Charities In Gloucestershire

Gloucester City Mission seeks to give practical help to rough sleepers, the homeless, those who are vulnerable or marginalised members of the local community. It is an alliance of Christians working together to share the love of Christ in Gloucester through witness in the neighbourhood and on the streets.

The provision of advice and information services in Monmouthshire and bordering Counties in England and Wales using trained volunteer advisers under the umbrella of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux.

Neighbourhood and Community Project

The Venture provides an accessible and innovative community space that encourages participation and collaboration. A space that is responsive to local need, where people can access a diverse range of high quality services that often have a transformational impact on their lives. This primarily includes play and community development activities.

The formation,management and maintenance of a musuem of Railway Memorabilia for the benefit of the public and for the educational and research purposes.

Education using the farm environment

MAKE Southwest is dedicated to enriching lives through Making and Craft. As an education charity it engages with communities and young people to provide learning opportunities through outreach, exhibitions, and workshops. For Makers it offers professional development, help with reducing environmental impact and showcasing their work.

To provide facilities for the benefit of the public,and in particular the inhabitants of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, in the interests of social welfare for education, conservation, recreation and leisure time occupation at the Cotswold Water Park.

THE OPERATION OF A FOODBANK IN THE STROUD DISTRICT INVOLVING THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND OCCASIONALLY OTHER ITEMS FOR THOSE IN SHORT-TERM CRISIS, AND THE SIGNPOSTING TO AGENCIES WHO WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LONGER TERM SUPPORT WHERE APPROPRIATE.

The Foundation's objectives, as defined in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, are the promotion of any exclusively charitable purpose in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which is in the opinion of the Council beneficial to the community but with a preference for the community in Gloucestershire.

Ambassadors Football runs and facilitates football projects that build bridges across cultural, faith, ethnic and postcode divides, providing support, resources and training in order to invest in communities and empower volunteers, trainees, staff and churches to start new initiatives that lead to tangible social change.

Community Nursery

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Volunteers offer regualr support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

Cotswold Friends provides transport, carer respite and befriending services, and lunch clubs to elderly, disabled and isolated residents of the Cotswolds.

Wessex Community Action is established to "...promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the administrative area covered by Wiltshire Council & the Borough of Swindon & its neighbourhood Bristol & counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset & Dorset..., in particular the advancement of education, the furtherance of health & the relief of poverty, distress & sickness."

THE CHARITY RUNS ITS PROGRAMME UNDER ITS MAXIM OF TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH ACCESS TO E-LEARNING BY PROVIDING COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL SKILLS TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA AND THE UK.

Relief of persons who have suffered acquired brain injury through illness or accident, and their families and dependants

Berkeley Books is a community run hub and library. It offers a wide range of activities and educational services to all the community and be a meeting place for clubs and other social events. It will continually expand its activities in line with community demand.

We deliver services in areas of deprivation in Gloucestershire. Current activities : Money Advice Services, General welfare benefits advice, Community education, Learning disability well-being centre, and programmes that increase employability by learning practical skills i.e. landscaping, carpentry, painting etc. We accept volunteers in service areas above to enhance skills.

Provision of therapeutic riding lessons to around 300 disabled children and adults in one of the UK's largest equestrian centres purpose built for disabled riders. Set among 100 acres of fields and woodland, the Centre offers individual development, enabling clients to achieve skill and confidence in a safe, friendly and attractive environment.

The objects of the charity are to promote and advance the study and practice of the diagnosis, treatment and cure of eye disease in Gloucestershire and to carry out and make grants for research into eye disease.

Maintaining Twinberrow Woods as a natural woodland for the recreation of the people

CIRCLES SOUTH WEST IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMME WHICH WORKS CLOSELY WITH STATUTORY SERVICES, HELPING KNOWN SEX OFFENDERS LIVE OFFENCE-FREE LIVES.

The Charity's objectives, as set out in its Trust Deeds, are the advancement of education, for all its day pupils in accordance with the principles of the PNEU philosophy as set out originally by Charlotte Mason. It aims to provide the best possible education for children of all abilities, in a positive, caring atmosphere, and to ensure that each child attains his or her highest potential.

Play Gloucestershire develop playful communities with active children. Our aim is that all children and young people in Gloucestershire should have regular and easy access to high quality, free and inclusive places for play and recreation. We provide play delivery, play advocacy and therapeutic play nurture. Volunteering is an important part of our work and our message is "Get Out and Play!"