KCSC Directory
Youth engagement and enrichment to youth members between the ages of 6-18 yrs of age. Unisex organisation.
Community and activity centre which helps vulnerable and isolated adults with a history of homelessness
Abundance Arts enhance community learning , wellbeing and creativity from the grass roots.
We use interactive arts workshops to bring people together, offering visual arts, African drumming, dance and storytelling workshops. We creatively engage children, families and local community organisation.
ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art) is an educational charity which provides a range of public benefits through visual arts services. It develops public art and community educational projects and training in the use of digital technology. Acava provides studios for professional artists who are employed to deliver its public programme.
ADKC works to enhance opportunities for disabled people (with physical, sensory and hidden impairments), living or working in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.
Active Link is an independent web site for the people of Kensington and Chelsea, produced by the people of Kensington and Chelsea. Information is powerful, perhaps today more than ever, and that is why Active Link has been established. Seeking good news and discovering helpful information will be the main focus of its work - and of course making sure that the news and helpful information then reaches as many people as possible.
Advice Now Plus is a partnership of eight not-for-profit information and advice organisations in Kensington and Chelsea. From October 2013 to September 2015 we were funded by the Big Lottery.
Advice Now Plus aims to explore new ways of collaborating, supporting organisations to develop and ensure better outcomes for service users. In this way we aim to ensure advice services and voluntary organisations build resilience, are equipped to meet future needs and provide the best advice possible for our community.
The project currently runs an online directory for advisers, coordinates the Kensington and Chelsea Advice Forum and Advice Volunteers Forum, and organises occasional free training for advice and information staff and volunteers in the borough.
2nd Tier membership organisation and network of advice agencies. We provide development support, training to advice centres and AdvicePro - an on-line case management software
To fill the family service and activity provisions' gaps between existing statutory agencies and the need of African French speaking families, who have multiple unmet needs and lives in the LBKC.
Health charity that advances the health and well being of the UK's African population.
We offer free, confidential advice and guidance irrespective of age, political opinion, religious or ethnic affiliation or gender or sexual orientation.
African Women Care (AWC) was established in July 1998 primarily as a self help group to deal with issues affecting women and children from the Black African Community living in the UK.
Our work addresses issues of poverty, disadvantage, women’s disempowerment, unemployment, health, social exclusion and skills development.
Specifically we offer:
(1) Advice, information, support and advocacy including outreach work enabling women to access services in the area of health, social care, housing and welfare benefits.
(2) Provide support services counselling and mentoring for women who have experienced or affected by domestic violence.
(3) We run befriending service to provide home and hospital visits through an existing pool of committed volunteers for women with terminal or life-threatening illnesses.
Works to promote independence, improve wellbeing and reduce isolation by providing companionship, advice and support to older people in Kensington & Chelsea. Services include information and advice, dementia support, health promotion events, befriending, escorting, gardening, practical help, intergenerational projects and many social groups and outings. We also have our own paid-for CQC registered domiciliary homecare service, as well as providing a free basic foot care service. We produce a newsletter three times per year and work collaboratively with other organisations in the borough. We are part of the consortium that developed the New Horizons activity centre in Chelsea.
Our aim is to give each individual the tools to prevent a range of negative physical and emotional impacts and so create "a life-time of well-being for all"
We provide a range of cultural, educational, training and spiritual activities as well as facilities for the community this includes: A homework club and study centre, Arabic and Quran schools, youth activities, parental empowerment programmes, community cohesion initiatives, elderly well being project, Health and psychological support, referral and signposting, family counselling, prayer facilities and spiritual guidance.
Our aim is to provide information, referral advice, advocacy and assistance to enable better access to mainstream services. We organise health and welfare promotion activities through the use of information and awareness sessions, focus groups and outreach work. All projects work to improve the overall quality of life of our users and to support them to access services that are otherwise inaccessible to them, due to language, cultural religious barriers and ignorance. We aim to make a real difference to thee lives of those we seek to serve, support and assist.
All our services are free, impartial and confidential.
Alan Morkill House is a residential care home for older people and those who have dementia. The home consists of 49 individual bed-sitting rooms with full disabled access. We work in partnership with local authorities, organisations and residents to create safe, sustainable communities. We aim to support our residents and help them to make the most of opportunities in their lives.
Supplementary mother tongue classes for Albanian children and computer classes for mothers. Provision of social events for the Albanian community in London.
Alnoor supports the educational, social, cultural and recreational needs of the Moroccan community in particular and the wider community in general.
The Altajir Trust is a UK based charity supporting exhibitions, publications, educational activities and other programmes related to Islamic culture and Muslim – Christian relations.
Empower women from all backgrounds with knowledge, skills and confidence to better themselves & their families, tackle isolation and integrate.
Supplementary School to Build Children's confidence, self-esteem and resilience through additional Maths, English and Sports activities.
Information and advice for members and non-members of the Angolan community in the best way to meet their needs.
UMARU was initially formed to helping the integration of Angolan women into British Society. We also aim at helping in the promotion of Angolan women by elevating their education, cultural level and improving their general skills; promoting and strengthening the understanding of Angolan culture, heritage and solidarity amongst Angolan women and promoting awareness through discussion of issues affecting Angolan women and women worldwide. UMARU wants to be an adequate forum for exchanging experiences, discussing ideas, learning a little more about each other and sharing difficult and happy times. UMARU also wants to provide a perfect forum by keeping in touch with our country, sharing our hopes, and identities and bringing together different generations.
Anti-Tribalism Movement is registered non-profit organisation which provides a range of services to people affected by the social inequalities of Tribalism. ATM’s vision and track record is based around a cohesive and active society where all people’s opinions are valued regardless of clan, gender, or political belief.
Helping the Arabic communities:
1) to know their cultures,
2) to be part of the British society
3) help them to grow and raise their children in good way
4) help them to deal and solve their children problems.
The Armenian Institute is dedicated to making Armenian culture and history a living experience, through innovative programmes, educational resources, workshops, academic events, exhibits and performances. Particular attention is paid to contemporary diasporan life and the development of links with Armenian and other communities. An objective of the Institute is to maintain a library, housing books, multimedia resources and archival material.
*Artistic Efficiency* which specialises in creating Exhilarating Event Experiences which incorporate Live Entertainment.
Arts Versa LTD is a not-for-profit organisation providing high-calibre arts, media and education services. These include event management, film production and consultancy with a specialism in accessing ethnic minorities and multicultural communities.
The key purpose of this community development company is to widen people’s choices and facilitate better access to business network, employment opportunities, cultural tolerance and involvement in community integration. The objective of the AS DEVELOPMENT is to create power for Arabic Speakers to enjoy creative life.
A not-for-profit, feminist organization supporting women to engage in healthy life choices for themselves and their families through innovative and responsive programming and excellence in service.
AUGB exists to develop, promote and support the interests of the Ukrainian community in the UK.
We provide opportunities in UK and abroad (Philippines, Lithuania, India, Rwanda) for young adults (20 - 35) to volunteer for one year in broadly educational projects alongside Assumption Sisters and we support up to 10 volunteers each year. Crossing cultures, an exchange of skills and personal growth are important values.
To empower Christians everywhere to be a counter force of love and peace to the intolerance and aggression that now prevail in so many of our communities, and to build understanding between the faiths.
Cultural, education and welfare services for the Bangladeshi community
The Baraka Community Association is set up Primarily to advance the welfare of asylum-seeker and refugee immigrant communities, mainly of Somalian origin but also including other vulnerable recently arrived/settled ethnic minority communities in London, concentrating particularly on those who live in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; in the City of Westminster; in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and in the London Borough of Brent. A rough translation of Baraka might be 'good luck'.
Food growing to support and develop individuals.
A number of committees support the activities of the community, which is administered by an elected Council. Beit Klal Yisrael is a member of Liberal Judaism and an affiliate member of the World Congress of Gay and Lesbian Jewish Organisations.
As a Community Interest Company, all of Bikeworks' profits feed back into our programmes which are aimed at getting the people most marginalised from the job market into employment, running our all ability club, recycling bikes, running cycle training for individuals and schools and more!
Blenheim CDP is a leading substance misuse charity working across London that provides support services for drug and alcohol users, and their families and carers.
Breathe Easy Westminster is a patient led, patient funded local group for anyone affected by a lung condition and for those who look after them. We offer free mutual support, friendship, information and education
It is not all serious stuff, our meeting on the 3rd Monday of every month is held on the 8th floor at Ada Court, 10-16 Maida Vale W9 1TD from 11.00 to 15.30 pm. We have raffles, outings and guest speakers, Most importantly - we network and have fun.
House, support and care for vulnerable and excluded people who either have been, or are at risk of, sleeping rough and homelessness.
The charity's principal activity is to encourage horticulture in the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea through an annual competition
Our mission of global support and promotion of the artform in conjunction with our universal media partners will continue far into the future.
British Black Anti Poverty Network is a grassroots led network of community groups whose aim is to reduce poverty in disadvantaged and marginalised communities. We do that through our advice, advocacy and informative services in RBKC and nearby boroughs.
The Next Steps service is based in Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Volunteers work with older, vulnerable people to give them essential emotional and practical support on their discharge home from hospital.
Brownbaby was conceived by the Artist Toby Laurent Belson, to design, develop and run Arts & Humanities projects.
Brownbaby exists as a way to explore, acknowledge and promote the reality of mixing and serve the communities in which mixing occurs.
Brownbaby does not wish the term ‘mixing’ to automatically imply miscegenation, because Brownbaby believes that ‘mixing’ simply describes the act of people living together, side by side, as equals, in peace.
CALM offers Mediation and Restorative Justice to residents of LBHF, RBKC and tenants in the City of Westminster, Hounslow, Brent and Hillingdon. CALM also provides training in Community Mediation, Family Mediation Workplace Mediation and Restorative Justice.
CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, exists to prevent male suicide. In 2012 suicide became the single leading cause of death of men aged 20–49 in the UK (ONS, NISRA, NRS). CALM is a charity for depressed or suicidal men, offering a helpline and a Webchat service (which runs 5pm –Midnight everyday) targeted at men in RBKC, H&F and Westminster. Helpine: 0800 585858, Webchat:www.thecalmzone.net/help/get-help/. Free, confidential and anonymous service.
Capoeira Canal runs regular classes for children and adults and has ongoing after school clubs in various primary schools in West London.
Does a friend or family member rely on you for support?
If so, you may be a carer, which means that you can get support to look after the person you care for – and to take care of yourself.
You might be looking after your brother or sister, your partner, your parents, your adult child or someone else; they might have a physical or learning disability, a health condition, mental health needs, misuse drugs or alcohol, or have become older and frail. You might have been looking after them for years, or have only just started.
Whatever the situation, if you and the person you care for are over 18, then Carers Network can help you with:
• Carers Assessments
• Information and advice
• Social events and activities
If you are a carer and live in Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster or Hammersmith & Fulham talk to Carers Network today!
Provides free information, advice and support to people who look after a friend or
family member who could not manage without their help. Advice provided on
range of areas such as benefits, the support available from different agencies
– and how to access them, other local services that can support carers and help
with how to get support for the person they are looking after (including
community care).
