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 welcome anybody with an interest in Judo who has special needs, and their carers.
Judo can either be recreational or competitive, and within special needs judo there are five levels of achievement to accommodate all levels of sensory or physical disability or impairment.
We meet on a Thursday evening from 6.30 until 8. If you are interested in getting involved please do contact us or drop in before the Thursday evening session for a chat.
Kumiko Community Arts are a new arts organisation made up of an established team of artists and creative facilitators that are passionate about bringing arts into communities and enabling people to work together through the arts; giving them a greater sense of belonging. We aim to link groups together through targeted arts projects that meet the groups needs and deliver fun and creative workshops culminating in final installations, exhibitions, carnival processions, showcases or... More
Kuumba Activities: Arts and Cultural Programme - provides Afrikan and Caribbean performance/events on site, workshops and educational initiatives in schools and youth clubs off site. The programme covers comedy, dance, music, children's activities, open access workshops and photography, painting exhibitions, poetry and literature events and seminars.<br>> Sankore Library - is a lending library giving people the opportunity to read books written by Afrikan Caribbean... More
Labour Behind the Label is a campaigning organisation that supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions. We do this by raising awareness, providing information for consumers and brands, and encouraging international solidarity between workers and consumers.
Our members include trade unions and their local branches, consumer organisations, campaign groups, individuals and charities.
We work together with similar campaigning groups across... More
Campaign for a socially just green transition across the UK. We campaign on issues relating to transport, care, workers rights, housing, and many others.
The Farm delivers a wide range of social, educational, environmental, recreational and economic services that help meet the needs of local communities.
The Farm, therefore, makes a significant contribution to Bristol becoming a more sustainable and healthier city.
We provide local dial a ride service to group members within Lawrence Weston Members (for shops, doctors, banks, and other traders).
We supply vehicles and MIDAS trained drivers to groups registered with L.W.C.T. at low cost and with reliabilty and safety.
Leading Lights Education & Wellbeing is a not-for-profit social enterprise with headquarters in Bristol dedicated to innovating the delivery of key services to disadvantaged young people and their families; especially for those with mental health, social and emotional difficulties. Established in 2014, we delivered over 3,000 sessions in 2017 through our innovative not for profit model.
The Learning Curve has established a reputation for delivering high quality training. It has a wealth of experience in relation to supporting individuals and offering learning programmes which meet their needs and personal circumstances. The Learning Curve aims to be a centre of excellence in supporting individual and organisational development in the voluntary and community sector and widening access for all communities. We offer a range of ESOL, English, Maths and Employment Skills... More
Through an intense focus on children, young people and adults and based on a financially sustainable income generation model, LPW will be the best at promoting learning, play and work to support communities, particularly those threatened by disadvantage and inequality.
LPW is here to transform lives, identify at-risk children, young people and adults, to support them with exceptional play opportunities, positive intervention, education and training, and routes into work. We work from... More
Limbo charity shop is a new charity shop which supports the local charity Legs4Africa. Legs4aAfrica collects prosthetic legs and mobility equipment from hospitals around the Uk which would otherwise go to landfill. Once collected we ship this equipment out to different hospitals in Africa, where it is readapted to fit the needs of local amputees.
Leonard Cheshire Disability is the UK’s leading charity supporting disabled people.
Every year, we support thousands of people in the UK and around the world with physical and learning disabilities to fulfil their potential and live the lives they choose.
Our Can Do project offers exciting new opportunities for 16‑ to 35‑year-old disabled people to volunteer in their community.
We provide the skills and knowledge that enable disabled people to lead more independent lives... More
* Creative writing workshops for health & wellbeing - facilitating interactive storytelling and creative writing workshops in health & social care settings
* External support for organisations facilitating creative team days & Pen & Tonic Programmes ( workplace creative writing workshops as stress buster)
* External supervision/mentoring/coaching for professional staff at all levels from chief exercutives to development workers in voluntary, community and haelth... More
Every year 30,000 children in the former Avon area require hospital treatment for injuries, many of which could have been prevented through education and training. Lifeskills is a safety education Centre based at the CREATE Centre in Bristol, which aims to help children, adults with learning difficulties and older people to learn about safety in a fun and practical way. There are 10 lifelike scenarios in the Centre, each built like a real-life TV 'set.' Each is designed to... More
I provide specialist support for voluntary and community organisations facing change: this can include facilitation, consultancy, training, and mentoring. I support individuals, teams and organisations to develop practical strategies to improve service quality and impact, and to adapt to a changing funding environment. I also undertake impact evaluations, organisational reviews, and commissioning support; and advise and support organisations who are considering merger.
Local Friends is a scheme to support people in the community and reduce the workload of GPs through volunteers from local churches and other faith groups providing human contact, conversation, listening and maybe some basic practical support.
To run a community centre & support local projects.
For further information on the many activity groups and community events provided please see the website.