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 promote Arts and Artists to help increase awareness of them and their work.
Ashley Down After School Club is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable, quality child care for children aged 4 to 11. We run every evening after school from 3:15pm to 5:45pm, collecting children from the Ashley Down Infant and Primary Schools at Downend Road and Brunel Field. We are based at Horfield United Reformed Church at the corner of Downend Road and Muller Road.
We are able to cater for 48 children per session, with a maximum of 12 children from Brunel Field (due... More
AVAG's objectives are: To raise awareness, within St Werburghs and surrounding areas of the potential for self-build housing and other community managed initiatives. To promote ecological, innovative and sustainable design and building solutions. To contribute to the regeneration of the Operating Area by offering opportunities for training and employment and by developing skills and potential of local people, through the development of a local site as a community initiative. To promote... More
The Luncheon Club is run by Volunteers, we meet on Thursdays at 12.30 at St. Francis Community Hall. We provide a 2 course cooked lunch with a cup of tea at the current price of £3.50. The service provides an average 50 lunches each week and has been running for 31 years.
Ashton Gate out of School Care supports parents and carers by providing wraparound care for children aged 4-11. Our small team of trained and dedicated play workers are committed to providing high-quality care in a child-centred play setting that promotes equality and opportunity for all - but what is first and foremost is fun!
Based in a self contained building within the grounds of Ashton Gate Primary School, we offer a Breakfast Club and After-School Club to pupils of the school... More
Asian Arts Agency is an arts development agency that develops, promotes and supports international contemporary and traditional South Asian arts in the South West and across the UK.
Promote awareness of female autism and provide support to females on the spectrum and parents. Work towards greater recognition and better diagnosis by professionals and clinicians. work with schools to improve support, awareness, understanding and resources. Provide informal peer support for women on the spectrum and parents
Avon Austistic Foundation is a registered charity and provides residential and day care for adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Avon Counselling and Psychotherapy Service is a small, well-established charity. We have been offering professional psychotherapy and counselling for over 30 years in Bristol, Bath and the South West.
ACPS believes in making therapy widely accessible. To this end, we are involved in fundraising and aim to continue to offer a reduced fee to those on benefits or low-income.
Talks on environmental issues. Summer visits. Occasional market stall. Affliated to The Soil Association, Bristol and Garden Organic (the H.D.R.A), Coventry
A purpose built riding centre for children and adults with a wide range of disabilities. We offer the opportunity of riding to some 200 people every week during school times. We receive referrals from doctors, physiotherapist as well from individuals
Organise sports and leisure activities for the visually impaired and their families. This includes days out, trips to the theatre / cinema, short breaks away, quizzes etc.
We are involved with tenpin bowling, flat green bowling, skittles, New Age Kurling, short walks and swimming.
We are a heritage railway operating mid-way between Bristol and Bath. We have volunteering opportunities onboard our trains, in our restoration workshop, on the permanent way, in the ticket office and shop or with our on-train catering.
We work with many partners to protect our natural environment and support an abundance of wildlife in towns, cities and countryside.
Provides direct community services, and accommodation for local groups, residents and businesses for activities and meetings. General purpose community centre for all sections of the community.
88100 - Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
We support young people to improve their wellbeing, develop new skills, become role models, and start their dream careers.
Baby Bank Network redistributes pre-loved baby items to families that cannot afford to buy them. Working closely with children’s centres, health visitors and other organisations that are in contact with vulnerable families, we support families across Bristol and the surrounding area.
Baggator is a charity that provides programmes of informal education, skills, training and leisure activities for young people up to 25 years of age. They are based at the Pickle Factory in Easton where regular youth club sessins are held, including sports, arts and healthy eating. Baggator has recently received funding from Children in Need and the Heritage Lottery and is expanding to offer music making sessions, research into local history and use of film and photography.
BAND is an umbrella organisation which supports and develops childcare provision in and around Bristol. We provide services to childcare providers, people working with children, families and employers. As well as working locally, BAND also plays an active role in national initiatives in the fields of childcare, play provision and working parents' issues, working closely with key agencies. Our role continues to expand as childcare provision increases and we act in an advisory capacity... More
Barnardo's vision is that the lives of all children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination. Our purpose is to help the most vulnerable children and young people transform their lives and fulfill their potential.
Barton Fields Trust 's purpose is to develop and maintain the field on behalf of the inhabitants of East Bristol. The Fields is owned by FIT - Fields in Trust. The field was handed to FIT by the City Council in 2004 and a Trust was set up to manage it. It provides an open space for the community. It works to develop the field in such ways as tree planting, developing hedge rows, pitch improvement, the development of a 'Friends of the Field Group', community events etc It also... More
The Basement Studio is a young people’s music charity based in Bristol. It exists to encourage and support young people to express themselves through involvement with music.
The Basement Studio runs FREE music sessions where young people can access our rehearsal rooms, recording studio and music tech facilities on:
Tuesdays evenings 7.00 – 9.30
Wednesday evenings evenings 7.00 – 9.30
Thursday evenings 7.00 – 9.30
Experienced tutors are also on hand to help... More
Medical museum with collection of artefacts and records
Provision of tailor made transport and training solutions for city of Bristol.
We provide a variety of minibuses for corporate hire, also we provide in house driver training and passenger assistant training to MIDAS Standard (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme).
Residential Care Home for the Elderly
Provision of information, harm reduction and treatment services for problem drug and alcohol users to enable individuals to achieve independence from drugs and alcohol. Over 4,000 individual adults and young people benefit from the charity's activities in any year.
A smallholding which offers opportunities for the community and food production
We support women working in Indoor Massage Parlours
Better Bilingual CIC offers high quality educational services to schools, colleges and Early Years settings in Bristol. Our aim is to equip teachers, leaders and support staff with a positive mindset around multilingualism and practical teaching strategies to enhance outcomes for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL). Working in collaboration with parents, carers and community groups to achieve our aims, we directly support BAME pupils, especially New to English or refugees.... More
Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation Company brings together three of the most innovative and high achieving probation trusts in the country.Our work plays a vital role in helping people rehabilitate and lead more positive lives. This reduces reoffending, reduces the number of victims of crime, restores communities. We help people move away from crime by helping them recover from addiction to drugs and alcohol, move towards healthier lifestyles, find... More
Provides assessment of children who have learning or communication conditions and the provision of practical programmes of support for their families and carers.
Established for almost 40 years and independant of state support and reliant on voluntary income through fundrasisng.
The bibic National assessment Centre is located in the the South West and we have locally based community therapists working in Brsitol, Gloucester and the West Midlands
We work with families and... More
BSWN is a BAME-led organisation that delivers race equality work across the South West of England. Our mission is to be a driving force for racial equality in the South West and nationally through releasing the agency and voice of BAME people such that they can utilise robust research, lived experiences, and innate knowledge to influence decision -making, increase their economic and social capital, and construct a more equitable and prosperous society for BAME people everywhere.
The objectives of Black2Nature are:
to work towards the increase in engagement of Black Asian Minority Ethnic people with nature and the environment;
the education of Black Asian Minority Ethnic people to understand the benefits of nature, including benefits to physical and mental health and wellbeing and how that can relate back to their rural heritage abroad; and
the education of those in the nature conservation, nature media, environmental and education or similar... More
Bluebell is a registered charity providing services for mothers and fathers affected by pre and post-natal depression in Bristol. We provide support through therapeutic group programmes and one to one 'Buddy' support in the community. Our groups for mums, Mums' Comfort Zone, are 12-week group programmes for up to 10 mums, with a free creche and are led by an Occupational Therapist. These are held in Children's Centres in North, South and Central Bristol and mums can be... More
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