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Acquired Brain Injury Education Service
Age Concern Bromsgrove & District does not just deliver services to local people over the age of 50 years, we actively encourage such 'older' people to become, or to remain, involved in local activities, to maintain an active lifestyle, to access modern technology, and, through volunteering, to contribute to our goal of improving the quality of life of all local older people.
Age Concern Droitwich Spa & District Working for all older people throughout Droitwich Spa and surrounding villages.
Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire provides a number of services for older people throughout the two counties as well as supporting local Age Concern groups within Herefordshire & Worcestershire. Our mission is to promote the well being of all older people in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience.
Age Concern Malvern & District promotes the relief of elderly people in any manner which now is or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable within the Malvern Hills District.
Age Concern Redditch & District “Promoting Dignity and Quality of life for all older people in Redditch and District”.
Age Concern Worcester & District
Aids Foundation Worcester The Worcester Aids Foundation is a registered charity which has been operating since 1989 and is the only organisation of its kind in the two counties of Worcestershire and Herefordshire working with people infected/affected with HIV and AIDS.
We work closely with the Worcestershire HIV care team, receiving the majority of our client referrals from the HIV clinical nurses.
Asha Centre The Asha Women’s Centre aims to offer women, irrespective of age, ethnicity or sexuality, easy, immediate and confidential access to a range of services. The centre provides access to resources that will strengthen their position generally and help to access a route out of offending, poverty and deprivation, as well as raising their level of emotional confidence.
Barnardos Worcestershire Short Breaks Project works in partnership with Worcestershire Social Services to support disabled children and their families. We work with children who have physical and / or learning disabilities.
Beacon Employment was set up originally to work with people with learning disabilities and to help them to gain employment, supporting them as they did so. We are now able to help people with a whole range of difficulties, although we still focus particularly on those with learning difficulties. We believe that with a willingness to succeed and the right kind of support then people can achieve. Sometimes it’s just a case of ‘breaking down barriers’.
BILD Our vision is“a society where people with learning disabilities are equal citizens and have access to the support and services they need”.
Our mission is“to improve the quality of life for people with a learning disability”.
BREaD Eating Disorders Community Services for eating disorders.
Bromsgrove Youth Homelessness Forum provides practical and emotional support to young people between ages of 16 to 25yrs. To work towards preventing homelessness and support and enable young people to obtain and maintain their own tenancies achieving successful independent living.
Care Farming West Midlands Care Farming West Midlands (CFWM) is a social enterprise that has been set up to help develop new care farms in the West Midlands, with an initial focus upon the West Mercia counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
CFWM seeks to raise awareness of the potential of care farming within commissioning agencies, the farming community and with potential participants. CFWM will provide a guided development process to create new social enterprise care fams. This includes assisting new care farmers through CEVAS care farm quality assurance, training and accreditation.
Carers Careline operates a sitting service in the Redditch area only. We provide this service as part of the larger agency called ‘The Worcestershire Sitting Service’. This is a countywide group of service providers who work together to provide a range of services for Carers that is of a similar high quality across the whole of Worcestershire.
Community First
Building better local communities by advising, informing and supporting community groups and voluntary organisations on best practice, funding and other issues to support local initiatives in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Expertise based on a long history of involvement in rural communities.
1) Membership www.comfirst.org.uk/membership
Enables people and organisations in Herefordshire and Worcestershire to have a stake in Community First’s work at local, regional and national levels. Includes hard copy issues of bimonthly newsletter, NewsLine.
2) NewsLine download from About Us www.comfirst.org.uk/
Creative Support Our mission is to promote the independence, inclusion and well being of people with support needs. We do this by working with the people we support, their families and partner agencies to deliver innovative, high quality services that meet individual needs and aspirations in a person centred way. We also aim to provide the best value to purchasers and to use our resources in efficient, flexible and creative ways.
Crossroads Caring for Carers Crossroads promotes, offers, supports and delivers high quality service for carers and people with care needs.
