Farm Barn and surrounding land at Church Lane, Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire by such exclusively charitable means as the trustees shall from time to time determine.
4.2 The advancement of the public’s knowledge and understanding of the history and architecture of... More
Telephone Helpline - Tel: 0845 458 2914 or 0117 9166461. The Helpline provides confidential support for women in distress with specific support and information for women experiencing domestic and sexual violence.
Opening hours:Monday to Friday 10 am - 12 noon
Tuesday & Wednesday 1pm - 3pm
Monday & Tuesday 8pm - 10pm
Befriending: Volunteers provide regular support for women who are isolated and suffering... More
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We are a federation of over 220 organisations providing more than 300 lifesaving services to women and children across England.