Domestic abuse and sexual violence support services across Leicester. Leicestershire and Rutland. Services include specialist children and young people support, and a specialist pregnancy and maternity post. We offer a range of 1-2-1 and group support options.
The Markfield Centre for the Study of Wellbeing falls under the Markfield Institute of Higher Education (registered charity, operating since 2000). The Markfield Centre for the Study of Wellbeing aims to showcase and disseminate grassroots expertise in relation to holistic health and wellbeing, particularly for minority communities. We do this through supporting and developing grassroots initiatives with academic and research expertise.
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.
MHM has a hugely positive impact on the lives of people living with mental health needs in our local communities. We provide services across England, from Northumberland to Plymouth, led by a highly motivated and enthusiastic workforce who are committed to delivering the best quality services to those in need of support.
It is our vision that everyone can access support for their mental health to live a meaningful life, in a society free from stigma. To make this vision a reality, our purpose is to provide innovative, life-changing mental health support for individuals and communities.
PYCA was established in 1993 and situated at 58 Earl Howe Street, Leicester.
PYCA provides educational, leisure, advisory and support services to the wider local community in Leicester. Our training programme covers a wide variety of accredited as well as non-accredited courses.
PYCA’s importance in the community was acknowledged in 2014 by the local authority who transferred their building asset to the charity as part of the Asset Transfer Scheme.
We are an approved Training Centre by University of Cambridge, OCR and NOCN.
Peace of Green exists to provide therapeutic and creative time in nature, to improve mental health and wellbeing. We offer sessions in nature that blend nature connection, bushcraft, arts and crafts, mindfulness and therapeutic techniques. We truly believe that everyone has a right to spend time and space in nature, and specialise in working with groups of people who often may not have opportunities to access natural spaces because of finance, age, gender, ethnicity, ability or other factors. We work hard to ensure that what we do is as inclusive and accessible as possible.
Quetzal provide free, and inclusive, counselling, support services and outreach to empower female survivors' recovery from the trauma of childhood sexual abuse
Reaching People is a ready-made consortium of local Voluntary and Community Sector organisations working across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland aiming to:
- deliver significant, improved, and lasting impact and outcomes for local vulnerable people, and
-- enable the development and provision of high- quality interventions providing significant return on investment.
We facilitate integrated and partnership working across the VCSE and enable the coproduction of solutions to promote equality, alleviate poverty and reduce health inequalities.
We have a track-record of delivering innovative, high-quality solutions improving health & wellbeing, homelessness, access to information, advice and guidance, and learning and training.
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.
Facilitate off the grid in nature Alternative holistic health well-being day and weekend retreat programmes for men and woman.
Facilitate Mental Health and Well-being training for organisations in all sectors.
Facilitate holistic health mind, body and spiritual retreats