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Acorn Centre
Todmorden, Calderdale
OL14 5EZ
Set up by a group of people from local churches, the Acorn Centre is located in a converted public house in the centre of Todmorden. Services include community café, cyber café, IT skills training, counselling service, wide ranging youth activities and a minibus for hire.
www.acorncentre.co.uk/
Agency for Culture & Change Management
Sheffield
S4 7LG
ACCM is an international non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of African women and girls wherever they reside.
ACCM Sheffield promotes action to stop harmful traditional practices such as female genital mutilation and early and forced marriages, which violate the human rights of women and girls and adversely affects their health and well-being.
www.accmsheffield.org/
Ambleside Parish Centre
Ambleside
LA22 9DH
This venue for meetings and community gatherings was opened in July 2006.
www.amblesideparishcentre.org.uk
The Angel Centre
Salford, Manchester
M3 6FA
The Angel Centre was set up in 1990 and focuses on healthy living. It offers a wide range of arts, exercise, training and activities for the local community, including gardening classes, web design, yoga, plus a cycle club and a cafe.
www.salfordangel.org.uk/
BARCA LEEDS
Bramley, Leeds
LS13 3JT
BARCA Leeds aims to enable children and young people to develop to their full potential by promoting the preservation and protection of good health by the provision of advice and information relating to health issues and in particular to drug and solvent abuse.
www.barca-leeds.org
Bradford Resource Centre
Little Germany, Bradford
BD1 5DT
Operating for over 20 years, BRC is one of the major not-for-profit organisations in the Bradford District, providing a range of training and resources for voluntary sector and community groups, trade unions, campaigning groups and individuals.
www.brc-net.org.uk
Bramley Elderly Action
Bramley, Leeds
LS13 3BA
Bramley Elderly Action is at the forefront of social care for older people. BEA provides support in the form of everyday things in life such as odd jobs and at-home support as well as providing a social focus by organising various group activities.
www.upbeatcic.co.uk/
Burley Lodge Centre
Burley, Leeds
LS6 1QF
Burley Lodge Community Centre promotes and encourage discussion and participation in arts and community events, issues, activities and groups in order to improve the quality of life for the whole community.
www.burleylodge.org.uk
Cardigan Centre
Leeds
LS6 1LJ
The Cardigan Centre works in North West Leeds, particularly the inner-city neighbourhoods, to facilitate social welfare, recreation, education and economic regeneration. It was established in the late 1980s, starting originally with a building used for community activities and to house small businesses.
www.cardigancentre.btik.com
North Doncaster Development Trust (NDDT)
Doncaster
DN5 0AA
North Doncaster Development Trust is a community-led registered Charity created to promote the economic, social and environmental development and regeneration of North Doncaster via the development of a number of local projects.
www.northdoncaster.org.uk/
Edinburgh University Settlement
Edinburgh
EH8 9AL
Edinburgh University Settlement (EUS) is a social action centre which strives to enhance public provision for those disadvantaged through circumstance or disability. The settlement aims to help local people in and around Edinburgh bring about social change and regeneration for their communities.
www.sett.ed.ac.uk
Gipton Supported Independent Living
Gipton, Leeds
LS8 3NT
GIPSIL provides support, including housing, to people who are vulnerable and in need, and enables them to develop their skills for independent living.
www.gipsil.org.uk
Health Action Local Engagement (HALE)
Shipley, Yorkshire
BD17 7DB
HALE (Health Action Local Engagement) is a healthy living project working across Shipley, Bingley, Baildon, Wharfedale, Windhill and Wrose. It was set up in 2003 with the aim of improving and sustaining the health and wellbeing of local people and communities.
haleproject.org.uk
Healthy Living Network Leeds
Leeds
LS12 2AE
Healthy Living Network Leeds is a not for profit organisation which has been based in Armley since October 2002. It was set up to build the capacity of local communities and develop healthy living opportunities for people in Armley, Bramley, Wortley and Swinnow.
Formerly called West Leeds Healthy Living Network it has around 40 partners delivering work on behalf of the organisation.
www.healthylivingnetworkleeds.org.uk/
Heeley City Farm
Heeley, Sheffield
S2 3DT
Heeley City Farm has been delivering local services, community infrastructure development, environmental enterprise and community-based training in the Sheffield area for 25 years.
www.heeleyfarm.org.uk/
Leeds Jewish Care Services
Leeds
LS17 6AZ
Leeds Jewish Care Services provide a comprehensive range of high quality, professionally delivered, culturally sensitive, social, residential and community care services primarily to the Jewish Community.
www.ljwb.co.uk
Manchester Refugee Support Network
Ancoats, Manchester
M4 7HY
Manchester Refugee Support Network is an established refugee-led organisation that is managed by a voluntary committee of representatives from refugee communities. It aims to improve the quality of life and access to opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers in Greater Manchester.
www.mrsn.org.uk
Manchester Settlement
Openshaw, Manchester
M11 1JG
Founded in 1895, as a partnership between local residents and the University of Manchester, the settlement is a social action centre helping people that are disadvantaged and are in danger of being excluded and isolated.
www.manchestersettlement.org.uk
Northumbria Daybreak
Hexham, Northumberland
NE46 3BJ
Northumbria Daybreak, Hexam, provides a day support service to adults with learning disabilities. They deliver a range of developmental and social activities in their 3 centres including living skills programmes and music, craft and healthy living sessions. They also run a commercial bakery and a market stall, a gardening project and 3 small community cafes.
http://www.northumbriadaybreak.co.uk/
Oblong Resource Centre
Leeds
LS6 2JZ
Oblong run a community resource centre in North Leeds that provides advice, support and facilities for local people who want to make a difference through volunteering and community projects.
www.oblongleeds.org.uk
People In Action
Leeds
LS1 3AX
People In Action works with and on behalf of people with learning difficulties and disabilities and their families, enabling them to play a full and active part within their local communities.
Formed in 1983, the organisation offers its members training and development programmes, personalised one-to-one support and a Connexions advice service. It also runs a number of community groups that provide social, leisure, and sporting activities.
www.peopleinaction.org.uk/
Preston Road Womens Centre
Hull
HU6 3RT
The Preston Road Womens Centre is a safe space run by women for women in the Preston Road and surrounding areas of Hull. Services include a drop-in, nursery, pregnancy testing, volunteering and training programmes and a domestic violence support service.
www.purplehouse.co.uk
Shiney Advice and Resource
Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne & Wear
DH4 4QW
Advice, Information, Education, Support & Representation to members of the community in relation to Welfare Rights, Debt & Money, Housing Law and Employment Law. SHARP can also represent clients in tribunals, negotiate with creditors and provide general advocacy.
www.shineyadvice.org.uk
Touchstone-Leeds
Beeston, Leeds
LS11 6JU
Touchstone-Leeds delivers services to transform the life of people experiencing mental health difficulties and their carers.
www.touchstone-leeds.co.uk/
Whitby Network
Whitby
YO21 1EZ
Whitby Network is a community resource, helping people to help themselves, with an educational floor running a variety of courses for all levels of learning. The network's building offers internet cafe facilities and a theatre/cinema to the community of Whitby.
www.whitbynetwork.org.uk
Womens Health Matters
Leeds
LS10 2TP
Womens Health Matters (WHM) is an independent voluntary organisation run by women for women. WHM aim to work with women across Leeds, so that together they can take control of their lives and their health.
They prioritise work with women in the disadvantaged areas of the city and with groups of women who experience additional disadvantage because of age, race, class, disability or sexual orientation.
www.womenshealthmatters.org.uk