Online Directory
This is a directory of voluntary and community organisations based in Westminster and/or working with Westminster residents.
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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…
House of Talents
The House of Talents is a community of artists, writers, performers, mindfulness and movement teachers, and grief coaches. We collaborate on Social Prescribing schemes, working with GP's surgeries and link workers to bring our creative skills into the community to encourage healing, connection and…
Human Rights Solidarity
Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) is a registered charitable organization dedicated to promoting and protecting the human rights of marginalised communities, including refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants and vulnerable youth. Our mission is to empower individuals by providing them with the…
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…
It Gets Better UK
It Gets Better is an international movement which envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally and know their worthiness and power as individuals. We strive to tell the stories of LGBTQ+ people and to provide positive and reassuring messages to LGBTQ+ young people.
JAGS Foundation
Our mission is to improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people in London by raising young people's aspirations and develop their skills, behaviours, and attitudes out of poverty. We work directly with young people from areas affected and harmed by youth on youth violence in London and…
Kensington & Chelsea Social Council
We support voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) in Kensington and Chelsea through the provision of training, advice and information. We also facilitate the voice of the local voluntary and community sector (VCS) and represent the sector at a strategic level.
Kidscape
Our vision is for all children to grow up in a world free from bullying and harm, with adults who keep them safe and help them to reach their full potential. Our mission is to provide children, families, carers and professionals with advice, training and practical tools to prevent bullying and…
Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice
Kongolese Centre for Information & Advice was set up in May 2000 but formalised in May 2001 to cater for the needs of French, Portuguese and Lingala speaking refugees, asylum seekers and BAME communities in Westminster in particular and London areas in general. The Kongolese Centre for Information …
Kosovar Albanian Youth Against Violence
KAYAV provides integration, through education and training for young people and their families from Kosovar Albanian heritage and living in London. KAYAV came together in 2011 and was reactivated in July 2018. Initially, KAYAV started as a "Stop all Violence" campaign run by the local…
Kulan Somali Organisation
KULAN Somali organisation is a registered U.K charity working with the Somali community in London. KSO aim is to improve the lives of the Somali Community in London.
Kurdish Association in Britain
1- To provide relief for members of the Kurdish community in the United Kingdom, who are in conditions of need, hardship or in distress and are in necessitous circumstances. 2- To preserve and protect the physical and psychological health of such people and their families. 3- To advance the…
Language in the Community
Language in the Community is a charity that provides free English lessons for adults and free English language and English literature GCSEs, with the aim of helping develop key skills and create brighter futures. We are proud of the successful events that we have put on within a number of…
Learning Disability Network London (formerly The Westminster Society)
Learning Disability Network London (formerly the Westminster Society) is a charity which supports adults and children with learning disabilities and their families in five boroughs across London. We provide a range of support, from a few hours a week up to round-the clock care. Our services…
LEGS
LEGS (Local Exercise Groups for stroke and neurological conditions) is a registered charity providing supported exercise classes led by specialist physiotherapists for people who have had a stroke or live with a neurological condition. LEGS was founded to provide ongoing, high quality, longer-term,…
Lisson Green Tenants and Residents Association (TARA)
Tenants and Residents Association for Lisson Green Estate, NW8
Listen to Act
Listen to Act promotes public good and the improvement of Health & Social Care services across greater London, by promoting the voice and views of the local community in Health & Wellbeing matters. The Charity also seeks to advance the education of the public in Health & Social Care. We are the…
Listening Books
Listening Books is a national UK charity who provide an audiobook library service for anyone with an illness, disability, learning difficulty, or mental health condition, who finds that it impacts on their ability to read or hold books in the usual way.
Little Village
Little Village supports families with babies and children under five living in poverty across London. We run a baby bank network, collecting, sorting and passing on pre-loved clothes and equipment. Parents are also supported by our dedicated signposting and guidance team, who offer advice and…
London Basketball Association
London Basketball Association is a registered charity, established in July 2012. We are a small but intensely committed organisation, built up and employing directly from the very communities within which we work. We operate within the ‘sport for development' sector and aim to bring…
London Sport
We have an overall target to change 1,000,000 lives through supporting Londoners to be more active, in ways that work for them.
