VCSE Alliance Directory

Search through the VCSE Alliance Directory to find VCSE organisations’ information and contact details.

Organisation name
Organisation description

Dove Cottage was founded in 1996 and provides hospice day care within the local community. Based in Stathern near Melton Mowbray we care for up to 100 families each week across NE Leicestershire, SW Lincolnshire, Rutland and SE Nottinghamshire. We offer high quality palliative care to people with any palliative diagnosis and offer a dementia and bereavement outreach service. We have a particular focus on wellbeing and therapy sessions for guests and their carers and offer tailormade support unique to each situation. The services we offer are completely free to attend.

Address
Canal Lane, Stathern, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4EX
Phone number (for public/helpline)
01949860303
Public Email Address
Website address
www.dovecottage.org
Specific community covered (if any)
Elderly
Area organisation covers
Leicestershire, Rutland
Languages covered
English
Organisation name
Organisation description

Sharing the sport of sailing with those who have a wide range and degree of disability, through recreation, training & racing - towards the limits of individual aspirations. Ranging from learning to sail, the satisfaction of sailing solo, racing at local level or simply enjoying the sensation of being out on the water in a beautiful setting such as Rutland Water. Our members age range from 7 years to 90 years.

Address
c/o Rutland Sailing Club, Gibbett Lane, Edith Weston, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 8HJ
Phone number (for public/helpline)
01780 720292
Public Email Address
Website address
www.rutlandsailability.org.uk
Listing Category
Specific community covered (if any)
Men, Women, Other
Specialist areas covered
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, National/regional, Town/Village or Neighbourhood
Specific workforce skills
Other
Organisation description

Holistic approach to emotional, mental health, physical and overall wellbeing for all ages.

Phone number (for public/helpline)
07730693084
Public Email Address
Website address
175 Harborough Road
Specific community covered (if any)
African, Arab, BAME, Bangladeshi, Caribbean, Children and young people, Chinese, Elderly, Faith Groups, Gypsy/ Traveller, Indian, LGBTQ+, Men, Pakistani, Polish, Somali, South Asian, Sylheti, Women, Other
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, National/regional, Town/Village or Neighbourhood, Other
Languages covered
English, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi
Specific workforce skills
Advocacy, Coaching, Communication, Conflict management, Creative thinking, Customer service, Education, Equalities and human rights, Learning & Development/training, Mentoring, Negotiation and persuasion, Networking, Planning, Project Management, Other
Organisation description

The main focus of the Foundation's work is to ease loneliness and suffering and to offer comfort and support to the elderly and adults of all ages with disabilities, throughout the Leicestershire area.
We support a wide spectrum of ages and needs through educational, support and wellbeing activities

Address
Ulverscroft Grange, Whitwick Road, Copt Oak, Markfield. LE67 9QB
Phone number (for public/helpline)
01530244914
Public Email Address
Website address
www.shuttlewood-clarke.org
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire
Organisation name
Organisation description

Men Also Do Matter2 (MADM2) is a community group working with Black men through advocacy and support. We believe that happy families are the foundation for safer communities and a harmonious society – our entry point is supporting Black men in their life struggles which are seldom talked about. We advise and support men through life’s most difficult moments, including conciliation for couples facing relationship challenges and families facing disintegration. We provide formal and informal support, grounded in our understanding of the diverse cultural complexities at play, while creating pathways for referrals to other support Agencies.

Address
121 Leicester Road, Wigston, LE18 1NS, Leicester
Phone number (for public/helpline)
+44 7770 128426
Public Email Address
Website address
https://menalsodomatter2.co/
Specific community covered (if any)
African, Men
Area organisation covers
Leicester
Languages covered
English, Other
Specific workforce skills
Advocacy, Bid writing, Communication, Conflict management, Creative thinking, Data analysis, Equalities and human rights, Learning & Development/training, Mentoring, Negotiation and persuasion, Project Management
Organisation name
Organisation description

We offer support through our website, national helpline, group, zoom, telephone or one-to-one in person support. We want to make sure everyone grieving gets the help they need in a way that works for them. We have a specially trained dedicated team of 4,000 bereavement volunteers.

Phone number (for public/helpline)
08088081677
Listing Category
Specific community covered (if any)
Children and young people
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland, National/regional, Town/Village or Neighbourhood
Languages covered
English
Organisation description

Pink Lizard is youth and community development organisation created in 2011. We are a locally trusted organisation with 12 years of experience of working with deprived and disengaged people.
Our goal is to support, develop and educate people, building self-belief, confidence, and a positive outlook in lives of both young and older people the unemployed, single parents, people experiencing mental illness and other health issues brought about from isolation
people experiencing poor mental health and other health issues brought about from isolation

Address
The Pork Pie Library And Community Centre
Phone number (for public/helpline)
07940360397
Website address
www.pinklizard.org
Specific community covered (if any)
BAME, Caribbean, Children and young people, Elderly, Indian, LGBTQ+, Men, Somali, Women
Area organisation covers
Leicester
Languages covered
English
Specific workforce skills
Advocacy, Bid writing, Coaching, Computer literacy, Digital empowerment, Education, Learning & Development/training, Mentoring, Social media, Training, Web design
Organisation name
Organisation description

LWFA is an all-ability all-inclusive cycling organisation. We run more than 100 events each year and are expanding our operations. We run events for social care and special education organisations as well as public sessions open to all. Our base is Saffron Lane Athletics Stadium in Leicester.

Address
8 Lyn Close, Leicester LE3 9QX
Phone number (for public/helpline)
N/A
Website address
https://leicesterwheelsforall.org
Specific community covered (if any)
BAME, Bangladeshi, Children and young people, Elderly, Pakistani, Polish, Somali, South Asian, Women
Specialist areas covered
Other specialist areas
Well-being. Active travel for all.
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland
Specific workforce skills
Other
Organisation description

We are a sports & wellbeing CIC who deliver fitness classes for over 50s, a learning disabilities sports club, a community football club, Haf school holiday program, DofE Bronze award delivers for those from low income areasWe aim to support getting communities and groups active with the primarily aim to help have benefits to people's health and wellbeing using sports and social activities as the driving force of that.

Address
72 Scotswood Crescent
Phone number (for public/helpline)
07400081918
Public Email Address
Specific community covered (if any)
BAME, Children and young people, Elderly, LGBTQ+, Men, Women
Other specific communities covered
South wigston and Blaby
Area organisation covers
Leicester, Leicestershire
Languages covered
English
Specific workforce skills
Coaching
Organisation name
Organisation description

Voluntary Action Rutland (VAR) has been running our community transport and social car scheme continuously for over 43 years. We regularly cover 150,000 miles of driving, undertaking thousands of separate journeys, to hospitals and appointments in the wider LLR area. We also provide transport and community vehicles for shorter trips, shopping and social gatherings throughout the county and beyond.

Our voluntary and community transport offering is always in need of volunteers!

Address
Unit 16a, Suite 10
Phone number (for public/helpline)
01572 724705
Public Email Address
Website address
www.varutland.org.uk
Specific community covered (if any)
Children and young people, Elderly
Other specialist areas
Community Transport
Area organisation covers
Rutland
Specific workforce skills
Other
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