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.
Borderlands is a local charity dedicated to working with asylum seekers and refugees in Bristol. It provides free english, maths, art, and computer classes; hot food; a welcome space; mentoring; support and signposting services.
Boss Employment is a social enterprise set up to help people with a learning disability or difficulty find out about work. We provide information, put on events and training as well as support employers interested in employing people. BOSS is linked to many of the employment service providers, colleges and support organisations and can help access the support you need. BOSS has been set up because lots of people said they found it difficult to know where to go to find out about work.... More
Family support centre based in Kingswood, Bristol. We are part of the Bristol Community Church Trust (Reg Charity no. 1044496). We aim to provide a safe and confidential space where families and individuals can seek practical and emotional support. The core services we offer are play therapy, adult counselling and parenting courses. We ask for a voluntary contribution for our services but would not turn anyone away if they cannot pay.
Funds medical research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of dementia. It does this by raising funds from the public and awarding grants to research teams in universities in SW England and S Wales.
BrAMS is a unique centre of excellence, which offers, New MS treatments, new drug trials, leading Stem Cell Research, has Four MS Specialist Nurses, a Physiotherapist, Three MS Neurological Consultant Doctors, two Neuro Registrars and two GP's specialising in MS. There is also a full team of Research Doctors looking at ways to use Stem Cells to repair damaged caused by MS and to hopefull halt the desease. Shaun McCarthy, Voluntary Fundraising Manager, has MS and has a small team of... More
Forest School sessions
We are a registered community interest company. We create drama for education and for community events (street theatre, participatory events) and make theatre for everyone and often tour it to unconventional venues in places not known for theatre (e.g. children's centres, at community events like Art in the Park wiht Entertaining Local Knowle). We also host Creative Workspace, a not-for-profit community arts venue in BS13 which sells rehearsal, workshop and hotdesking space and returns... More
Provide advice and guidance to those seeking to become self-employed. We also provide help to existing businesses. Since April 2002, the Co-operative Development Agency has become part of BRAVE and can provide help to those wishing to establish trading co-operatives
Bricks works with local, creative and social enterprise communities to programme collaborative activities and create the spaces that our communities need to thrive in the long term.
Our flagship projects are St Annes House (a creative and community hub) and Bricks Public Art and Creative Infrastructure Consultancy
Bridges for Communities connects people of different cultures and faiths, enabling them to build friendships and grow in their understanding of one another. We also support refugees & asylum seekers and equip people with cultural awareness training and skills towards employment.
Housing Association
A community resource for everyone in the area. If you live, work or play in Brislington, this is for you!
The Partnership covers both Brislington East and West wards, and includes Broomhill, St Anne's and St Anne's Park amongst others.
The Neighbourhood Partnership is strategic partnership of the two Brislington wards consisting of Councillors, residents and key local agencies that works to improve the quality of life for residents in the neighbourhood evidenced by... More
Charity to help support those over 55 in need of accommodation in the Bristol area
As the local group covering Bristol & Bath for the MND Association we improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers in our community, we help fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments, and brings us closer to a cure for MND and we campaign and raise awareness so the needs of people with MND and everyone who cares for them are recognised and addressed by wider society.
Bristol and Bath Regional Capital CIC (BBRC) is an award-winning public benefit investment company aiming to spark change in the Southwest using investment as a tool whilst recycling our profits into the community. We help organisations in the Bristol and Bath area that are making an impact in the community and are aiming to grow and become more sustainable by sourcing investment. BBRC is also the advisor to City Funds, a place-based impact investment fund for Bristol.
We help people who are involuntarily addicted to prescribed psychotropic medication, mainly tranquillisers, sleeping pills and anti-depressants. We were set up in 1985 and become a registered charity in 1996. We run withdrawal groups and provide individual counselling . We run a helpline 4 days a week. We also run an outreach group on Tuesday afternoons at the NHS Walk-in Centre in Knowle, and on Thursday mornings at Southmead Health Centre. We are funded by the Bristol Primary Care... More
BASF supports people affected by a stroke, including their carer or family members. We do this by visiting individuals at home, assessing their needs, providing information, signposting where necessary and providing support ourselves through home visits, counselling, weekly groups and short-term groups with specific aims such as Conversation or therapy groups.