The Carmelite parish church is an oasis of peace just off the busy Kensington High Street.
Carnival Village Trust is a registered charity dedicated to the the development of Carnival Arts.
As London´s development agency for Carnival Arts, we spotlight the arts, crafts and business of a relatively unsung art form in the UK, extending to its roots and broader culture. We have the background to do so and are well placed in the locality of Europe’s largest carnival.
With preparation and performance central to the artform, we also host venues in Notting Hill, West London. Carnival Arts and African Caribbean events add to a diverse programme from theatre, music and dance to comedy and film.
Carr-Gomm plays an important part in helping people to improve their wellbeing and to tackle the issues which prevent them from leading happy and healthy lives. We provide specialist services for people who are homeless, with mental health problems or who have a history of drug and alcohol misuse.
Community accountancy project that provides financial advice and training to small charities and voluntary groups.
Services include one-to-one casework, training courses and publications, all of which are geared towards providing people with the basic financial skills needed to run successful organisations.
CASH also undertakes bookkeeping, pay roll, Independent Examinations and production of management accounts for small and medium organisations.
Catalyst Gateway is the community development section of Catalyst Housing. It also includes projects on financial inclusion, training and employment and youth services. Catalyst Housing has some 2,500 homes based in North Kensington.
Our mission is to address the issues that prevent children from reaching their full physical, emotional and educational potential and which affect the well-being and stability of the family. Our work is to provide community based social work services, counselling, play therapy, psychotherapeutic and mediation services to support individuals and families in need. Our goals are to work at a grassroots level, enabling emotionally and materially disadvantaged children and families to transform their own lives and to access the opportunities society offers.
The Khalsa Jatha, British Isles, London was formed in the year 1908, to promote religious and social activities among the Sikhs who had settled in the UK. Enhancing Education including Punjabi Language, helping elderly and children. Promoting Sikhism, serving vegetarian food all day every day to any person visits there.
The CAIA seeks to enhance the quality of life for disadvantaged members of over 20,000 Armenians scattered across London, specifically those in poverty, isolation and distress. The charity supports their diverse needs through the provision of welfare, education and cultural services at a welcoming centre for all Armenians.
Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity supports innovation and excellence at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and in the communities it serves.
Chelsea Methodist Church and Pastoral Centre is open to all. We aim to offer a warm welcome regardless of age, ethnicity, faith, relationship status or sexual orientation and believe that everyone is created equal and in the image of God.
Through prayer we seek to be a worshipping people discovering together our relationship with God, nurturing and supporting one another.
We put our faith into action by being stewards of our environment, good neighbours in our communities, challenging injustice and using our gifts to reach out with compassion and love to all in need.
Chelsea Old Church is a welcoming and friendly place to come and worship.
Chelsea Open Air Nursery School and Children's Centre is a maintained nursery school offering nursery education to 80 3 and 4 yr olds. The Children's Centre forms part of the local Early Help offer and runs a vast array of community events for families with children under five years.
Situated in the heart of London, this 'Secret Garden' is a centre of education, beauty and relaxation. Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London in 1673 for its apprentices to study the medicinal qualities of plants.
Lectures and meetings to protect and foster the amenities of Chelsea
Chelsea Theatre, London's theatre for Live Art, is dedicated to commissioning, producing and presenting the freshest and most innovative artists, both nationally and internationally
Chickenshed's mission is to create entertaining and outstanding theatre that celebrates diversity and inspires positive change. Chickenshed is a theatre company with 40 years' experience in teaching and creating theatre. We are renowned for our inclusive approach to making theatre which means working with people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to create work that is inspired by the people taking part. The result is vibrant uplifting and imaginative theatre that is hugely enjoyed by both participants and audiences alike.
We run regular theatre workshops , during term times for children , young people and adults within the Tri Borough as well as our theatre in Southgate.
Children and Parents Association Kids carnival group for ages 5yrs and up. This years theme is Musical Mayhem part two and there will be mas at the camp on the Carnival Sunday for up to 400 children, many of which will go on the road in the afternoon.
Children and Family Link provides brief solution focused Counselling for parents and carers living in the borough of Kensington & Chelsea and surrounding districts. We also offer Counselling Skills training for those who would like to extend their parenting skills or interested in developing skills for use within a helping environment or in a voluntary capacity. We also provide Counselling to Children, together with their parents or carers aimed at developing a better level of communication between parents and children and also to foster a healthier level of relationships within the home.
The Children’s Hospital Trust Fund was set up 30 years ago by a team of paediatric doctors. We are based at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. We are a separate entity to Chelsea and Westminster but work closely with the children’s medical teams to support their invaluable work.
Our day to day work includes buying medical and surgical equipment for the children’s and babies' medical teams. We support the medical teams, the children, babies and their families at the Hospital and provide help where it is urgently needed.
We’ve had numerous large appeals in the past where we’ve raised over £2million to fund substantial projects in the neonatal and paediatric wards at Chelsea and Westminster. Our current appeal, The Pluto Appeal, is to raise £1.5million to buy state of the art robotic surgical equipment for the new children’s operating theatre.
By providing quality education Children's SIFA works to empower children to be productive in their communities.
The aim of the charity is to provide information, support and advice to the ethnic Chinese in the UK who are disadvantaged by either poverty, linguistic and cultural barriers or being in a disadvantaged situation.
In addition to our main offices we also operate out of The Curve Community Centre every weekday 10am to 11am and again 5pm to 8pm. We can give free independent confidential advice all residents affected by Grenfell and if you prefer we can meet you at different locations. We have a team of specialist advisers who can help with all aspects of Housing, Welfare Benefits, Employment, Debt and Consumer. We can also have a chat with you about any concerns you might have around receiving charitable donations such as savings plans, setting up a trust, managing your money or any other matters.
We provide advice and information on rights and responsibilities across all subject areas for those who live work or study in Hammersmith and Fulham. We have a range of projects that deliver across the tri-borough, pan-London and nationally. We train adults on money management and digital skills and we run the Avonmore Library service. We are a member of the Citizens Advice network who deliver independent, confidential, free and impartial service. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.
The citizens advice service in Kensington & Chelsea is an independent charity serving the local community. Generalist advice services provided by our two main bureaux based at Chelsea Old Town Hall and Westway Information Centre are a mix of 'open door', telephone and appointment access. Additional services provided: legal, debt, income maximisation, HIV and other outreach work.
Colville Nursery centre aims to work in partnership with parents to provide a safe and stimulating environment in which children can develop to their full potential.
We are a non-profit making Organisation providing access to high quality art& environmental projects for people living in North-west Kensington.
Our artists are qualified, experienced in teaching and police checked.
All our activities are underpinned by equal opportunities and respect for the individual.
Corner Nine provides a safe place where people in small groups can concentrate on developing the creative aspect of their abilities
Kensington and Chelsea Cruse Bereavement Care offers a free support service to anybody living or working in the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea or Hammersmith & Fulham whose normal life has been severely disrupted by the loss of someone they love.
Developing Diversity in Culture, Arts, Heritage
Dadihiye Somali Development Organisation is a registered Charity (1041387) and Company limited by guarantee (8192593) that has been operating since in 1994 in UK. The main aim of the organisation is to cater for disadvantaged, low income and socially isolated people from emerging new communities in particular women who have language and cultural barriers & a lack of understanding of UK systems, preventing them access to mainstream services to help with issues such as poverty, unemployment, underachievement of children in schools & housing amongst others. We work with the Somali (our largest client group), and other BME communities seeking support. Dadihiye has over 20 years experience of providing services to the local Somali and BME communities including:-
• Professional information, advice and casework service on welfare benefits, housing, legal, family, energy efficiency, basic debt and social care issues.
• Development of counselling and advocacy for Somali families that have been traumatised by the civil war and assisting them to settle in the UK.
• Relief of poverty and enhancement of skills to reduce social exclusion and encourage integration at all levels within the community, wider society and promote values of respect and tolerance.
• Provide translation and interpretation services and facilitate access to other support services and mainstream services.
• Sign-posting individuals, including young people to training courses to provide them with qualification and skills to reach their potential and high expectations and become active members of their community and the wider society and to be models for others, especially within their own communities.
• Formation of a Somali cultural centre where the younger generation can have a deeper understanding of their roots through Somali culture and literature.
We have recently been involved in assisting families and community members affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy on a various number of issues in collaboration with other local groups and the local authority.
Our services and activities are provided by a team of experienced and dedicated staff members and volunteers who are from within the area and have built trust with the community over a number of years.
Homes for Fathers and Families (“HOFF”) is a project aimed at providing the same degree of support for single fathers as is available for single mothers in the UK.
Sports/recreation/ education/training
We provide affordable childcare education for children under 5 years old. This is to get them used to a school environment before they go to compulsory education service. We provide a wide range of activities for children to learn through play. We also have dance, movement sessions and storytelling sessions.
DSS is working toward achieving its mission to build up the capacity of the local people, with more focusing to those who are most socially excluded community of ethnic minorities so that they could be fully engaged and get access to the mainstream provision.
DSS is working toward achieving its mission to build up the capacity of local people, with more focus on those who are most socially excluded community of ethnic minorities so that they can get fully engaged and get access to the mainstrem provision.
The Dalgarno Trust is a dynamic young charity that works in partnership with the local communities, statutory, private sector and voluntary organisations to `build better futures ……..together`.
Our aims are:
1. To enable people from diverse backgrounds to change their lives, fulfil their potential and break the cycle of poverty, ill-health and deprivation
2. To provide a range of services, projects and activities that offer education, training, employment, health improvement, social and cultural opportunities through our own projects and in partnership with other providers
3. To develop long-term sustainability of the community through the development of economic opportunities including social enterprises, small business and entrepreneurial activties
4. To create a strong, inclusive, vibrant and active neighbourhood
We manage and develop an Enterprise Hub, a Community Centre, a large Health consortia, Community Champions Health project, Children & Youth services(including Homework Club, Junior programme), Adult learning and training programme, Volunteer Project and Arts, Sports & social events programme
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Denbigh is an intimate and friendly pre-school, run by the parents and our Ofsted approved staff, providing quality, affordable pre-school care and education for children between the ages of 2 ½ and 5 years old.
A busy teaching and assessment centre in the heart of London. It provides highly qualified, specialist support for children and adults of all ages, enabling individuals to acquire the skills needed for success in education, the workplace and everyday life. The centre also provides bursaries for those who need help but are unable to fund assessment or tuition themselves.
Earl’s Court Community Nursery offers a convenient location for parents working locally to source professional childcare; a service that boasts strong community links and a flexible range of learning activities and resources to suit sound pre-school development. We are based three minutes walk from Earl's Court Tube next to Olympia, open 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., 51 weeks a year and cater for 42 children, aged 8 months to 5 years.
The nursery is part of the London Early Years Foundation portfolio, which is well respected in Central London for its high standards, in line with Ofsted recommendations and valuing feedback and interaction with parents.
