VCSE Alliance Directory

A small community project in the heart of Saffron Lane Estate. We offer welfare benefits advice, a debt counselling service and support to deal with other issues that affect those in our neighbourhood. With links to a local environmental project where learning and volunteering opportunites are available and a young persons activity project, we aim to

Shama Womens Centre has been established for more than 37 years to empower women to become more active economically, educationally and improve their health and wellbeing including mental health. We do this by providing a range of training, educational programmes, mental health counselling and befriending. Many of our women are from BAME communities we provide ESOL classes, domestic abuse support, help into work and a range of creative peer support workshops in cooking, baking, hair and beauty, textiles training . We have onsite gym and sauna to help improve physical wellbeing and an onsite Ofsted registered nursery.

The Sikh Community Centre is a local voluntary organisation that was formed in 1992 to meet the basic needs of the local community. We have been providing a basic service which has been sufficient; for individuals with learning disabilities, ESOL classes, child care service and social activities etc. The Sikh Community Centre sees approximately 8,000 people annually for varying levels of support. The need for information advice and guidance in areas of welfare, immigration advice and English language skills is continuously growing with the population of Leicester City being the most diverse across the country.

SKCIN are the UK’s only charity that represents both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. Our mission is to save lives and suffering from all forms of skin cancer, to prevent the disease for future generations, improve patient outcomes through early diagnosis, and reduce the significant burden on our NHS. We have a unique, innovative and multi-channel approach to combatting skin cancer on a national
scale - delivering bespoke, sustainable solutions that are accessible to all.

Soft Touch Arts is a Leicester-based charity using arts, media and music activities to inspire and engage young people. Our projects unlock a young person’s untapped potential. They support the development of life skills, redefining young people's sense of purpose, and providing the confidence and motivation for their next steps. Our work helps to improve mental and physical health and changes lives for the better. We run projects and activities from our building on New Walk, Leicester and on an outreach basis using a range of creative media to engage young people.