VCSE Alliance Directory
Search through the VCSE Alliance Directory to find VCSE organisations’ information and contact details.
Equality Action, established in 1969, is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, dedicated to empowering disadvantaged communities by promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. All our work focuses on enhancing community cohesion, improving health and education outcomes, and ensuring access to rights and services for our beneficiaries, most of whom live in the Borough of Charnwood.
Our mission is to:
• Promote equality and diversity, dignity, and respect through inclusion.
• Be accountable while fostering good relationships among stakeholders, and creating a safe, trustworthy environment for our beneficiaries.
Ethical Business Exchange is a not for profit company limited by guaratee that offers strategy planning, programme development and evaluation services for VCSE organisations. We also develop and deliver projects for social good.
Youth and community centre with a health hub aimed at encouraging the local community's physical and emotional health, building brighter futures for local residents both young and old.
We provide supported accommodation and community projects to those across Leicestershire. We have over 100 bed spaces for those that are homeless or at risk of homelessness providing support to move from crisis to independence, addressing any support needs and teaching independent living skills so they can secure accommodation and move on to positively contribute to their communities. We also provide tenancy floating support to prevent tenancy’s failing and stop the cycle of homelessness.
Our community projects include 7 day centres (1 per district) for those that are rough-sleeping, socially isolated or vulnerable in their community.
Charity organisation offering therapeutic support to children and young people who have experienced sexual abuse.
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.
Fearon Community Centre is a vibrant and flexible community hub. Our Cafe in the Hall is the heart beat of our provision and is a friendly and affordable place to meet or make friends. Special events include our Good Grub Social Club and Good Grub Breakfast Club as well as regular Vegan and Asian pop ups. We offer a range of well being activities including our Good Food Doing Good pop up store, free and paid for community activities (arts, physical activities and growing). We also have rooms for hire for community events, celebrations, training or networking sessions.
Femina Polish Centre CIC is a community organisation dedicated to supporting the wellbeing, mental health, and social integration of Polish-speaking women and families living in the UK. Our mission is to create a safe, inclusive, and culturally sensitive space where individuals can access emotional support, improve their mental resilience, and build strong connections within the local community.
First Step is an organisation run for male survivors (aged 13+) and their supporters. We provide free confidential services to male survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters living in the city of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to enable survivors to make the “First Step” towards feeling less isolated through increased personal power to make choices.
Our mission is to empower men to move forward from the negative impact sexual abuse has had on their lives
First Steps ED is an evidence based Eating Disorder charity for children and young people (5 to 17 years) and adults (18 years plus) and their parents/carers with disordered eating and disorders encompassing Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Binge Eating Disorder (BED), and Other Specified Feeding and Eating Disorders (OSFED) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) as the most common and studied conditions and more recently Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) a fixation on healthy eating and Diabulimia (T1DE) insulin restriction. Our expert staff work as an integrated pathway with NHS CAMHS ED and Adult ED Services.
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