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This is a directory of voluntary and community organisations based in Westminster and/or working with Westminster residents.

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Compassionate Neighbours in Central and South-West London (run by Royal Trinity Hospice)

Compassionate Neighbours is a social movement consisting of many different hospices, which helps to tackle the loneliness and isolation that many people face towards the end of life due to age or illness. We train local people to become Compassionate Neighbours and then introduce them to someone…

Contact the Elderly

Contact the Elderly is a national charity which tackles the acute loneliness of isolated older people, over the age of 75, who lives alone with limited support from family, friends and statutory services. Each month on a Sunday afternoon, our volunteer drivers use their cars to take one or two…

Continental Landscapes Ltd

Continental Landscapes Ltd are the Westminster Parks Department grounds maintenance contractor and manage the volunteers in the parks and gardens.

Controlling Chemsex CIO

We are a national charity based in London that supports LGBTQI+ communities struggling with a chemsex addiction. Our primary focus is to help our service users regain control of their lives, improve their overall well-being, reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections, raise awareness about…

Creative Futures (UK) Ltd

Creative Futures is a multi-arts charity established in 2011 which supports children, young people and families through a range of creative and interactive programmes. We specialise in Early Years, Special Educational Needs, and the Care Experienced sectors. Our programmes are designed specifically…

Deafblind UK

Deafblind UK is a national charity supporting people with sight and hearing loss to live the lives they want. We help people to live with deafblindness by making connections, building their confidence and independence. Living with combined sight and hearing loss can be frightening. Our team of…

Depaul UK

To prevent and reduce homelessness.

Diversity Role Models

Diversity Role Models actively seeks to embed inclusion and empathy in the next generation. Our vision is a world where everyone embraces diversity and can thrive. This will help create a world where future generations embrace, accept and support difference. Our mission is to create an education…

Doorstep Library

In the UK, how well you read has a direct bearing on how well you do in life. For various reasons, children from the poorest families are less likely to have books, less likely to read with their parents and less likely to read for pleasure. Not only are they more likely to fall behind in their…

Dragon Eggs Digital CIC

Dragon Eggs Digital CIC trains and ‘hatches’ new digital talent. The Westminster-based social enterprise is founded to empower young people, youth leaders and marginalised community members with digital skills to help them transition towards a better digital future.

Dream Arts

DreamArts transforms young lives through arts and therapy, working across Westminster with children and young people aged 7-25.

Dutch Pot Lunch and Social Club

'Talking the older person out of isolation' We are an organisation which caters for African and Carribean Elderly People. We provide a lunch and social club. The Club also provides take away meals and deliveries of hot meals of those may find difficulty to provide a meal for themselves.We…

Duval Court Tenants Association

Small tenants association recognised by Peabody representing the interests of all tenants and residents with Peabody, City of Westminster, and other local, London and national organisations.

Egyptian Lotus Association

Egyptian Lotus Association is a branch of the General Union of Egyptians abroad which is based in Egypt. The soul purpose of this organisation is to create events to bring the Egyptian community abroad together and to offer advice about services Egyptians interact with as well as seeking out…

Eritrean Cultural Support Group

Eritrean Cultural Support Group supports Eritreans in the UK to know about their culture and offer opportunities to get together and exchange information, experience and support elders. Main activities: networking, get together and celebrate events and help each other socially.

Eritrean Lowlanders League

The main purpose to provide advice and guidance to refugees and asylum seekers from the horn of Africa. Act as signpost to education health and training and employment plus the social service available to them according to their address.  

ESP FOUNDATION

Our core mission revolves around forging pathways and initiatives that enhance life prospects for young individuals by broadening their access to civil engagement, education, and sports.

ETAT Encouragement through the arts and talking

Encouragement Through The Arts and Talking (ETAT) is to help improve the lives of isolated and lonely people of all ages and encourage them to take part in art and activities the help health and wellbeing.

Family Friends

Family Friends is a registered charity set up in 1993 to support disadvantaged families. Through a network of trained volunteers, we provide befriending and mentoring services. We help families living in Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and South East Brent.

Family Lives

Family Lives is a charity with over three decades of experience helping parents to deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life. We know that many people play active roles in raising children, from dads and mums, grandparents, stepparents, and non-resident parents. Our role is to…

Fitzrovia Chapel

The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation looks after the chapel on behalf of the local community, our visitors, other organisations and the wider public. We’re responsible for promoting its place in local history, heritage, and culture. We are also entrusted with the conservation, restoration,…

Fitzrovia Community Centre

Located in the heart of the West End, Fitzrovia Centre is a community hub which offers a range services and activities for the people who live, work and play in the local area. We provide programmes for children and families primarily, as well as for adults and older residents, which centre around…

Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association

To relieve poverty and improve the environment for all who work and live in Fitzrovia, Central London

Flat Justice Community Interest Company

Flat Justice Community Interest Company specialises in advice and advocacy for private tenants who make Rent Repayment Order (RRO) applications under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (HaPA). This relatively new legislation is a powerful way for tenants to obtain redress in disputes covering…

For Baby's Sake - Stefanou Foundation

For Baby’s Sake is an innovative, whole family approach to achieving better outcomes for infants and young children by tackling the cycle and impact of DVA, whilst simultaneously integrating parenting support.

