South West Organisations

Whether you are a Dad, a Mum, a Grandparent or Carer we welcome everyone to join in our courses, groups, activities and events.

Unless otherwise shown the age range for children that can attend these activities is from birth to pre-school age.

Alcoholics Anonymous is an organisation where men and women can get together to share each others experiences and help to support one another. There are no fees or dues, the only requirement is a desire to stop drinking.

Warmley Clocktower Hold regular A.A meetings on a Saturday evening from 7.30pm-9.30pm

The Employment Projects department are the team who specialise in assisting people back into employment through volunteering. They are a team of 5 officers who geographically support the whole of the county. To support the officers is a large network of charitable and not-for-profit organisations that provide work experience placements to help restore clients confidence and self-esteem and also reinstate the working routine back into their lives.

BREAD Youth Project works with young people aged 11-25 to build up their skills and confidence through informal and social education so they can fulfil their potential.

The Brigstowe Project is a  Bristol-based charity for people living with or affected by HIV or AIDS. 

They provide floating support, together with advice and information, as appropriate to the needs of the person to improve their quality of life. 
Support is offered for anyone who is living with HIV who:

Bristol Mind works raise awareness about emotional and mental health issues, and helps to reduce the stigma faced by individuals who have experienced mental health problems, and their family and friends. They provide or support a range of services that give people a voice and that promote emotional well being.  Also provided is information about emotional and mental health issues.

This is a Bristol based Somali Women’s group providing support and signposting service to women and their families. It helps to empower women, provide women with information to assist with everyday issues and provide information for healthy living. They work in the areas of Easton, St.Pauls, Kingsdown and Ashley Down.

Fun activities and services that support families with children under five years old.

Activities include:

• Free play sessions
• Let’s Play Together
• Toy Library
• Rhyme Time (at Canford Heath Library)
• Peep parenting groups
• Young parents groups
• Breast feeding support
• Childminder drop ins
• Ante natal care

Looking for Work? Looking for a Course? Need help finding employment?

CSV Training will providing Careers Advice and Information Sessions at the following venues across Bristol and Bath Areas:

• Monday - Parkside Childrens Centre, Charlotte St, Bath
• Tuesday - Cafe G, The Greenway Centre, Donaster Road, Southmead
• Wednesday - Moorlands Childrens Centre, (Morefields Infants School)

The sessions are open to anyone who may need help with;

Cerebral Palsy Plus listens to and supports people with cerebral palsy and their families in the greater Bristol area. It listens to their needs and then develops new or existing services, or by providing financial assistance. It has an information service and can act as an advocate.

Together with the Somerset Children's Trust and their partners provide the first point of contact and support for children and young people between their families, schools and other agencies.
 

We are a free Debt Counselling organisation to help people with unmanageable debt to become debt-free. The organisation over the past 15 years has helped thousands of people to become debt-free. There is always a solution no matter how hopeless it seems. We cover Redruth, Pool and Camborne and some of the surrounding area.

The Community Care Trust is a voluntary sector provider of a range of services across South Devon.

All the services provided are based on a shared approach to building the emotional health and well being of those who look to them for support.

They believe that to live well, we have shared needs for security, for meaning, purpose and control in our lives, for hope and for a connectedness to other people. In simple terms, this will include supporting people to…

• Have hope and enjoy life              

Come to Dads and Littluns playgroup  - where you can be proud of being a dad and a bloke, where the conversation flows as easily as the coffee and where there's more toys than noise! The Exeter group usually meets on Friday mornings between 10:00 am and 12:00 pm meet on Monday and Friday mornings in Wimbledon, just around the corner from Wimbledon Park tube.

What they offer: Free Confidential Advice - Helping clients claim benefits to which they may be entitled, Employment Problems, Pension and Tax Issues, Consumer Advice, Help with filling out forms, Debt Advice, Help with Appeals and Tribunals and Housing Advice.

They also offer: Outreach...In a variety of local venues including doctors' surgeries

Home visits...If clients cannot visit because of health, disability or caring responsibilities

Drop-ins...Two mornings and one evening a week with no appointment necessary

Eastside Roots is creating a community gardening hub for Easton & the wider Bristol community, by renovating derelict land next to Stapleton Road train station & transforming it into thriving green space & community resource.

The Bristol Debt Advice Centre runs an Energy Advice Project which is funded independently by EDF Energy and British Gas. The project offers a free service and:

We are England’s leading family charity. We support over 45,000 families every

Get the Right Skills – Get Hired! If you are unemployed, in receipt of JSA or ESA (work related) or certain other benefits if seeking work, and signing on at either Truro, Newquay or Penzance Jobcentres, you could be entitled to free training to help you get you back to work.

Get Hired! is designed to support unemployed individuals with a personalised learning plan typically providing you with 8 weeks support. This will include qualifications, work experience, job search techniques and 1:1 support.

Services

Free, confidential support for women and children who have been raped or sexually abused at any time in their lives. Telephone and face-to-face support sessions can be provided as frequently and for as long as required. Face-to-face support can take place at the Centre, the survivor's home or any convenient safe venue.

Works with fathers supporting their needs where necessary. Fathers' group meets every Friday.

Home-Start offers friendship and support to parents with young children so that every child can have a good start in life.