This local charity, set up in 2007, exists to support initiatives that bring the Earl's Court community together and that provide new opportunities for local people. Organisers of the Earl's Court Festival.
The area of the Society’s interest, defined by the Society as the neighbourhood of Earl’s Court, based on the original Earl’s Manorial Lands, is from Kensington High Street in the north to Fulham Road in the south and from the West London Railway Line in the west to cover Courtfield, Ashburn and Lexham Gardens. to the east without defined borders.
Earls Court Youth Club (ECYC) works with young people between the ages of 9-19 yrs and up to the age of 25 yrs with a disability. Our aim is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for young people of all abilities & backgrounds to come & enjoy a wide selection of activities aimed at promoting personal, social & educational development.
The purpose of the Earth Champions initiative is to inspire people, especially youth, and to involve world communities in seeking their own champions who are dedicated to finding solutions to environmental problems.
Women's Aid is the national domestic violence charity that helps up to 250,000 women and children every year.
Ebony is an organisation that delivers a variety of steelband workshops and community projects for disadvantaged young people – particularly those from the Afro-Caribbean community.
Our mission is to inspire young people to achieve their potential and to make a positive difference to the communities in which we work. Epic CIC delivers a comprehensive range of youth support services to children and young people up to the age of 19 and 25 for young people with a lifelong learning difficulty and/or disability (LLDD).
Our services are provided under four main categories: Epic Youth, Epic Ambition, Epic Sport and Epic Health.
To inspire young Eritreans and non Eritreans who live in RBKC to be agents of change by changing their circumstances for better. Our activities include:
1- Providing Teaching Arabic and cultural studies
2- After school support in Maths, English, Drama
3- Sports activity
4- Arts activity, cooking,
The main aim of the Ethiopian Women’s Empowerment Group is to promote the mental well being, integration,community cohesion, education and positive images of refugee and migrant women in London.
The organisations provides advice,advocacy and support to refugee and migrant women who primarily resides in west London. We also work in partnerships with the voluntary and community organisations to provide training and information workshops on education ,accessing employment and health services.
Earls Court YMCA is a residential project for young homeless people aged between 16 and 25 years. They merged with other YMCAs to become Evolve Housing and Support.
Our vision is of a society where all families are free from poverty, disadvantage and social exclusion
We support young people between 7-17 who care for a family member be they disabled, have a mental health issue or drug/alcohol problems. We offer fun groups and outings bi monthly to two groups aged 7-11 and 12-17.
We have activities in the holidays with other young people with similar experiences. We will listen and offer emotional support to the young people if they need it and work closely with their family and statutory organisations with support plans. We advocate on the young person's behalf where necessary and can support them to have their views heard. We offer transport in the winter months to attend the bi monthly activities.
Family Friends provides befriending and mentoring services to disadvantaged families, through a network of trained volunteers. We help families living in deprived areas of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham and South East Brent. Through respect, encouragement and support, we aim to ‘help families to help themselves’ by discovering their strengths and building on their coping skills. We offer two services: Parent Befriending - for a parent of a child aged 0-16 and Child Mentoring - for a child/siblings aged 5-16.
Family Planning Association (FPA) is the UK's leading sexual health charity. Our purpose is to enable people in the UK to make informed choices about sex and to enjoy sexual health.
Every day we work to ensure that anyone can get the high quality information and services they need
The Church of Christ, Scientist, makes an understanding of Christian Science and its healing method available and accessible to everyone.
Play centre for 5-13 year olds
The Flying Gorillas are a company of six professional musicians and dancers presenting dynamic, theatrical performances for audiences from 5 to 105 years old. Based in London, England, the company was formed in 1997 following a research project for Middlesex University with the Guaraní tribal communities in Misiones, Argentina.
We run a Saturday club with integrated therapy for primary-aged autistic children in west London.
French African Welfare Association (FAWA) is a community based organisation, a registered charity established in 2002 by members of the French Speaking African community specifically to improve the General health and well-being of the African community particularly French speaking African in London and to network with other organisations and link our beneficiaries with other communities.
FAWA works with families and individuals, who are struggling to adapt to life in the UK; provides advice and support on a variety of issues including health, welfare benefits and housing, parenting skills, training and employment, education, translation and interpretation services.
FAWA could achieve the above aims and objectives by providing the following activities or services for and on behalf of its service-users:
• The provision of information, advice and advocacy;
• Support to relatives to improve family ties and minimise loneliness and isolation;
• Referral of clients to specialist service providers, e.g. NHS hospitals, GUM
• Outreach-based work, including assistance with GP registration;
• Translation and interpretation services;
• A Drop-In Services for clients;
• Organizing workshops and seminars on health, social and educational issues;
• Conducting assessments on the needs of French speaking African communities;
• Networking with other agencies that provide services to the client community.
• Counseling and Emotional support for people living or affected by HIV/AIDs.
Tour Guides ,information, advice, Genealogy, Gardening, Research, Lectures, concerts, open days, Lobbying Restoration and Supporting the management of the cemetery
The friends provide services within the hospital to enhance the patients' stay. It also buys equipment for Chelsea and Westminster hospital. It does this through various fundraising activities throughout the year
Organizing local lectures and concert to raise money for the Kensington Day Centre to be able to send the members of the entre on holidays and do renovations at the centre.
To support the funding of acquisitions of works of art and furniture for Leighton house museum. To support on going restoration and refurbishment projects.
To organise events in the houses in collaboration with the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea and other partners.
To act as ambassadors for museum in the local, academic, cultural and other communities of interest.
The Friends have supported the work of the hospital for many years by providing additional funding, support and amenities.
Full of Life is a charity that supports and provides services to parent carers and their disabled children/adults.
We give free practical independent advice to parent carers through our direct services.
This consists of bi-monthly parent forums, advocacy for children and adult services and a parent partnership service which deals with anything to do with special educational needs.
Full of Life also runs a centre for young adults with complex needs, operating 6 days a week with a focus on communication and personal development, new experiences and learning new skills.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans support and advice re hate crime, domestic abuse and sexual violence
The charity's objectives are educational and its principal activity continues to be that of the production of theatrical art performances, introducing international drama to the British stage and public, and the upkeep and promotion of the theatre to that end.
Girlguiding UK is the United Kingdom’s largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women.
As London’s largest emergency winter night shelter, Glass Door (formerly WLCHC) provides a safe, warm place to sleep for up to 100 men and women a night in partnership with churches across Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea, Barnes and Putney. Homeless guests also access advice, food, showers and laundry facilities year-round from our Chelsea drop-in day centre. We help people get off the streets and help them build better futures.
We provide excellent care and education for children from 24 months to five years. Our children benefit from safe and stimulating surroundings, indoors and outdoors, and everything we do is designed to help our children develop and learn, but just as importantly, have lots of fun with the support of our highly skilled and dedicated staff. By working together with children’s families, we aim to give every child the best possible start in life.
The Golborne Forum brings together people living and/or working in Golborne to have a voice in and contribute to the regeneration of our vibrant community.
Greenhouse empowers young people in London’s disadvantaged communities to realise their potential through high quality, intensive sport and dance programmes delivered by inspirational coaches
Grief Encounter provides expert Bereavement and Trauma support on a free, open access basis to children and families affected by the Grenfell Tower Tragedy.
We also offer professional support to schools and other local community groups, delivering individual Bereavement counselling, group work, advice, support and training as required.
The Hand in Hand Group has been active in London since 1981. Its purpose is to allow the disabled, housebound and elderly frail to participate fully in parish and local community activities and thereby relieve their loneliness and isolation.
Although the group originated from the church of St. Francis of Assisi in West London , its activities are open to anyone living in the neighbourhood, irrespective of creed.
The Hand in Hand Group currently has about 150 members, mostly from the Notting Hill area of London. It is run entirely by volunteers. The activities we organise include the following:
VISITS TO HOUSEBOUND MEMBERS
TRANSPORT TO CHURCH AT WEEKENDS
MONTHLY OUTINGS TO GARDENS AND PARKS, MUSEUMS, THEATRE, CINEMA, ETC.
MONTHLY COFFEE MORNINGS
FORTNIGHTLY SHOPPING TRIPS
AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT
Almshouse charity providing good quality affordable sheltered housing in Holland Park. Homes are allocated from our waiting list to which the public can apply directly.
The primary aims of the Harrow Club W10 are the advancement of education, the promotion of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness, the promotion of racial harmony and the provision of recreation and other leisure time occupations promoting
We manage a mother & baby hostel for homeless vulnerable pregnant women and new mothers, with support, advice, and educational activities for hostel residents and newly resettled lone parent families. Home visiting service to ex-hostel residents. Children's activities and parenting support.
Volunteering and work placement opportunities for students, including Social Work students, and community members, particularly lone parents and women.
Healthy Homes helps residents of Kensington and Chelsea to stay warm and well at home in winter. We provide access to grant funding for insulation and heating improvements, advice on how best to use energy in the home and support to deal with switching energy suppliers and managing fuel debts.
Healthwatch is an independent charity with the duty to ensure that people's voices count when it comes to shaping and improving local health and social care services.
We are membership led and part of a national network of local Healthwatch across England.
At Healthwatch Central West London we cover Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, and Westminster.
Our aim is for local health and care services to be shaped by local people through their active involvement, needs and experiences, and a community which is informed about local health and care services.
Based in Portobello Road, Help Counselling Centre provides affordable, short & long-term counselling for people who need support in negotiating a crisis or some difficult aspect of living, as well as for those who wish to consider their life patterns and choices.
Our organisation is mainly involved with providing after school and homework classes for children from low income families, we give advice on certain issues and direct people to the proper service and legal advisors where we find difficulty doing that our selves. We intend to extend our services to areas such as integration and crime prevention schemes as well as visiting and helping young people in the detention centres.
To deliver high quality and empowering housing, support, protection and care services in partnership with service users and local communities
Youngstars Ltd is a team of dynamic, enthusiastic and vibrant coaches who are also reliable, dependable and have a passion for getting young children active and involved in sports.
Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace. Our aim is to help everyone explore the story of how monarchs and people have shaped society, in some of the greatest palaces ever built.
History Talk brings history to life. Sharing the past, understanding the present, shaping the future.
All our work and the purpose of Hodan are about increasing the self reliance, sufficiency, independence and promotion of integration and cohesion for the Somali and other BME Communities.
The overall vision for our work is that most of our community will no longer need us as they will know how to do things for themselves. For some particularly vulnerable groups, like the elderly, this goal is harder to achieve, which is why we run tailored programmes for them.
Holland Park Pre-prep and Day Nursery (HPPS) provides for children aged from 3 months to 8 years.
It is a private school founded in 1990.
To play our part in the re-evangelisation of the nations and the transformation of society.
Holy Trinity Church is part of the Church of England in the Diocese of London. We seek to be confident, compassionate and creative in Christian prayer, worship, mission and ministry for everyone.
We support ANY family living in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea who needs us, providing there is at least 1 child under 5. Rich or poor, settled or transient; there are times when we all need support and friendship but do not know where to turn. Our trained volunteers help to give encouragement and support to change the pattern of troubled lives.
