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.
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.
Therapy and family support for people on the spectrum and their families
We are a registered UK charity and our mission is to provide opportunities and support for people and communities to improve lives through grants, housing and charitable projects.
Our organisation has transformed and enhanced the lives of those in need in Bristol for over six hundred years.
Provides a space where children can see a parent they no longer live with
We are a charity, nursery and pre-school overseen by a board of volunteer trustees. Our ethos is to offer a supportive and personal approach, providing a community of care and education for children and their families.
We connect the people of Bristol with China through developing educational, cultural and business links especially with Bristol's sister city Guangzhou. For example, we are working with a number of other organisations to strengthen busiess links with Cina providing networking and training opportunities. We are instrumental in linking schools in Bristol with schools in Guangzhou nd bringing educational groups to Bristol. We work with the Bristol Museum to develop a programme of... More
-Organise big events and festivals across Bristol (Harbourside Festival, St Paul's Carnival, The Bristol Do) -Organise smaller community events and festivals across Bristol (Stapleton Road street Fair, Southmead Carnival) -Run workshops and art activities -Run art & wellbeing programmes -Provide advcie and funfing to young artists -Provide advice and funding to Key Arts Providers in Bristol (Arnolfini, Watershed, Bristol Old Vic etc)
Electoral Services is responsible for maintaining the Register of Electors in Bristol. This is the list of people who can vote at elections.
The City of Bristol is divided into thirty-five wards and four constituencies. There are currently a total of 326,289 registered electors.Bristol Electoral Services has an independent staff team who report to the Returning Officer.
Opening Hours:
Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm
Friday, 9am to 4.30pm
Members of the... More
Community Development Officer re Parks
Creates culture of welcome and safety for sanctuary seekers in Bristol
Campaigns on Air Pollution in Bristol city
Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership is a unique partnership of over 1200+ member organisations who have committed to working towards a zero carbon, socially just Bristol where all our communities and nature thrive. We work with our partners to deliver a range of projects, initiatives and events that support the vision and mission of the Partnership – supporting innovation, enabling inclusive collaboration and promoting ambitious change.
BCAP provides professional accessible and affordable financial services for community and voluntary organisations, charities, credit unions, development trusts and community businesses in the South West of England.
Community Ferry Boat Operator
Community led housing
Run mutual aid meetings across Bristol to support people with alcohol and other drug problems.
Bristol Community Transport provides an efficient, effective and accessible group transport service citywide . We have a wide range of vehicles suitable for children, mobility impaired passengers. Vehicles for most needs. We currently have on fleet 80 Plus accessible minibuses. We also provide driver training to 'MiDAS' (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) which is endorsed by RoSPA (Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents) and is a nationally recognised standard. BCT driver... More
The group is not currently active but please contact for future details.
People who join us have the opportunity to have fun, meet people and get exercise as well as learning new skills through practical nature conservation work. It's usually outdoors, often wet/muddy and fairly strenuous though done at the pace of the volunteers!
The Bristol Council arm that manages the Bristol Museum Service, Events, Film Office, Record Office
We provide a traffic-free space with a range of inclusive bikes and support to help people of all abilities gain the confidence they need to make cycling part of their day-to-day lives.
BDAA’s main aims are:
- to educate the communities of Bristol about dementia; supporting them to become more accessible and dementia aware through free awareness sessions
- engage with organisations, businesses and groups through our annual BDAA Awards and offer dementia building audits and dementia workshops
- run our memory cafés and relevant groups
- signpost to relevant key organisations and activities through our website, information stands and fortnightly BDAA... More
We are a voice and influence charity for Disabled communities in Bristol.