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.
Elim Housing is a not for profit social business which promotes the wellbeing and independence of individuals and contributes to local communities by providing a wide range of housing and support services to different people. We manage general needs housing in addition to intermediate tenures and shared ownership properties in seven different local authority areas. Our support services team works across the South West of England as well as the Midlands and supports a diverse range of people... More
Our aim is for local people to achieve their full potential in employment. We provide information, advice and guidance on employment and training opportunities through the work programme. As an accredited organisation through the Jobcentre Plus, we operate under their code of principles and have enjoyed considerable success in gaining employment for our clients
Envision is building a fairer society: a society where people collaborate and help each other to overcome disadvantage.
We have a two pronged approach to delivering this vision:
firstly we are levelling the playing field for disadvantaged young people by enabling them to develop the confidence, competencies and networks they need to succeed in life and work
secondly because we use community challenges to do this, we are also empowering a generation of change-makers with... More
I teach Tai Chi Chuan as a means toward good health. Tai Chi Chuan is also a martial art. The style of Tai Chi taught is the Tian Shan (Heaven and Earth) style short form. The word Tai Chi is translated as \"supreme ultimate\". This supreme ultimate can be related to the spinal column. \"Chuan\" can be translated as fist. <br>Tai Chi is an Internal Art, which means, compared to other forms of physical exercise that rely on muscular force or strength and... More
Essential Trading have been servicing wholesale communities and supporting the local economy since 1971 when the Co-operative’s first Harvest store opened in Bath. Following a 1991 merger of two worker co-ops, Bristol-based Nova Wholefoods Co-operative Limited and Bath Wholefood Co-operative Limited, Essential have become one of the largest worker co-operatives in the UK and a true pioneer in the manufacturing and distribution of vegetarian, vegan, organic, sustainable and "free-from... More