Hornimans has been in existence since 1969 providing adventure play facilities and
activities to children in the local area. We are based within the Golborne Ward, North Kensington. Every child that chooses to come into Hornimans does so because they choose to be here, and escape into a child focused space with an added bonus of our Pygmy goats, Ronald and Timothy. We offer free play & learning opportunities through providing sports, arts & crafts, cooking, games, music and drama activities/workshops, with support and guidance, fun and laughter for children aged 5-16 years from different backgrounds and cultures.
Regional Care Advisory Service offering advice, support and training for all those affected by Huntington's Disease
To provide support for worthwhile activities within imperial college of science technology and medicine ("the college") including to provide support for high quality research projects being undertaken at the college.
Independent Age is a national charity that helps older people acoss the UK, through the 'ABC' of advice, befriending and campaigning. Independent Age provides national information and advice services on social care including care at home, welfare benefits and entitlements, befriending services and other social support. The service is available by telephone (0800 319 6789) and by email (advice@independentage.org) Monday to Friday 10am to 4pm. The service is complemented by written information available free to download from the website www.independentage.org
The advice line service is integrated with other local support including practical help with forms, assessments and other issues, and one-to-one and group befriending schemes.
To advance the welfare of People from the sub-continent of India.
Inkerman offer sheltered housing, home for life, staff on site, social activities, help when needed. Ensuring residents are secure. Have access to staff on CAS when they want, building up confidence to maintain an independent life in friendly surroundings.
Insight is a confidential support service for young people under 25, living with or affected by drug and alcohol issues, in Kensington & Chelsea
The Isaac Newton Centre is a central London base offering an extensive range of facilities all of which will help make your event a success. We can host educational training courses and conferences, launches, events, seminars and association meetings.
Kalayaan works with its clients to overcome these barriers and improve their quality of life. We also campaign for the rights of Migrant Domestic Workers as workers in the UK and strongly oppose the government's new proposals for Migrant Domestic Workers as part of "Making Migration Work for Britain".
We are a constituted small charity, faith based well being organisation, passionate about sharing information and experiences relative to Islamic medicine, nutrition and the environment.
Kensal Community Centre in the Golborne Ward of North Kensington in London exists to serve the community at large. A social club is open to members from 11am to 11pm seven days a week.
The Kensal Triangle Residents Association is a group of local residents from within the "Kensal Triangle" area within Kensal Green. Our goal is to work together to improve life within our area.
The Service User Network's aim is to work towards improving the mental health services received by service users in Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Carers Association can help you to cope with the realisation that someone you know has a mental illness, seek appropriate help, discover your rights under the Mental Health Act and educate yourself about mental illness and how to cope. We operate a dedicated Carer Advocacy Service, run mental health carer support groups, operate respite trips and educational courses.
Our vision is that of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all and that treats people with experience of mental distress fairly, positively and with respect.
Kensington & Chelsea Social Council works to support locally focused voluntary and community organisations serving local residents.
We aim to develop a strong local sector voice to influence decision makers and encourage sector campaigning and lobbying to improve the quality of life of residents of Kensington and Chelsea.
We are a Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) and act as an umbrella body for voluntary and community organisations in Kensington and Chelsea.
Provide sport and leisure opportunities for Adults in Kensington and Chelsea
We are an FE college with adult provision alongside H.E and Community learning
Kensington Dragons is run by an annually elected management committee made up by our players and our coaches.
Registered charity teaching disabled people to swim. We should be operating from the Kensington Leisure Centre but this is not due to reopen until 2015.
To promote and stimulate public interest in the amenities of Kensington including good architecture and planning and to encourage the conservation, preservation and improvement of its buildings and open spaces.
We are a local Charity, we offer advice and support to those who are needy and deprived, we are one of the largest BME groups in the borough, and have worked with children & families service, schools and academies, alongside other local government bodies across London.
We run community based programmes such as homeless outreaches feeding and clothing, we have a sports coaching academy, and provide A level course to young people and adults.
We come together for prayer and praise, to listen to God’s word and with God’s help to grow in faith and love as a Christian fellowship seeking to be of service to others.
KIDS London region provides a wide range of direct support services for disabled children, young people and their families.
A world in which all disabled children and young people realise their aspirations and their right to an inclusive community which supports them and their families.
The Organisation aims to work with, and support Refugees and Ethnic Minority community groups whose English is their second or third language and living, studying or working within Westminster City in particular and London areas in general through the provision of free generalist advice, information, advocacy, translation and guidance.
Lancaster Centre is for young people aged 13 - 19 or up to 25 with a lifelong learning difficulty and/or disability (LLDD). We provide a range of activities from cookery, T-shirt design and music production to the Buddies Scheme and the Access Night for LLDD young people.
The CEIAG service is based at the Centre and provides a range of 1-2-1 support and advice, information and guidance to meet your individual needs. Young people can also link to a variety of other projects such as the Prince’s Trust, the Fast Forward programme and the Break 4 U project which supports teenage parents.
Young people can also access our Health Room and receive advice, information and guidance about a range of health and wellbeing issues and get direct access to sexual health, art therapy and Shiatsu massage services and referrals to many other health and wellbeing services. Lancaster Centre is for young people aged 13 - 19 or up to 25 with a lifelong learning difficulty and/or disability (LLDD). We provide a range of activities from cookery, T-shirt design and music production to the Buddies Scheme and the Access Night for LLDD young people.
The CEIAG service is based at the Centre and provides a range of 1-2-1 support and advice, information and guidance to meet your individual needs. Young people can also link to a variety of other projects such as the Prince’s Trust, the Fast Forward programme and the Break 4 U project which supports teenage parents.
Young people can also access our Health Room and receive advice, information and guidance about a range of health and wellbeing issues and get direct access to sexual health, art therapy and Shiatsu massage services and referrals to many other health and wellbeing services.
Provide a range of services for families with young children living in Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and surrounding areas including nursery, out of school services, drop-ins, etc. Which enables them to improve their quality of life
LODC works to make creative movement and the dance experience available to all.
Latymer Community Church's vision is to follow Jesus, love people and make disciples in Ladbroke Grove. We use our building to serve all in the local community by providing a home for activities that build relationships & bring wholeness to people’s lives. In partnership with others, we run a variety of regular activities such as fitness classes & Craft Club. We work with children and young people and we also organise one-off events such as parties, coach trips and other events for all ages.
Hospital League of Friends providing comforts and amenities for patients and staff
Mobility Transport for people with disabilities or in wheelchairs in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens
Living Well is an independent not-for-profit social enterprise that focuses on the development and delivery of innovative health services that reach and support people from a young age. Living Well’s aim is to improve the quality of people’s lives through helping them to help themselves. Living Well’s services play a vital role in changing the lives of our clients for the better. Our main objectives are to provide clients with effective, quality, person-centred services that:
Enhance their ability to effectively self-manage their lives and improve their health and well-being.
Enable them to make more informed decisions regarding all aspects of their lives.
Ensure that they are aware of the diverse range of resources and services available to support them, both locally and nationally.
Strengthen their ability and widen their opportunity to form social networks and provide support to others.
Increase their ability to determine their futures by setting realistic goals, exploring personal options and building personal strategies that support their health and well-being.
Encourage their active involvement in the development of future services and the maintenance and improvement of existing ones.
LEGS (Local Exercise Groups for Stroke) is a physiotherapy led rehabilitation project, consisting of a weekly evidence-based exercise and discussion/social support session for people who have had a stroke.
LEGS' core ethos is that our sessions are open to all individuals regardless of income, address or level of disability (as long as they can be safely accommodated in the group). We only charge a small fee to attend (which we have found facilitates adherence to the programme and contributes to people's empowerment), so our costs are subsidised by our fundraising efforts and we achieved UK Registered Charity Status in March 2018 (Charity Number 1177659). By becoming a Charity, as opposed to a clinically commissioned service, we are free to provide the service we feel is most effective, to as many as people as we can and we have always co-developed the service in response to feedback from our participants and the best clinical evidence we can find. We have 4 trustees responsible for the Charity, including our Physiotherapist and Founder who also operates as our CEO.
London & Quadrant Housing hire out 1a Nevern Place to voluntary groups and local organisations as an affordable meeting place for local people.The Centre has a computer and printer, computer suite with 5 computers, kitchenette.
Facilitation and consultancy work to support the Health & Social Care sector across London. Working across providers, local authorities and other parties to engage and build partnering & co-production.
London Cyrenians provide housing based support across West London for people with mental health problems (Low to high support), young people at risk, young teenage mothers, Asylum seekers and provides floating support to young people across greater London.
Originally started as an offshoot of the Trinidad Carnival in 1964, the Notting Hill Carnival has become an internationally acclaimed event which remains true to its Caribbean roots. Over the last four decades, it's matured into a melting pot of diverse cultural and musical genres that come together in modern West London streets.
The London Sports Trust is committed to helping young people achieve their goals in sport and education.
The Lymphoedema Support Network represents, supports and empowers people affected by lymphoedema, promotes awareness of the condition and campaigns for appropriate, equitable treatment for all
Lyndons Arts Trust adapt projects to the needs of particular schools and local communities and provide artist tutors specialising in book-making,ceramics,mosaics,textiles,printmaking and collage
Number of services addressing the communities needs including:
Youth Centre
Supplementary School
Sports and leisure
Mala CHERGA Theatre is a dance, movement and physical theatre company. The company is committed to delivering a high quality professional performances as well as education and community programmes bringing opportunities to children, young people and adults of different backgrounds, abilities and ages in variety of settings. to enjoy, communicate and express themselves through fun and creative physical activities.
The Mangrove Steelband is for the whole of our local and wider community, young and old, whatever race, colour, creed, sex or ability to participate and work together within the band towards a mutual goal
The ownership of the Maria Assumpta Centre was transferred from the Religious of the Assumption to the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) to be used by Heythrop College on 28th February 2009.
Marriage Care helps couples and individuals build and sustain strong, fulfilling healthy relationships, as well as providing counselling support in times of relationship difficulty regardless of ability to pay. And we’ve been doing this for over 70 years from almost 100 counselling locations across England and Wales.
Most couples have relationship problems sometimes. Our relationship counsellors are skilled at helping you understand how to make your relationship work and will support you in finding your own solutions. Call us between 9am-6pm from Monday to Friday on 0800 389 3801 to make an appointment.
We don’t charge a fixed fee for our counselling service. Each counselling session costs Marriage Care more than £40 to put on, and your counsellor will ask for a contribution bearing this cost in mind. However you will not be turned away because you cannot afford to give very much. If you’re a UK tax payer, you can add Gift Aid to your donation.
For couples getting married or committing to a long term relationship, our specially designed, thought-provoking marriage preparation courses will equip you with insights and know-how, clarity and confidence to build the best possible future together. For further information visit www.marriagecare.org.uk or call 0800 389 3801
Sheltered accommodation for older women offered by Women's Pioneer Housing Sheltered Housing Scheme.
We are a maintained Nursery School and Children’s Centre providing free full and part time nursery education for children aged 3-5yrs as well as fully funded part time early education places for 2yr olds. Alongside this we offer a range of childcare and play services, healthcare and adult learning for children under five and their families.