For Women CIC

For Women CIC is a London based, not-for-profit organisation founded by women, for women. Through various activities, which span from peer-to-peer talking groups, mental health and wellbeing sessions, mind and body exercise classes, group day trips (and much more)! We are dedicated to tackling…

Free to be Kids

Free To Be supports particularly vulnerable children to begin to change their stories about who they are, and who they can be. We help children who have often grown up with significant adversity or hardship to more often feel proud of themselves and to experience feeling brave, adventurous,…

Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens

To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens with particular reference but not limited to: peace and beauty; historic layout, buildings, monuments and facilities; trees, plant…

Future Men

We are a multi-award-winning specialist charity that supports boys and men along the path to becoming dynamic future men, whilst addressing the stereotypes around masculinity and engaging in the wider conversation of what it means to be a man. Through our evidence-based and practice-led services,…

Girlguiding Westminster Division

We are the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK . We empower girls, we give them space to grow and we ensure that each one of them can get involved - no matter what their background or ability. Through fun, friendship, challenge and adventure we empower girls to find their voice,…

Glenn Murphy, Central Tower Residents Association

The residents' association for those residing at Central Tower, Victoria

Go Live Theatre (formerly Mousetrap)

At Mousetrap Theatre Projects we believe passionately in the power of theatre to transform young lives. We take children and young people who are disadvantaged or have special needs to see London’s top theatre, opening up this magical world to those without access to cultural opportunities.  We run…

Grace Eyre Foundation

To support individuals to develop their skills for greater independence, play a meaningful role in their local community and live happy and fulfilled lives. Grace Eyre is delivering a ‘Shared Lives’ scheme in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. Shared…

Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's

Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's is a new venue for community, arts, and culture-based at St Mary Magdalene's, run by Paddington Development Trust. Over the past 24 months, the church has been lovely restored, and we have a beautiful new building designed by the award-winning team at…

Greenhouse sports

Greenhouse was founded in 2002 when our Chief Executive, Michael de Giorgio, set up a sports coaching pilot to give young people on a local housing estate something positive to do in the school holidays. Using the sports facilities at St Paul’s School, an independent school in West London, the…

Groundwork London

As a charity, Groundwork London works alongside local communities, public bodies, private companies and other voluntary sector organisations to support communities in need. We have over twenty-five years' experience of delivering bespoke projects that use the environment as a catalyst for…

Harrow Road Soup Kitchen

We are local grassroots organisation, operating in North Paddington, offering culturally and socially informed support for our communities. We offer weekly community outreach, organise community events, food literacy workshops, school uniforms drives, food demonstrations and consultancy services…

Healthwatch Central West London

Healthwatch Central West London is an independent charity and membership organisation working to ensure your voice counts when it comes to shaping and improving local health and care services.

Healthwatch Westminster

Have your say on health and social care in Westminster. Have you recently visited your doctor, local hospital, or used any health and social care services in Westminster? We want to hear from you. Whether you’ve had a good or bad experience, we use your views and experiences to help improve your…

Hear Women Organisation

Hear Women’s mission is to improve the mental health a wellbeing among black and minority ethnic (BME) underprivileged communities in RBKC, especially among women with long term anxiety and depression or other metal health conditions. Hear Women is formed and run by women from BME background. Over…

Henna Asian Women's Group

Henna Asian Women’s Group is a Women-Only community based organisation set up over 32 years ago in London to support Asian women to overcome their isolation.

HIAS+JCORE

HIAS+JCORE is welcoming new volunteer befrienders for our JUMP project, which pairs unaccompanied young asylum seekers and refugees with a trained adult volunteer befriender. At its heart, JUMP is about building sincere and supportive friendships. You'll meet fortnightly with a refugee or asylum…

Home-Start Westminster

We are a leading family support charity, working with families with at least 1 child under 5 who are experiencing difficulties in 3 boroughs – Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith and Fulham. We offer a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers to provide weekly…

Hope for the Young

Hope for the Young supports young unaccompanied asylum-seekers and refugees aged 16-24, who are in education or those whose education has been interrupted. Young asylum-seekers, who have arrived in the UK alone face a series of obstacles: language barriers, lack of social support, a long period of…

I Can Be

I Can Be is a registered charity (Number 1188905) that aims to break down barriers to opportunity and open up doors through the world of work. We bring 7- and 8-year-old girls into the world of work so they can learn about a wide variety of jobs by meeting inspiring women professionals. Targeting…

Imperial Health Charity

Imperial Health Charity helps the five Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering, and fundraising. We fund major redevelopments, clinical research, and medical equipment as well as helping patients and their families at times of extreme financial…

Imperial War Museums

IWM is a family of five museums recording and showcasing experiences of modern conflict. Some of those experiences paint a picture of everyday life in wartime, others give us a glimpse of something exceptional. All of them help us to explore the causes of war and its impact on people’s lives.

In-deep Community Task force

o provide friendship and support and to tackle isolation amongst isolated older people, children with send and their parents in Westminster.

Independent Age

We envision a society where older people can live the lives they aspire to and contribute actively to their communities. Our mission is to enable older people to stay independent and live well with dignity, choice and control. We provide free information and advice for older people and their…

Iraqi Welfare Association

We provide one to one advisory services to members of the Iraqi Community and beyond, on issues related to; Housing problem, Benefits, Health, and unemployment, etc also, advice on immigration and settlement in the UK. We organise; - children summer camps - Annual Family gatherings - social and…