Afyah Centre
Afyah Centre’s mission is to empower women through supporting them to develop, enhance and improve their skills through training and mentoring. Afyah Centre Support BAME grassroots women establish, incubate and run microbusiness from home. Afyah Centre’s vision is one of seeing BAME women to become self-sufficient through entrepreneurship, creating change, being creative and innovating.
AFYAH ORGANISATION
The Afyah organisation promotes social inclusion for the public benefit by working with BAME women and children We runs a local support network group that encourages all excluded women to participate more effectively with the wider community.
Beersheba Living Well
Beersheba-Living Well is a Charitable Incorporated Organizsation (CIO) that embeds cultural and lived experience to empower people from all ethnic backgrounds in Hackney and neighboring boroughs to improve self-care through peer supported group learning programs and healthy activities, to increase personal health literacy and inform health-related decision for their wellbeing.
Community Connect
Think of us as a virtual community centre, no fixed location but offering a range of accessible activities to foster meaningful connections in the Chapel End ward of Waltham Forest.
Community Noticeboard CIC
We are a group of mothers who built a platform to connect people with free community events, activities, and opportunities. Our goal is to strengthen community bonds, improve well-being, and foster cohesion. We also offer personalized support, guiding individuals to helpful resources and providing signposting and advice to empower our community members.
Croydon Mencap
Croydon Mencap represents the interests of people with learning disabilities, their families and carers within the London Borough of Croydon. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting children and adults with a learning disability, their families and carers. We are a charitable voluntary organisation and registered charity with our own Board of voluntary Trustees/Directors.
Croydon Neighbourhood Care Association
CNCA is an infrastructure charity with a significant membership of Groups and Neighbourhood Cares across Croydon; all providing essential support services for the over 65s. We have the only complex Befriending Service in Croydon, providing home visits to frail, elderly, housebound people with complex needs and often a dementia diagnosis. We also run an official Disclosure & Barring Counter-Signatory Service.
Downham Aid
The organisation is Downham Aid. The social supermarket we run is called The Gleaning Pantry (a food bank). A website is important to us to give a point of reference for anyone enquiring about our work and the service we offer.
Elleray Hall
Elleray Hall is a daytime social centre where people come to meet old friends and make new ones in a friendly, safe and welcome environment. It is managed by a board of volunteer trustees and is registered as a charitable company.
Evolve Housing
Evolve as the word denotes implement the gradual process of developing the world of homelessness and to make a positive change in combating the effects in London. We provide housing and support to 1000+ people annually, working connectively with our devoted team, liaison with other community services to ensure standard outputs, good regulations and safety.
Greenwich Vietnam Women
We are a not-for-profit support group for Vietnamese women living in the London Borough of Greenwich
Hillingdon Stroke Support
A social support group for stroke survivors in the Hillingdon Borough. Run solely by volunteers, we aim to provide an environment for people to connect, reduce loneliness and partake in activities with others. We also provide advice and larger outings with reduced costs for those who want to regain their independence.
Jambo Restaurant
Jambo is a community restaurant under the umberella of UCRA. We are based in Haringey on Westgreen serving low cost aunthentic meals to enable everyone eat healthly
Kew Neighbourhood Association
The Kew Neighbourhood Association was created in 1977. It aims to provide services and facilities in the Kew ward area of Richmond, Surrey for the relief of the elderly, the disabled, the mentally or physically handicapped, the sick and the poor.
Kingston Eco-op
The Kingston Eco-op is made up of three local voluntary sector organisations who will be generating fresh opportunities for anyone in the community to experience a range of different activities. Initially these will include gardening, carpentry, computer refurbishment and cycle recycling but more are planned.
Kingston Mencap
Kingston Mencap is a small voluntary group which supports adults and children with a learning disability, their families, and their carers living in the Kingston-upon-Thames area.
Kingston Mental Health Carers' Forum
Run by Carers, we offer information/advice to anyone voluntarily supporting someone with mental health difficulties. ‘Carers’ includes Family and Friends. Each month, we hold a Peer Support Group and Drop-in sessions at the local psychiatric hospital. Recognised as the ‘voice’ of local Mental Health Carers, we represent their view on strategic and scrutiny panels with Service Providers and Commissioners.
Liberation
Liberation is a grass roots organisation led by people with experience of mental distress/trauma. Its aim is to champion implementation of the full human rights set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We work closely with a wide range of user-led organisations.
Old Post Office (TOPO), The
The old head post office in Kingston is an empty building with great potential use by community groups, artists, small business... We are working together to turn a vision into a reality.
Old Roan Association
Membership association for former pupils and staff of the John Roan School and its predecessors, the Roan Schools for Boys and Girls, in Greenwich. The ORA acts as a social hub for its members, circulates news of Old Roans, organises regular reunions and has the use of a club house and sports facilities at the school’s playing fields in Kidbrooke.
Phoenix 12 Workshops
Providing settling in support to those returning home or to their community after a long period of time being away e.g., long stay hospital discharge, or those being released from prison, or social care, or into a new home after a period of being homeless.
Residents United Forum
Residents United Forum brings together representatives of different local community groups to ensure disabled residents, carers and their families voices are heard and their views actioned when developing local services. The group is led by Newham residents with lived experiences as disabled people and carers.
Sangam
Sangam is a 25-year old registered charity based in Sutton Borough. We offer weekly lunch club (bring your own lunch), weekly exercises, social events, festival celebration, tourism services for local elderly people.
Sekhem Arts
Grassroots Community Voluntary Organisation with constitution established 2017 and incorporated 2019delivering frontline holistic health therapies and activities predominantly forthe boroughs of Haringey Hackney Islington
Stoneleigh Job Club
Stoneleigh Job Club is a local, FREE, ALL AGE Job Club to help people who need support in getting the skills and confidence to successfully find work. We are a Small Charity Constitution reliant on small grant funding and public donations.
Sutton Seniors' Forum
PARTICIPATION IN THIS NON-PARTY-POLITICAL GROUP HELPS OLDER PEOPLE IN SUTTON OVERCOME SOCIAL ISOLATION BY MONTHLY FORUM MEETINGS AND OUTINGS; THE GROUP ALSO CONDUCTS RESEARCH AND CAMPAIGNS ON RELEVANT ISSUES, REPRESENTING MEMBER'S VIEWS ON LOCAL DECISION-MAKING COMMITTEES.
Time 2 Rise
Time 2 R.I.S.E supports women who have experienced domestic abuse. Our R.I.S.E program offers support, advice, and an online course called The R.I.S.E Experience. This course provides practical skills and coaching to help women regain control of their lives and achieve independence and empowerment.