Crossroads Association is the national charity supporting all Crossroads schemes in England and Wales. The Crossroads schemes in the network provide a range of services that are designed to provide sensitive and understanding support to carers of all ages and those they care for.
Deaf Direct working with deaf and hard of hearing people in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
North Worcestershire Dial is an independent charity which provides a service across the three Districts which make up North Worcestershire; Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wyre Forest. DIAL's Information and Advice Services are part of a network distributed across the UK which provide information and advice services to disabled people and others on all aspects of living with a disability.
South Worcestershire Dial an independent charity providing a free, confidential information and advice service for people with a disability and their carers, families and friends on all aspects of living with a disability.
Disability Answers Information and advice for disabled people and their carers.
Dyslexia Association Hereford and Worcester The HWDA is a local charity which covers the two counties and aims to provide specialist teaching for children with dyslexia, through its workshops in Bromsgrove, Hereford and Worcester, to offer advice and support to parents and to supply information to individuals who are interested in dyslexia.
Evesham and District Pensioners Association an active voice for the over 50s. The Association believes that all pensioners, also those on early retirement and people reaching retirement age need and should expect a dignified comfortable and independant retirement.
Evesham and Pershore MIND Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. Mind work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress by campaigning for people’s rights, challenging poor practice in mental health, informing and supporting thousands of people on a daily basis and providing over a thousand services across England and Wales through our network of local Mind associations.
Evesham Volunteer Centre The Volunteer Centre is not just about volunteering, but serves the community in a variety of ways. The Centre identifies volunteering opportunities with not-for-profit organisations for those interested in being a volunteer. The Centre runs the local Community Transport Scheme and a local Befriending Service. The Centre supports local clubs and in partnership with two other centres, provides support to a large number of community and voluntary groups, with many located in the surrounding villages. The Centre can also provide information on services throughout the local area.
Family Mediation Worcestershire is a registered charity with a simple aim - " to help reduce family conflict ".
Headway North Worcestershire is an independent voluntary organisation that helps people with an acquired brain injury in the North Worcestershire area. Our aim is to promote the understanding of all aspects of non-degenerative brain injury and to provide information, support and services to people with brain injury, their families and carers.
Headway Worcester Trust aims to provide friendship and support to families from the early agonising moments following head injury, to provide a day service for adults with acquired brain damage, to provide social and educational events for its members and to inform and educate on the nature and effect of head injury.
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service Our long term vision is ‘making Herefordshire and Worcestershire safer from fire and other hazards and to improve community well-being'.
Home-Start Worcester and Wychavon supporting families in local communities across the UK.
Home-Start Wyre Forest supporting families in local communities across the UK.
Local Involvement Network Worcestershire (LINks)
Worcestershire Lifestyles are an independent charity established in 1991 to enable disabled people to exercise freedom of choice, extend their horizons and make decisions about the lifestyle they wish to pursue. We offer support and assistance to disabled people who wish to be in control of their own life. We believe that each person is an individual, and has the right to make choices about what they do and aim towards in everyday life.
Malvern Hills Community Foundation
Malvern Special Families We believe that every family with a special needs child has the right to enjoy a full family life and it is our aim to achieve this.
MENCAP is the voice of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Noah's Ark Trust helps to rebuild the lives of local children shattered by the death of a loved one. The sole aim of Noah's Ark Trust is to support these children, helping them to come to terms with what has happened.
Onside Independent Advocacy
The work of Onside stems from a belief that everyone has the right to be a valued human being and citizen and to be treated in a just and fair manner.
Onside is a Worcestershire based charity established in 1993. We provide a range of support and services to ensure fairness and equality for adults who may be vulnerable, disadvantaged or excluded. This includes people experiencing disability or ill health, older adults and those who are carers.
Ourway Self Advocacy
We speak up for ourselves about things that are important to us.
Our aim is to support people to live the life they choose.
Redditch CAB offers advice and assistance on a wide range of issues, covering Benefits, Consumer, Debt, Employment, Housing, Immigration and all Relationship and Personal matters FREE of charge. This list is not exhaustive. We also undertake a Social Policy role, campaining to change unfair laws and practices with policy makers on behalf of our clients.