Meanwhile Gardens Community Association aims to enhance the lives of residents in North Kensington and North Westminster by providing safe and inclusive open air leisure, play, training and educational opportunities in our four acre community park
Our band has two main principles, to promote the steel pan art form and Carnival culture in the UK and to play a positive role within the community, encouraging musical development and self –confidence for all.
Midaye is a charitable organisation established to address the needs of the BME community. Midaye Stands for Unification.
Migrants Organise is a platform where refugees and migrants organise for power, dignity and justice. We develop leadership and open up spaces for relational, organised participation of migrants and refugees in public life.
Our vision is that of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all and that treats people with experience of mental distress fairly, positively and with respect.
provide a safe environment for Moroccan people in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and others to meet for mutual support.
Free, short-term (6-12 weeks) one-to-one counselling sessions in ARABIC & FARSI languages
For 18 years or above
Registered with a GP in Kensington & Chelsea, Queens Park or Paddington
Self-help workshops & psycho-educational groups to increase awareness & help to improve emotional wellbeing (with interpretation in Arabic & Farsi, if requested)
Support with mild to moderate psychological difficulties.
We are a new group that the MS Society UK has established to support MS patients, as well as family and carers who live in Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham as well as parts of Westminster. This group will be important to patients as a source of support and to combat loneliness.
Our group has regular social meet ups and plans to have regular meetings, workshops and training about a variety of health & well-being topics relevant to people living with MS.
1. To provide the highest quality health & wellbeing services available to private, commercial & NHS clients.
2. Promote positive health and general wellbeing, with a focus on public health outcomes, mental health and wellbeing, safe and effect clinical trials and healthy ageing..
3. To increase access to appropriate information for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and of general wellbeing, including positive mental health. Through proactive networking, to signpost patients and clients to evidence based sources of best practice and advice.
4. Ensure all staff have the right skills and training to carry out their duties competently. Our aim is to incorporate our 6 core values (care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment) across all aspects of our work – from office support through to service delivery with patients and clients.
5. To support the recruitment of clients to clinical trails through the provision of a safe and effective home visiting service, reducing the burden on the client to attend frequent hospital/trial centre appointments.
6. To provide vetted volunteer ‘companions’ who offer a befriending and social service, with weekly visits to support home care clients with their hobbies, getting out and about or simply having a chat over a cup of tea , reducing social isolation and promoting positive mental wellbeing.
7. The provision of personal care for people who are unable to provide it for themselves, because of old age, illness or disability, and which is provided to them in the place where those people are living at the time when the care is required.
8. To provide a safe, quality driven nurse led domiciliary care service to clients where their care needs are respected and that the clients are fully involved in the delivery of their own personal care
9. To provide nursing interventions & diagnosis for the purpose of maintaining the health and wellbeing of persons being cared for within their own home, such as the prevention and treatment of pressure sores, administration of medications (including intravenous medications), etc. so as to maintain the persons best potential health and wellbeing, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate early discharge from hospital where nursing care may be required.
The Munro Health Co-operative is dedicated to the provision of complementary health care to people who would normally not be able to afford such treatments, as well as serving the wider community and targeting special needs.
Providing opportunities for people to participate fully in the life of their community in ways which address and alleviate social and economic disadvantage
We support vulnerable women during pregnancy, birth and post natal period.
To offer young people living and working in the North Westminster area access, using youth work strategies, to a range of high quality, formal and informal learning and recreational opportunties.
New Citizens Voice (NCV) seeks to elevate the status and visibility of immigrants and enable them to be equal players in the UK's socioeconomic, political, educational and cultural development.
New Horizons - a modern, lively, convivial multi-activity centre for older people.
To provide high quality and affordable childcare and working in partnership with parents to ensure all children reach their full potential in both their learning and personal development.
Grants to individuals living in the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea who are suffering hardship.
NICOLA provides opportunities for youngsters to get involved in creative activities, helping them develop useful skills, encouraging cultural and social awareness and fuelling interest in careers in the arts. Whilst providing outlets for artistic expression, our projects are also designed to promote an ethos of cooperation and tolerance.
The society is established for the public benefit for the following purposes:- (a) to protect and preserve and stimulate public interest in the area within the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea known as Norland which area has been designated by the council of the said royal borough as a conservation area under the terms of the civic amenities act 1967 and is hereinafter referred to as "the area of benefit". (b) to promote high standards of town planning and architecture in the area of benefit. (c) to secure the preservation, conservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic or public interest in the area of benefit.
North Kensington Environment Forum (NKEF) promotes the environment in North Kensington using sustainable development as its guiding principle.
North Kensington Law Centre provides a free and independent specialist legal service to the community and promotes access to legal rights and equality of opportunity.
There is an increasing number of people having difficulties in paying for their basic needs. Other needs may take up all finances, leaving nothing for food. This is a dire situation, especially if one is supporting a family. The North Paddington Food Bank is there to help. With cash and food donations from businesses and ordinary people, the food bank provides a minimum of three days emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis in North Paddington.
A community church offering activities for all ages youth, women, children and families. Open to those of faith and no faith. In our building we host a variety of activities from many groups.
The Notting Hill Film Festival is an event that can happen anywhere, anytime and our irreverent, fun filled program that outwardly promotes for inward investment that Great Britain houses Great Talent
The purposes of the Methodist Church are and shall be deemed to have been since the date of union the advancement of:
(a) the Christian faith in accordance with the doctrinal standards and the discipline of the Methodist Church;
(b) any charitable purpose for the time being of any Connexional, district, circuit, local or other organisation of the Methodist Church;
(c) any charitable purpose for the time being of any society or institution subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church;
(d) any purpose for the time being of any charity being a charity subsidiary or ancillary to the Methodist Church.
Nova runs accredited courses in Maths, English and ICT for adults.
Wide range of free pre-employment information, advice and guidance services to help prepare, look for and find work. Support includes help finding courses, volunteering. On-to-one advice, CV workshops, help with writing cover letters and application forms.
Wider Community programme including trips for local families during school holidays.
We provide access to generalist advice in social welfare civil litigation, community care, consumer , family and specialist advice to representation level in the in benefits, debt and housing plus,and employment.
We have a pro bono service which involves experienced solicitors volunteering their service in consumer, commercial , contracts, employment, family and wills/probate.
We aim to aid people who are among the most vulnerable in society.
Octavia Housing is a forward thinking, not-for-profit organisation with a strong track record in social housing and providing care services.
Open Age promotes a positive approach to ageing by running a wide range of activities for our members, allowing them to remain mentally and physically active and engaged in their community. Founded in 1993, Open Age now hosts over 380 activities across Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster, and Hammersmith and Fulham, for people aged 50+. From creative classes to IT classes, special events for unpaid carers, and a fantastic range of physical activities, Open Age has something for everyone. In addition, Open Age runs an employment centre to help people aged 50+ find work. To ensure that everyone is able to access our services, Open Age runs special groups for the housebound, while our dedicated Link Up team reaches out to people who have become isolated and lack the confidence to attend classes or events alone.
With over 6000 members, Open Age is committed to reducing isolation by supporting and celebrating older people in London. Membership is free!
Small Christian community centre. Runs various events such as Childrens Club, English classes. There to be rented out by the community. Mostly run voluntarily
This centre offers a wide range of facilities providing a space for the personal achievement and mental well-being of African and Caribbean people: Day centre, advice and information, outreach visits, community programmes, health promotion, community carer support.
Seminars and workshops to improve the quality of life and social welfare of African women and women from ethnic minorities.
The purpose of the trust is to obtain funding in order to carry out the continuing restoration/renovation/repairs of the church building.
To deliver high impact, anti crime, anti gang, early intervention workshops in primary and secondary schools - 'It's YOUR Choice!' - and STI and Relationships Awareness workshops - 'Warts And All!' - in secondary schools in West London boroughs. We also deliver anti reoffending workshops in HM YOI Feltham with 15-21 year old male offenders.
Outside In Pathways is a project for people with learning disabilities. We offer inspiring art-based educational workshops for people with a wide range of difficulties, including autism and those with complex or high-support needs.
Our purpose is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
PDT is a not-for-profit regeneration company and social enterprise working for people, place, and community enterprise in London. Our mission is to facilitate social action and catalyse economic opportunities leading to growth in social and economic independence and wellbeing.
To reduce late presentation of long term conditions by encouraging screening and early testing amongst the Southern African communities and sign posting them to appropriate services
We achieve these aims by:
Running education and skills workshop and training sessions.
Using outreach interventions to distribute information, resources such as;leaflets, posters, booklets and condoms, in community settings such as clubs, places of worship, pubs,night clubs, food shops, hair salons, barbers and other community events.
Referrals and signposting to appropriate support agencies.
We provide Interpretation and translation services at service delivery points such as GP surgeries, hospitals, housing, Social Care services, benefit offices to improve communication between the user and service providers.
Running volunteer programmes to assist in our work.
Developing resources that are appropriate to our target group.
The parish runs a number of community based activities, including study support for local children, adult English language courses, amongst other things.
To serve the local community in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ
Support all people affected by Parkinson's Disease
We provide facilities for social welfare, recreation and healthy ageing with the object of improving the conditions of life and relieving the needs of older people aged 50 and over, particularly those of African and Caribbean origin living in the borough of K&C and the surrounding boroughs, as well as to offer care and assistance to those suffering from physical and mental disabilities.
We offer free transport to our Day care members, some of whom cannot use other means of travel. We get referrals from social services, G.P's and places of worship.
To provide a forum for socially isolated and /or disabled elderly refugees whose first language is Farsi in order to provide them with;
• programmes which will address health and social care inequalities promoting a better self-care and self-responsibility
• Fostering a more positive self-image.
• To encouraging the elders to be in touch with one another.
• To liaise working with health and social care agencies to provide a programme of enablement.
• To supporting the users to maintain an independent life.
• To identify social and health care needs and share the information with the users.
We have provided a therapeutic space and non-threatening environment for elders to meet and exchange ideas and where they can continue to build their knowledge of local resources.
Trusting relationships are gradually built up with statutory and non-statutory services. This is making a contributions to the way in which elders are enabled to build their networks, reduce fear and a sense of isolation.
Pimento Community Project is a Supplementary School for young people aged 5 to 16.
It teaches a wide variety of subjects including English and Maths.
We connect businesses that have surplus food to local charities and voluntary organisations that need it. This prevents good food from going to landfill and helps people who are living in food poverty.
to provide play opportunities for all children especially those from vulnerable backgrounds including children and young people with complex needs
POhWER provides advocacy support to society’s most vulnerable individuals, enabling them to get their voices heard and have choice and control about the services they access.
The Polish Club – Ognisko was established over 50 years ago and is ideally situated in the heart of Kensington.
The Portobello Acupuncture Project was originally founded in 2010 to promote community health within the borough of Kensington & Chelsea. Our professional and experienced practitioners grouped together to create a shared healing space, so we could provide quality treatments at a low cost and our patients could be treated at the same time as family and friends rather than feeling isolated by their condition. The local community spread the word about the project, and the results have been wonderful as the clinic now has patients coming from every borough within London which proves that community acupuncture works!
