VCSE Alliance Directory

Working in partnership with FareShare UK, FareShare Midlands is the largest food redistribution charity in the region, feeding over 80,000 people every week. We receive surplus food into our network of warehouses where it is sorted, stored and shared with around 800 charities and community groups. These members turn the food into delicious nutritious meals, affordable shopping and food parcels. As well as food, our members provide other vital services to people living in food poverty. In addition, our Employability programmes offer training, work experience and interviews to people who are struggling to find employment or re-enter the workforce.

Citizens Advice LeicesterShire offers a generalist advice service to residents in Blaby, Harborough, Hinckley & Bosworth, Melton and North West Leicestershire. CitAL gives advice on a range of issues, including Welfare benefits, Debt, Housing, Employment, Relationships and family, Immigration, Discrimination, Community Care, Consumer issues.

We also offer a number of specialist services including:
- Macmillan welfare benefits advice
- EMSTN advice
- Help-to-Claim
- Money Advice
- Pension Wise
- Leicestershire Energy Support
- Multiply Budgeting

Connecting with nature, creating community, supporting wellbeing”

We operate entirely outdoors in various wooded sites in north Leicestershire and our mental health support services include:
6-week Wellbeing in the Woods courses, combining mindfulness and self care strategies with crafting and peer support
Forest Therapy (also known as Forest Bathing) walks
Regular drop-in sessions around the campfire for food, connection, chat and a variety of nature based crafts and skills
Regular Social Wellbeing rambles

In 2022 we supported service users with long term conditions such as MS, ME, Fybromyalgia, Mild to Moderate Mental Illness, PTSD, Loneliness, Anxiety and Depression.

We are the accepted parent carer forum for Leicestershire. A parent carer led organisation for families of children and young people with additional or special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who live or access services in Leicestershire. We work to gather the parent carer voice through surveys, meetings, social media, and projects with strategic partners, share collective lived experiences, concerns, views, and solutions of parent carer members.
To build skills, confidence, and teamwork of parent carers so that together we raise awareness of a wide range of children and family’s needs.

Tackling the Toxic Trio of Period Poverty: Lack of access to products, lack of access to education and stigma.
We deliver disposable products to sections of the community where needed.
We deliver 'Make the Switch' events where we encourage sustainability and provide free re-usable products.
We advocate and campaign for equality and equity for Women and People who Menstruate from all communities.
We raise awareness via pop ups, social media and public talks to tackle stigma, and we offer body literacy and cycle focused health and wellbeing workshops.