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.
The Ethical Property Company is a unique initiative in ethical investment. We buy properties and develop them as centres that bring charities, social enterprises, community and campaign groups together under one roof where they can share skills and ideas.
Groups in our centres benefit from affordable rents, flexible tenancy terms and office space and facilities designed to meet their needs. The centres are also managed to minimise energy use, waste, car travel and harmful materials.... More
The Brentry & Henbury Children’s Centre opened its first centre in May 2004. We provide a range of child care and support services to families living in our local community.
Our primary aim is to provide high quality, child centred care to children aged between 9 months to 5 years of age using the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. The nursery is open from 8.00am to 5.45pm, Monday to Friday. We also offer a range of community groups alongside our child-care.
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To support the local creative community. To promote arts and culture (primarily music). Support
niche, marginal and underrepresented groups within arts. To provide a community cafe / hub / event
space, addressing social and mental health concerns. Promote diversity, accessibility and
sustainability
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) AND THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND SIBLINGS (THE ‘BENEFICIARIES’) IN THE BRISTOL AREA BY THE PROVISION OF, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY: (A) FREE ACTIVITY SESSIONS FOR THE BENEFICIARIES IN THE COMMUNITY. (B) SIGNPOSTING THE PARENTS, CARERS AND SIBLINGS TO ORGANISATIONS THAT CAN GIVE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION
WE run community time banks across Gloucestershire and within the prisons across the south west
Families in Touch aims to provide support and short respite breaks to families with disabled children and young adults. We provide playschemes to enable parents/carers respite as well as offering coffe mornings for parents/carers and social outings - e.g. day trips, pantomime, etc. for the whole family.
Family Building Ltd. is a fashion label with an active sports (FRG: skateboarding) and low impact living (UK: self-sustainable produce and community markets) attribute.
FFA is a charity which aims to promote community engagement, awareness and relief of food poverty in Bristol, through local networking and the collection of food and other vital supplies for distribution to community partners working with families and children in poverty and in need.
We fight food poverty by tackling food waste. We save perfectly good surplus food destined for waste and redistribute it to local Charities and community groups who transform it into nutritious meals for vulnerable people. We actively promote our key message to the food industry and general public – ‘No good food should be wasted’. We rely on the energy and dedication of our volunteers and provide meaningful work experiences and training, combatting social isolation and providing routes... More
Financial education for young people.
Creators of an app based tool to measure and improve financial awareness and capabilities in 14-18 age group