Many parents need help, friendship, advice or support during those early years when children are young. Homestart offers support to families who have at least one child under the age of 5. Homestart volunteers, who have parenting experience, provide both emotional and practical help for a couple of hours a week. The main referrers to Home-Start are health visitors and professionals in the social care and early years sectors. Others include GPs and those working in the fields of mental health, education and probation. Families can also self refer.

Juice Community Project has been running in Cadbury Heath since 2007, and over that time has grown massively. Beginning as a signposting centre in the old pavilion on Coronation Park, we know have our own building in the old Merlin Housing offices with Newton Road shops and have projects running nearly every day of the week!

The Kingswood Furniture Project collects donatedfurnitureand sells it on to those on a low income.

A mother and baby unit in Trowbridge for young homeless mums and organised bt Splitz. Support can be available prior to entering the house and when resettling into a new tenancy after leaving the house. Available to women, between 16 and 24 years, who are either pregnant or with a very young baby and who are facing homelessness.

Additional projects are run within the house. We run a cookery project to help the mums develop new skills to help them in their tenancy. Nutrition, cooking and budgeting are all included.

Portishead Children's Centre is situated within St. Barnabas Centre (the old St. Barnabas c. of E. V.C. School) and offers activities and groups for children 0-4, their families and the community. The opening hours are Monday-Friday 9.00am-5.00pm. There is a baby cafe, a breastfeeding group support workers and more.

Contact Portishead Children's Centre on 01275 399 881.

Set in the rural grounds at Siston Court and at the heart of a conservation area, your child will have fun and learn through play. Age group: From birth upwards. Cost: £4.00 per hour. Feel free to visit, please call for more details. Ofsted registered.

• Time Together Groups - playing, singing and parent support and guidance. (P.E.E.P.

We are a Community Group that seeks to support Lone Parent families. We are a voluntary organisation with one paid Outreach Worker employed through Faithworks Wessex.

Currently we hold a Saturday Morning session once a month, with weekly meet ups in a peaceful lounge upstairs in Number 34  (formerly The Old Stables Coffee Shop, on the corner of the Job Centre), High Street, Poole.

There is access to a Beach Hut at Branksome Chine & we sometimes meet up in other places such as Poole Park.

This pre-school is organised by Single Parent Action Network (SPAN) and run at Silai for Skills, will be open Monday-Friday 9am-3pm.

Parents can chose between half day sessions or full day
sessions. If they want full day sessions they will need to provide a packed lunch for their child. 

Please email or telephone and leave your details.

The centre hosts a range of family based, resources and activities including: a public library, cafe, WiFi and computer access, creche and rooms to hire. Other local agencies also offer services at the Centre, such as: Tomorrow's People: Advice sessions to assist with getting work and training. Full Circle: Saturday Club for young people aged 5 to 11 years. Amana Education Trust: Supplementary School, Saturday and Sunday. St. Pauls Study Centre: Homework and SAT's support for BME young people. Opening Doors: Art and Health project for adults: Wednesdays 11.30am to 2.30pm.

Stroud Community Radio broadcasts to the Five Valleys of the Stroud District by ordinary people who have been trained to become broadcasters. Training is provided in all aspects of radio production. A brief induction, which takes two hours, followed by a couple of half hour taster sessions on how to operate the equipment and put together a programme.

The Barnstaple Children's Centres are Victoria House Children's Centre and Sticklepath Children's Centre and we are here to offer a wide range of services and support to families with children under 5.

.. is keen to support the development of a lone parent group offering a space for parents and children to meet - on Sundays - aimed at families living across the Kingswood, Staple Hill and Cadbury Heath areas. We can offer a local community space where you can come together with other parents + their children to run a range of activities which could include cooking, sharing lunches, board and card games, soft ball games and much more! We have two large spacious rooms, kitchen facilities, car parking and disabled access.

A new counselling service for children aged 5-18, who have experienced sexual trauma including sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape or genital mutilation.

This is a service offered by Avon Sexual Abuse Centre.

The Trinity Centre is protected by covenant for use in service of Youth, Community, Education and the Arts. Trinity is committed to honouring this covenant and provides a mixture of modern technology and creative urban energy in an historical setting in order to achieve this. Many of our projects aim to explore the rich cultural heritage of Trinity and its surrounding communities and increase cohesion.

What we do:

Well Aware is a free, online information resource for everyone in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset.

Well Aware has lots of information on 1,000s of health, wellbeing and community groups, organisations, activities and services. Whether personal health services, a lunch club or social group, help round the home or the garden, transport, advice, counselling or any other form of support – all you need to find it is just a few clicks away.

Wellwomen Information is a Women's Health Resource and Counselling Service which helps women with physical and mental health problems.   Services include Sehatmand Aurat - The Asian Women's Health Project based at Wellwomen Information,  Confidential health Drop-Ins and Helpline and a Counselling and Psychotherapy service.

The South West Region covers over 300 miles from end to end and provision is delivered in a wide range of venues across the area. You can see a complete list of local branches under the branch section.

A fun, friendly Group for young parents under 21 - teens,tots, tums, mums and dads - all welcome! Meets weekly at The Ockment Centre on Thursdays 12 pm to 1.30 pm. Free. Run by Devon Youth Service in partnership with Home-Start West Devon.