To promote the antiques shopping area of Portobello Road and Westbourne Grove, to improve the local environment and to encourage fair dealing between PADA members and the public.
PBC is a leading quality and nationally recognised provider of professional Enterprise Support Services. Having been established for over 25 years. We have provided support and assistance to many hundreds of businesses in our local community and across London.
Yet there is still so much more to do.
We are an independent non-profit making, market driven organisation and consistently aim to be a leading provider of world class training, counselling and consultancy services. We achieve this through listening and responding to the needs of our customers.
We exist to help you to start up grow and expand your businesses, to support you in realising your full potential through the provision of affordable, high quality, independent and confidential support delivered by an innovative and professional team.
We offer and deliver; One to one advice; Courses; Short courses; Seminars; Workshops; Business Consultancy; Networking opportunities.
We provide advice on business loans and grants for London based businesses.
We have helped start a number of now high profile businesses including Innocent, Bighams Ltd, Karen Karem, The Pure Package and Unpackaged. We also specialise in the Creative Sector and run the highly regarded Fashion Masterclasses with Lecturer David Jones, past participants include Preen, Karen Millen, Eley Kishmoto and Matthew Williamson.
We are an active sustainable social enterprise; that means we put back into our community. We unswervingly feel that by supporting enterprise, we nurture the very essence of the communities we serve.
We encourage you set up your business with similar ambitions.
Many of our services are without charge or heavily subsidised, please contact us direct or visit our website www.pbc.co.uk for more information
Portobello Café Society is primarily a networking/lobbying group which exists to support local independent businesses within North Kensington - especially, but not only, cafés, coffee bars, pubs and restaurants. We work to foster links between them as well as with the local community and local government. In addition we support community events (such as Small Business Saturday and International Record Store Day), and campaigns to protect and preserve local community assets.
Based in North Kensington's diverse Notting Hill, the Portobello Dance School offers children from 3yrs to young adults training in Ballet, Jazz, Street, Tap and Contemporary styles.
The Film Festival was created in 1996 as a reaction to the moribund state of the British film industry, to provide a forum for new film-makers and give exposure to movies on different formats
Our club is unique – we’re independently run as a social enterprise by the Westway Development Trust. This enables us to focus on providing a service that’s accessible to everyone, instead of being driven by profits or shareholders.
To help children to succeed, create the childcare that families need, build learning communities.
Pro Art is a non-profit organisation with an aim to develop and improve education generally, especially to advance the opportunities for informal and non-formal activities and training. The scope of activities is wide and based on multidisciplinary approach to learning subjects, such as culture, heritage, art, social and managing topics, science, environment among many others. Pro Art organises lectures, exhibitions, cultural events, seminars and conferences which promote different people and communities and inspire the participants to assume further learning. Pro Art is regularly participating in LLP European projects and as an expert in the field of multidisciplinary education is invited to talk at international and national conferences. We have regular group of participant, 106 members of the Pro Art Club, who enjoy being proactive and contribute to our activities, and who also travel abroad and meet our European partners, expanding network of partners, stakeholders and participants. The members are people of all age, gender, faith and social, educational and economic background, involved in planning and implementing Pro Art programme, evaluating and disseminating the results of the projects. The activities that we carry out regularly are visits to informal learning places (museums, galleries, libraries, theatres, concert halls, heritage and gardens), art and educational workshops, music events, exhibitions, lectures and literary promotions delivered by professionals in the fields in order to achieve a high quality cultural programme and an excellent standard of the events.
Education and training for disadvantaged people leading to employment. Education includes supplementary school, structured educational internet activities. Advocacy, and advice. Computer courses from basic to advanced skills.
QPBA provides social welfare services to improve the condition of life for the Bangladeshi community.
Rain Trust is a voluntary organisation that offers assistance and support to those suffering long-term conditions, including those living with, affected by and at risk from HIV.
Rathbone is a UK-wide voluntary youth sector organisation providing opportunities for young people to transform their life-circumstances by re-engaging with learning, discovering their ability to succeed and achieving progression to further education, training and employment.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is home to a diverse and flourishing arts scene, which includes festivals, music venues, galleries, theatres, arts centres, and more besides.
The RBKC Partnership of Supplementary Schools consists of a variety of schools that help pupils aged 5-19 with many subjects such as national curriculum, mother tongue and sports. The schools operate in the late afternoon or early evenings during the week-time or on the weekends, depending on the school.
Set up in 1976 to help those who are disadvantaged economically, socially or otherwise (whether because of youth, age, disability, language barrier, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, low income or any other reason), to introduce diversity in health & well being, educational, social, and cultural programmes also recreational facilities to help overcome the disadvantage (where applicable) that social exclusion attracts.
Social welfare and health support services for people with HIV - with a particular focus on ageing, isolation and poverty.
The Royal Albert Hall is the world’s most famous stage. Since its opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world’s greatest musicians, singers, dancers, sportsmen, statesmen and world leaders have appeared on its stage. Over a million people each year enjoy live performances at the Hall, and millions more experience the Hall’s events through broadcasts, recordings and new media channels.
The Royal Albert Hall is a registered charity and receives no public revenue funding. One of the Royal Albert Hall’s charitable aims is to bring its work alive through its Education and Outreach programme. We strive to open up the Hall to children, teachers, young people, families and community groups in order to offer a wide calendar of events and make the most of the unique characteristics of the building. Our programme includes with specially created tours, workshops, projects and schools matinees.
We aim to encourage, support and promote all art forms. We are committed to developing arts provision, increasing participation, encouraging artistic excellence and promoting good practice. We provide advice and information, organise arts networking events and training, run an Arts Grants Scheme and work in partnership to develop innovative arts projects.
To provide a fitting home and community for ageing or infirm veteran soldiers to whom the nation owes a debt of gratitude.
No child in the UK should grow up to be poor or lonely just because they are blind
• 90% of those who lose their sight in youth won’t work for more than six months in their lives
• Most will never have someone to share their life with
The Royal Society for Blind Children believe in a better life for blind children.
We are on a mission to make sure every single blind child has the self-belief and skills to fulfil the potential we know they’ve got.
Make no mistake – helping blind children to believe they can achieve will take time and money. But we’ll do it from the ground up, working with our wonderful donors and volunteers to deliver the five things we believe will transform the life chances of every blind child in England and Wales.
How are we going to do it?
1. Helping parents first
2. Excellent and inclusive education
3. Build friendships and character
4. Getting young people job ready
5. Harnessing technology
By 2020 we want to have helped 11,000 children and with 178 years of experience behind us and the support of our donors, we know we’ll get there get there.
Local Salvation Army church and community centres offer a range of activities and services within their local communities. People can become involved in all sorts of ways, through volunteering with fundraising initiatives, attending church services and helping with local activities.
Local Salvation Army church and community centres offer a range of activities and services within their local communities. People can become involved in all sorts of ways, through volunteering with fundraising initiatives, attending church services and helping with local activities.
To provide information and support to scoliosis sufferers and their families
The object of this church is to spread and maintain the teachings of Christian Science as found in the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, the Founder and Discoverer of Christian Science, and to maintain the advancement of Chrstian Science, in any manner which shall be charitable at law, and in particular for the purposes of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, London.
SHARP is a structured day programme for drug and alcohol dependency operating in Greater London, Liverpool and Bournemouth.
Bring people together, build up community spirit and improve our local neighbourhoods.
Encourage informal discussion and communication in our Estate. hold public meetings on topical local issues•
organise social events
St Mary Abbots Rehabilitation and Training (SMART) supports people affected by mental illness on their path to recovery.
Through meaningful activity and training they aim to rebuild lives, giving people purpose, confidence and skills.
STAG was brought about as a result of continued speculation regarding the future of SMART 15 Gerturde St London SW10.
The lower ground floor of 15 Gertude St has been the home of SMART (St Mary Abbots rehabilitation- a much valued mental health day centre. Sag is concerned with active user involvement in the borough.
Snowflake School provides intensive intervention based on the principles of applied behaviour analysis including Skinners analysis of Verbal Behaviour. This provision is delivered in a safe, happy and stimulating environment.
We believe in the transformative power of play.
Through our work in West London, we have seen hundreds of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, or those that have experienced trauma, become a part of our family through our wide and varied activities, which offer something for everyone.
Established in 2007, we first focused on sports, but since then we’ve added healthy eating initiatives, arts activities, educational group trips, mentorship programmes, and holidays in the UK and abroad.
What binds these programmes is a commitment to creating a safe, open-minded, inclusive and loving environment, where we can play together and happy memories are made.
We offer a wide range of programmes and activities- from sports to art to cooking- so that every one of our kids can discover what gives them joy. We also offer support and guidance to parents and carers experiencing emotional, practical and social issues.
Our Aims and Activities:
Somali Management development Centre was established in 2006 to work with the broader communities in Westminster and adjacent area in London with particular focus on the Somali Community. Most of the members of the Somali community were new to the United Kingdom and new arrivals are coming every year so their needs were and are obviously huge. Our main aim is to address the basic needs of the people in Westminster which were grouped around five areas:
• Advice and Information
• Parents and Youth Communication
• Health and Well-being
• Skills for life and Business Start-up
• Volunteering
Health promotion, Mothers group meeting/discussions, Saturday School for Children and young people aged 6 - 19 years old, sport activities.
Half term and Summer trips
Occasional cooking /Girls and Mothers sessions.
A youth organisation that encourages new ideas inspires new growth an organisation that’s jazzy and chock full of Ideas.
The synagogue's membership consists of a congregation observing the Jewish religion. Its objective is to provide and maintain a place for the purpose of public worship and promote religious, educational and charitable activities.
Spectra CIC (Community Interest Company) exists to offer services and support to a diverse community of MSM (Men who have Sex with Men) and others.
Where there are identified needs, we will empower individuals and communities to make positive, informed choices about their sexual health and overall wellbeing.
We provide services directly to MSM, and other under-served groups in our area including trans* communities and Black African heterosexual men and women, and to other professionals working with gay and bisexual men and MSM.
S.P.I.D. (Specially Produced Innovatively Directed) is an award winning theatre and film company who uses the arts to regenerate neglected spaces. We create site specific projects which foster a sense of community by engaging people with their local environment. We are based in the Grade II* listed community rooms of West London's Kensal House council estate.
Welcome to St. Anne’s Nursery School & Children’s Centre. Originally established in 1908 as a semi-open air nursery, St. Anne’s is reputed to be the oldest nursery school in London
The charity is established to relieve poverty and sickness, advance education and protect and preserve health, particularly, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, of elderly Eritreans who have settled in London and who are in condition of need, hardship, sickness, isolation or distress by reason of their social, cultural and economic circumstances.
We endeavour to be an inclusive Community where, like our Patron Saint, St. Augustine of Canterbury, we will welcome all as if they were Christ and we pray that we will be a place of prayer, peace and worship.