Relate Worcestershire is an independent charity and is affiliated to the national Relate federation, whose headquarters are in Doncaster. As an organisation, Relate has had over 70 years' experience in training new counsellors to help clients with their relationship problems. Currently there are around 80 Relate centres in the UK, employing over 2000 qualified counsellors.
Rooftop Housing Group
We are a housing association dedicated to serving the existing and future housing needs of the community.
Roundabout (West Midlands) Ltd was a project initiated by the Vale of Evesham Volunteer Centre in 1994 under the original title of the Vale Volunteer Furniture Centre. From humble beginnings, it has grown to an operation which involves more than two dozen volunteers, a large warehouse, and two vans.
Sight Concern Worcestershire is an independent county charity that supports people who are either Blind or who experience Vision Impairment throughout the county.
Speakeasy N.O.W People with Learning Disabilities, in Worcestershire, Speaking up for Themselves
SSAFA Forces Help, Droitwich Spa Division We help and support those who serve in our Armed Forces and those who used to serve - even if it was only for a single day. We also care for the families of both.
St Richard's Hospice cares for patients and families in Worcestershire who are living with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Each year we give free care and support to around 1,800 patients and families – helping them towards the best quality of life possible.
The Odell Trust Recreational & leisure centre for adults with learning difficulties.
Three Roses Home for the welfare and better understanding of those in need of special care.
Upton Community Care
West Worcester Live at Home Scheme offers support and friendship to elderly people living in their own homes.
Where Next Association provides supported employment, work experience and training to people disadvantaged by learning difficulties or other special needs. Real working environments are provided in four social enterprises at its base in Redditch, Worcestershire.
Worcester Diocesan Board of Finance Ltd
Worcester Snoezelen runs a multi-sensory environment in Worcester. The concept of a Snoezelen® environment and its use has gradually spread throughout the world in a wide range of situations within health, education and social service settings. The basic concept was intended to provide people who have sensory and learning disabilities with appropriate relaxation and leisure facilities.
Worcester Volunteer Centre "A Voice for the Voluntary Sector in Worcester". Worcester Volunteer Centre promotes and supports the local voluntary and community sector in Worcester.
Worcester Wheels Community Transport is a community transport service for the elderly, disabled and people unable to use public transport. The type of journeys undertaken by the scheme can include visits to the Doctor, Optician, Chiropodist, Hospital appointments or visits to the shops and friends.
Worcestershire Assocation of Carers is an independent source of information advice and support for all adult carers of all client groups in Worcestershire.
Worcester Association of Service Users aims to break down the barriers which stop people remaining in control of their own lives and to change people’s ways of thinking about and working with people who use services.
Worcestershire Community Alcohol Team is the lead provider of community alcohol services in Worcestershire. The team consists of workers drawn from both health and counselling, offering non-judgemental services for individuals adversely affected by the misuse of alcohol. The service was formed in 1979 and has grown to provide a range of services for anyone living or working in Worcestershire.
Worcestershire Domestic Abuse Services (Stonham)
Worcestershire Mental Health Network consists of a group of people who, by knowledge gained from and by virtue of their own illness or their involvement in caring, seek to promote and develop appropriate services that will meet the needs of people with mental health issues now and in the future.
Worcestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WRSASC)
is a free, confidential and non-judgemental service run by women for women who have experienced rape, assault, incest, sexual abuse, sexual harassment or any form of sexual attack, whether physical, verbal or emotional. The trauma caused by sexual abuse may not surface for many years after the event. We treat all calls equally sensitively and confidentially, appreciating the courage required to break silence, overcome guilt and threats, and share the events of the past whether they happened days or years ago.
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Worcestershire Mental Health Link Network
Our network includes a wide mix of groups, including those that work solely within mental health and also wider VCS groups with an interest in emotional well being and mental health. The network is informal, inclusive and currently has well over 50 member organisations or projects.