St Barnabas is a Church of England church, holding services 3 times on Sundays plus offering other activities to promote community and the welfare of its congregation and the surrounding areas and to give generously to needy people.
The St Charles Parents and Friends Association is a committee of parents that represents the interests and ideas of the wider parent community at St Charles Catholic Primary School. The Parents and Friends Association provides direct support in the day-to-day life of the school and gives parents an opportunity to work in partnership with the School Principal and staff to organise various educational, social, sporting and fundraising activities, and events that benefit all students and their families.
St Columba's Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) is a place of worship serving not only the Kensington & Chelsea area but London and Home Counties areas. St Columba's is affiliated with local charities; Borderline (helping homeless Scots in London) and West London Action for Children.
A centre for prayer, contemplation and teaching amid the busy life of Earl's Court.
St Cuthbert's Centre is a registered charity committed to the relief of poverty, hardship, isolation and distress amongst vulnerable people from the Earl's Court and surrounding areas. Our aim is to maintain or improve the quality of life for all who attend the Centre.
St Francis is a Church of England Church which serves the Dalgarno Neighbourhood. It was reopened in 2004 to establish a worshipping Christian community who seek to improve the quality of life for our neighbours, with a particular emphasis on the spiritual welfare of the area. We also invite people to explore the Christian faith for themselves in the hope they will choose to become followers of Jesus and enter into the freedom and peace that he brings. We have focused in the past years on work with families and children, but are open to all.
Relief of persons suffering from leprosy and the families and dependants of such persons; funding professional education of those engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of leprosy; funding medical research related to leprosy and allied diseases.
The worship of Almighty God and the building up of a Christian community, together with the development of their spiritual lives, is the reason for St. George's existence.
a local church for North Kensington and the surrounding area. We are a diverse cross-section of people from many different backgrounds, a dozen nationalities young and old, brought together by a common desire to know God better
St John's Notting Hill is the Parish Church for the diverse and vibrant community of Notting Hill. Set on top of the hill in a prominent position the Church is at the centre of the community. We have rooms for hire for community groups.
St Luke's is an Anglican church located a short walk from Earls Court and West Brompton Station. They offer children and families activities, there's an 11am Sunday Service, and they also host Kensington & Chelsea Foodbank.
St. Mark's, London is one of the oldest churches in the lands of the immigration, and one of the first churches supported and cared for by our beloved Patriarch Shenouda III.
WE are a local parish (Church of England) church, whose main purpose is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through worship, and action. We have a civic ministry, and work with RBKC, and the local community and various local charities. The church is open every day and is a quiet space for prayer and reflection as well as regular worship. We have a choir, a large children's sunday school; playgroup; activities for the elderly, and provide performance space for music students from the RCM, as well as a (hireable) venue for concerts and other events.
A Eucharist based church (using Common Worship Order One) in the best liberal Anglican tradition.
to help create a community of faith so that the whole community might grow.
St Mungo's opens doors for homeless people by providing emergency shelter, support towards recovery and help to prevent rough sleeping.
a lively and friendly church at the heart of Notting Hill Gate
St Peter's Hall was built in 1862 as a Church School. It is now run by a charitable trust, the St Peter's Hall (1991) Charity, which supports education in the Notting Hill area
St. Philip’s is located on the corner of Earls Court Road and Stratford Road and offer halls and other spaces for hire.
AMICI Dance Theatre Company is a unique dance theatre company integrating able-bodied & disabled artists and performers based in Hammersmith.The St. Philip's Pre-Amici Group Kensington is a parent run sociable neighborhood weekly event tutored by AMICI.
Free of charge on Friday 6-8 pm (Term time) for young and older people with learning disability,physical impairment and physical disability.
Participants are accompanied. Refreshments and chatter close the session and are enjoyed by both members and carers.
We represent the needs and concerns of the residents living in William Sutton homes, we represent them at conferences and meetings. We provide social events, we run a playgroup, social afternoons with the elderly and do outings and coach trips.
To encourage each individual’s spiritual, artistic and personal development, through opportunities in theatre and film. Within our safe haven, we create life long relationships, providing professional training and pastoral care.
St Simon’s is a parish in the Kensington Episcopal Area and is part of the Diocese of London, itself part of the Church of England.
Provides religious worship, education and development as well as pastoral care for any sort of personal or family need. Cooperating with others in the community to foster community life and to improve its quality.
To provide information, refreshment services and a listening ear to HIV patients, their friends and relatives at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and the Dean Street Clinic all part of the NHS Foundation Trust.
St Wilfrid’s is a residential home for older people. Our aim at St Wilfrid’s is to provide care to all residents to a standard of excellence which embraces the fundamental principles of the Care Standards Act 2000
Activities:- Provision of Education and Training to disadvantaged young People aged18- 24 years old, helping them to gain recognised qualifications in order to gain employment.
Standing Together Against Domestic Violence helps to reduce the huge social and economic cost of domestic violence in the UK. Each year, 112 women die as a result of domestic violence.
Our proven method supports organisations, including the police, criminal justice partners, social services, healthcare workers and charities, to identify and respond effectively together to domestic violence. Our ultimate aim is to help these agencies to work in partnership, so that people receive the best support at the time they need it.
Staying First (formerly Staying Put Services) are a charity and exist to provide quality and accessible services in order to ensure a better quality of life for clients living in West London and beyond who are in housing and health related need.
Our services include Housing advice, Small repairs and Home Improvement Agency services in RBKC, a Small Repairs Service in Westminster and Furnish our recycling project that collects unwanted & reuseable furniture from residents of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Ealing, we have a re-use shop in the W12 shopping Centre, Shepherds Bush Green, W12 6PP. We also offer opportunities for volunteering at our shop and warehouse in Greenford.
Main objectives are to contribute towards the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, particularly among older people, young people and children, those at risk of homelessness with mental or physical health problems or suffering other disability or deprivation, through the provision of advice, support, facilities, and services to improve the lives of those in need.
Sudanese Mothers for Peace is a non-religious, non-political, non-ethnic organisation. It is just a heart of the mothers for peace and against war.
To ensure people get the right idea, we'll include a brief statement here that describes our organization. We'll tell people what we want to accomplish and exactly how we plan to do it.
Providing, to residents of south Kensington and Chelsea receiving mental health care, grants for household items, clothing and at times expenses on holiday, according to particular guidelines which can be provided on request.
A world where people with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination, and good sexual health is a right and reality for all.
A sheltered housing scheme offering purpose-built properties for rent for people over the age of 55.
To advance the Christian faith and to manage and maintain the Tabernacle School
We are an Independent Christian school where children are moulded to achieve greatness through our focus on the "whole child" spiritually, academically, athletically, and artistically.
This friendly group is made up of profoundly deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and hearing people with a vision to reach *deaf people in London and the world for Jesus Christ.
Production and distribution of audio tapes to the blind or partially-sighted
offers exciting, stimulating, challenging and creative for girls and young women
The Advocacy Project - We offer free, independent, confidential advocacy and user involvement services for those with mental health issues, a learning disability and older people.
We believe that The Arabic Club For Kids, in Kensington, right at the heart of London, is the best Children’s school for Arabic in the UK. It is based on careful and ongoing research into both teaching methods and children’s education to provide an excellent and stimulating learning environment for your children.
TAHA provides
1.day care for Asian and other BME adults and older people with disabilities,luncheon service & health education & promotion service in Hammersmith & Fulham
2. respite and personal care services in London Borough of Ealing/Hounslow etc
3. Personal Care and personal support assistants for children & young people with physical, learning disabilies & mental ill health
The CLS is an independent academic institution, founded in 1984 by a group of Lebanese concerned with the state of affairs in their country.
Located in North Kensington we are an award-winning charity that delivers a rounded programme of educational, employment and pastoral support for the whole family. We provide opportunities to enable over 1800 local people each year to achieve their potential.
We offer:
Communicate – Adult learning programme, providing 10 ESOL and basic skills courses. IntoUniversity North Kensington - An innovative programme of academic support for children and young people enabling them to attain either a university place or another chosen aspiration (7 – 18 years).
IntoWork – An adult employment programme (16 years +) breaking barriers to work and training. Advice & Guidance – One-to-one support and coaching.
A Community Garden – A public garden open to the local community.
We also offer:
A confidence building Women’s Empowerment Project, free I.T. classes for beginners, a new literacy & numeracy support programme, and a Carnival Arts project for children during the summer holidays.
The purpose of the group is to allow the disabled, housebound and elderly frail to participate in joint and local community activities and thereby relieve their loneliness and isolation.
The BME Health Forum is a unique and well-established partnership between voluntary and community organisations, healthcare providers, commissioners, and local authorities. It improves the quality of health and social care services for patients from deprived backgrounds living primarily in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham.
The BME Health Forum empowers marginalised patients and communities to engage and influence local health care provision. It provides a way for health professionals, and commissioners to listen to the health needs of marginalised patients and make improvements to health services.
We are committed to providing our members support to help their businesses grow and to sustain the business community in the Royal Borough.
The K&C Foundation matches charities that are making a difference in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with local residents who have the same concerns. They use a knowledge of local charities to guide people who want to donate their time, money and skills to make an impact.
Networking with Offenders and Offering Resolve (NOOR) is an innovative third sector social enterprise which was founded by its Chief Executive Bilal Dunn in urgent response to the growing need we have as a society to engage with our fractured youth community.
It has since developed educational programs through some of the Arts and Social Media as a way of bringing about social change by way of youth development. This has been achieved both locally within communities and amongst designated sections of the growing offender population within many of our country’s Young Offender and Adult Prison Institutions.
A) To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning. B) to stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the southern section of the conservation area designated the Thurloe estate and Smith's Charity estate conservation area by the borough council of the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea on 30 July 1968. C) to encourage the preservation, development and improvement of features of general public amenity or historic interest. D) to take all other steps to protect and advance the interests of persons living within the neighbourhood.
The Reader runs weekly groups where we bring people together to read novels, short stories, plays and poems, creating a space for people to be together, share thoughts and have personal reflections. Trained Reader Leaders read the stories aloud to the group each week and all our sessions are free to attend, so everyone--no matter their background or ability--can join in. Group members are welcome to read aloud, join the discussions or sit back and enjoy a good story. Shared Reading is about making personal connection – what the literature makes us feel, the meaning it holds for each of us, and the shared experiences we discover through discussions.
The Reader has been running Shared Reading groups in Kensington & Chelsea since 2010. We run groups across the borough each week in libraries, community centres, hospitals, and day centres. Please contact us for a list of our weekly groups.
Richmond Fellowship is one of the biggest providers of mental health care in the country. Every year, we work with hundreds of people who are living with the effects of serious mental health problems, often exacerbated by issues such as sexual abuse, or drugs and alcohol. RF helps people to gain a new sense of purpose and fulfilment, making a real contribution to the lives of our service users.
The Second Half Centre, located in the NHS St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing on Exmoor Street W10, opened it’s doors to the over 50s community on October 29th 2012. It is open every Monday to Friday 9:30am to 5:00pm.
The Second Half Foundation (SHF), who created The Second Half Centre, was established with the purpose of building centres throughout the United Kingdom to serve men and women aged 50 plus to ensure that our growing ageing population will have a place to develop more meaningful connections and continue to learn and grow.
The mission is to get our ageing population together doing things they enjoy in a dedicated space: bridging the digital divide, learning new skills to get back to work, rediscovering the pleasures of old hobbies and finding new ones, exercising, and feeling involved through volunteering, mentoring and teaching.
As of 1st April 2014, Open Age now run and manage The Second Half Centre-they have been pioneering an active life for older people for over 20 years, preventing social isolation and loneliness and improving health and well-being. Open Age is a user led charity, working across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster enabling older people, from 50 to over 100 years of age, to sustain their physical and mental fitness, maintain active lifestyles and develop new and stimulating interests.
Open Age has Over 350 weekly activities are provided from more than 60 sites, which include our the Positive Age Centre in North Kensington, the Open Age Hubs in Westminster as well as community centres, sheltered housing, church halls and libraries.
Sheltered housing with support for older women with limited financial means
We work with young people aged 12-30, and are based in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
If you want to know more about contraception or how to kick an addiction; want to join a Young Women's group; have a heart to heart with a counsellor or to volunteer; stop smoking or get advice on benefits; we might just have the space for you.
The advancement of education of the public in the arts and in particular by the protection and preservation of the painting of Sir Thomas More and family (attributed to R Locky after Hans Holbein) measuring approximately 12 feet by 9 feet and such other works of art relating to the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea as are of special historic or artistic interest.
The Video College was set up through a local residents' association in 1994 to give people of all ages an opportunity to train in one of the most vital areas of film making.
Theatre of Possibility is born with the intention of exploring new ways of using the theatre as a tool for helping people in need. That need could be either emotional or physical.
We are an organisation based outside of RBKC, but working within the area, as contractors for Equal People, mencap. We are primaily a voluntary sector infrastructure support organisation operating in Harrow, that seeks to build social capital through creativity. This involves us running a cafe, stall and helping for an with adults with disabilities in RBKC.
TIKO Foundation is an educational charity established to assist young men and women to fulfil their aspirations and to help them achieve their full potential both in their education and later professional careers. Through our grants, we set out to nurture exceptional talent and make education achievable for all.
We fund young asylum seekers or young people with limited leave through higher education in the UK who are not entitled to student finance. We fund this group of young people because their immigration status does not allow them to secure student finance and therefore does not allow them to access and progress in higher education, despite legally being allowed to live in the UK.
Delivering excellent housing services through resident led management
Total Family Coaching & Parenting is a community-based service that assists and supports parents in their role as caregivers. We promote parental competence and healthy child development by helping parents enhance their strengths and resolve problems that can lead to negative outcomes, developmental delays, and family dysfunction.
Our practitioners are highly skilled and experienced in delivering intervention packages to parents and families using a whole family model. Our team is multi-lingual and offering our services in different languages including Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, Punjabi, and Hindi, giving us the opportunity to speak directly with families in a language they understand as well as set the intervention to fit their ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Independent charitable trust funder of work which tackles poverty and inequality in London.
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making charitable trust which supports organisations working across the UK. We do not focus our funding on specific themes or programmes. Instead we want to fund a wide range of people and organisations working to achieve lasting change in their communities.
Elizabeth Finn Care has been helping people overcome the worst effects of poverty for over a century.
Turning Point is the UK's leading health and social care organisation. We provide services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems and those with a learning disability
Studying in the UK as a disabled student won’t represent any difference in studying as a non-disabled student. As a disabled person in a British higher education provider, you’ll have your rights guaranteed by law. Within every British university, there’s an office and an official who’s in charge to deliver every service concerning this category of students. the UK education system has many scholarship schemes allocated to disabled students. Disabled students in the UK can also get financial support from the British loan system.
We are a Complementary Health Centre offering treatments including massage, acupuncture and osteopathy, counselling and psychotherpay. We recieve various grants to offer low cost therapies and psychotherapy.
Urban Eye is a London based art and design group, founded in 1998. It plans and implements art and regeneration projects to transform neglected spaces and improve public safety.
We provide out of the classroom learning in the local urban environment to schools adults and families.
A community centre for learning, personal growth and enjoyment.
We provide and assist in the provision of play and other facilities, to develop the physical, mental and spiritual capacities of children, young people and the families. We aim to create a safe and friendly environment, offering informal support. Here people can meet others and access services such as community events, opportunities for learning, information, advice and guidance and a venue for private celebrations.
Provides help, support and advice to victims of crime within the borough.
Referrals can be made by the police, other agencies and self-referral.
The Volunteer Centre aims to champion rewarding volunteering opportunities and promote volunteering as a force for change and social good
Warwick Pre-School is a nursery running since 1972, and we feel proud that we've been running for a successful 37 years. Furthermore, we are part of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, a national voluntary organisation, and registered as an educational charity. We also work very closely with the local community.
Advice and advocacy for the Vietnamese community, including refugees and asylum seekers. Advice on housing, health, benefits, education, family reunion, immigration and nationality. Interpreting services. Lunch club for older people. ESOL and mother tongue.
West London Action for Children helps families affected by trauma, abuse, domestic violence, mental health concerns, poverty, bullying, divorce, separation, isolation, emotional and relationship difficulties and the challenges faced by parents.
We offer counselling and therapy for vulnerable children and their families. We offer both individual work and group work at both our headquarters and in outreach locations including schools.
Westbourne Grove Church is a community who explore Christian faith in central London in the 20-tens. Faith has to speak to London’s diverse and constantly changing population, to our pace of life, to the joys, pressures, conflicts and choices presented by the city.
Westbourne Studios, one of Britain's most imaginative office and studio complexes, is home to over 100 innovative small businesses, predominantly from the creative industries. Westbourne’s thriving entrepreneurial community benefits from the collaborative environment created by the people who work within it.
The charity’s objects (‘the objects’) are
1. The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit among
people from the Somali community and other black and minority ethnic
groups (BME) living in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea,
Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster who are socially excluded
on the grounds of their ethnic origin or social and economic position, to
relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into
society, in particular but not exclusively by providing:
• Advocacy, information and advice
• Education and training in the English language
• Recreational facilities and events involving the local community
2. Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively
charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees
may from time to time determine.
Adding value, bringing choice.
We provide a range of low-cost, professional, user-friendly and flexible Community Transport Services to a variety of users, both groups and individuals, meeting their transport needs sensitively and professionally.
In everything we do we commit to being reliable, respectful, fair, ethical and sustainable.
We believe providing transport and training services are a means to a broader aim: harnessing community resources, meeting individual needs and creating social opportunities. Increasing disadvantaged people's independence, enriching their lives and improving their participation in society; by providing access to essential services, while being sensitive and helpful in meeting their transport needs.
We aim to keep services as affordable as possible for people with the least means. We offer quality and value for money; as services are delivered to a high standard in the most cost efficient way. We are user led and we have an innovative and approachable team that are always open to new ideas.
Firmly identified as a Social Enterprise we demonstrate, while delivering our core aims, that we stimulate the local economy and generate local employment opportunities. We offer people the chance, through volunteering and training, to improve their employment prospects, advance within their current employment and obtain useful life skills and vocational training.
To provide facilities and coaching which enable the local community around Westway to learn and enjoy the games of Fives and Wallball
Our mission is to be regarded as one of the best community based housing associations in West London by providing a viable housing service for those in need, at affordable rents.
Westway Trust is a charity committed to enhancing the 23 acres of space under the Westway flyover to benefit local people, making it a great environment to live, work, play and visit.
We strive to harness the creativity, heritage and diversity of the area to maintain and improve the places and spaces we look after. Through good stewardship and collaboration with every part of the community Westway Trust helps this vibrant part of London to continue to thrive.
The William Wilberforce Trust works through the local church to confront injustice and poverty and care for those in need. Through our integrated and holistic service provision we:
Rescue - those in crisis (homeless, ex-offenders, addicts, people in debt, mental health issues)
Restore - lives/the individual ( ex-offender mentoring, courses, counselling, debt advice)
Reintegrate - individuals as contributing members of society (debt free, accommodated, in community, not reoffending, not addicted)
Woman’s Trust is a support and mental health service for women affected by domestic abuse. We provide one-to-one counselling, support groups and workshops to help start re-building confidence in a safe, confidential and non-judgemental environment.
WERA was set up by the residents of the estate to represent the views and interests of all residents when dealing with the Council, its agents and their contractors, and ensure that residents are regularly and properly consulted on what is happening on the estate.
We provide support services for families with children under five years living on or around the Worlds End Estate.
Our main service are a FREE Drop In, Monday to Friday 9.30 - 11.45am.
Crèche for under twos Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 1 - 3.15pm
Pre-School for over twos Monday to Friday 8am - 3pm
We also run regular parenting classes, provide volunteer opportunities and student placements, and have free internet access for users of the centre.
We also run a number of events, which include parties, fetes, music workshops, support and advice sessions, Bring and Buy sales.
Worldwide Somali Students and Professionals (WSS) is a registered non-profit organisation based in North Kensington. WSSP provides range of essential services to its service users in Kensington and Chelsea, the Tri-Boroughs and beyond. WSSP’s main activities include, interconnecting the work of community workers and charities through social media. Supporting young people’s educational and health developments, community development, career advice, mentoring for young adults. Poverty reduction and prosperity for all through education.
WSPM Agape Community Project has over 18 years experience, delivering services at grass-roots level to vulnerable and disadvantaged community groups in Greater London.
The services and activities being provided or delivered through the Project include, the BME Health Forum (Good Practices Access for Well Being), a project funded by Westminster NHS; a daily supplementary or after school/homework club for children between the ages of 5 and 18 years old; parents focus group forums; weekly information, advocacy, advice, counselling and welfare rights surgeries; work experience and volunteering; and community engage
AIM
Our aim is to advance education, enhance employment prospects, relief poverty sickness and distress.
OBJECTIVE
1. Supplementary education/Homework club for ages 5 – 18 from 3.45 – 7.30 Mondays to Fridays (and from 8.30am – 6.00pm during School holidays and half-terms breaks).
2. Daily drop in Work search and application form filling service (by pre-arranged appointments).
3. Work placement/work experience opportunities and volunteering within and outside the Centre (Mondays to Fridays).
4. ESOL, Life in UK, ICT and basic numeracy training (twice every week – on Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 9.30am – 3.00pm.
5. Generalist advice and information service on education, debt and welfare rights, Housing, Employment, Family and Immigration (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
6. Bi-monthly Seminars on Healthy living, Good parenting and Right courses and right choices for children as part of the community engagement program.
The YMCA's vision is of an inclusive Christian Movement, transforming communities so that all young people truly belong, contribute and thrive.
We are a credit union providing those that live, work, study or volunteer in Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster and the City of London with affordable loans and savings accounts that pay a yearly dividend.
The project provides activities for local young people including a drop-in café. It also runs the Community rewards scheme which offers residential weekends and other leisure activities in return for voluntary work within the community.
Charity Number 10869
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