London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society
We are the family history society which covers Westminster and its former constituent parts of Paddington, St Anne Soho, St Clement Danes, St George Hanover Square, St James Piccadilly, St Martin in the Fields, St Mary-le-Strand, St Paul Covent Garden, St Margaret Westminster, St Marylebone, the…
Lydford Estate Tenants and Residents Association
Gather the views of residents and negotiate with City West Homes to improve the maintenance of the Lydford Estate.
Making the Leap
Our mission is to transform the futures of disadvantaged young people in the UK by providing training to raise their aspirations and develop their skills, behaviours, and attitudes to choose and succeed in a career. We work directly with young people from deprived backgrounds in London, and we aim…
Mala CHERGA Theatre Company
Mala CHERGA Theatre (Little Carriage Theatre) is a dance, movement and physical theatre company that incorporates different art forms and collaborates with artists from different disciplines to create work which inspires, evokes, stirs and creates sense of wonder. The company is concerned with…
MaleVoicED
MaleVoicED is a charity which recognises and values the lived experience of males who have experienced or are experiencing, eating disorders, disordered eating and associated co-morbid conditions. We deliver peer support groups for men who have problems with food as well as training, advice,…
Mall Galleries
Central London's leading gallery celebrating contemporary visual arts through a lively and diverse programme of exhibitions and events.
Marylebone Bangladesh Society Ltd
Marylebone Bangladesh Society (MBS) is a grass-root community led registered charity (No: 1151593) established in 1979 based in the Church Street Neighbourhood in the North Westminster area. MBS plays a very active role in the area providing much-needed support in the areas of social welfare,…
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is the world's most active cricket club, the owner of lord's ground and the guardian of the laws and spirit of the game. Founded in 1787, and moving to its current home of Lord's in 1814, the MCC has been recognised as the sole authority on the Laws of Cricket…
Mayfair Community Choir
The Mayfair Community Choir is a community organization that believes singing together can bring people together. We meet on Tuesday evenings in school term-time at 6.30pm until 8.00pm, usually in the community rooms of the Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, W1K 2PA. The choir is free of charge…
MCKS Care Ltd
We feed over 150 people per week in Agar Street, Charing Cross on Mondays between 5:45 to 7pm. We provide a hot meal, fruits, water, a cake, teas and coffees. Check our Facebook page: Facebook.com/mcksfp
Metro Blind Sport
Metro Blind Sport is a London based charity, creating fun, accessible sport and physical activity opportunities for blind and partially sighted individuals of all ages and abilities.
Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation
Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation is a charity organisation,established in 2010 by the women’s rights activist, Halaleh Taheri. aiming to support and empower Middle Eastern and North African women refugees or asylum seekers who have experienced or are experiencing gender discrimination,…
Middlesex and NW London Army Cadet Force
Army cadets provides young people aged 12-18 with fun friendship and adventure, developing their leadership and other skills through a range of activities We are always seeking adults to help us - from people who want to train to become instructors, to people who can help out at our evening and…
Millbank Creative Works
We utilise creative and sustainability projects to overcome social fragmentation and build stronger neighbourhoods. #MoatCommunityGarden #MillbankAtlas #FoodTrolley #CommunityMemoryTree #CreativeUpcycling
Miracles the Charity
Miracles is a charity offering hope for those with multiple and life-threatening problems for whom no other help source is available. It aims to ease the burden of suffering on individuals in need. Miracle’s vision is that no family living in poverty and facing a life crisis should have to face it…
Mosaic LGBT Young Persons' Trust
Mosiac LGBT Youth Centre supports, educates and inspires young LGBT+ persons age 13 - 19 as well as those around them.
MS Society
We understand what life’s like with MS. And we know together we are stronger. We’re researching, writing, campaigning and fighting. Running, walking, caring and talking. Together, we are strong enough to stop MS.
Multiple Sclerosis Society (Westminster and K&C Branch)
MS Society UK West Central London is a self-help group set up for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) who live in Westminster, Kensington, and Chelsea as well as Hammersmith and Fulham. The group exists to provide support and advice, group activities and awareness raising about issues that…
Munro Health T/A Munro Health Ltd
To support health and well-being by providing complementary health care to those who otherwise have no access to such services.
Muscular Dystrophy UK
Over 70,000 young children and adults live with a muscle-wasting condition in the UK today. There’s no cure, it limits and, in many cases, shortens lives. Muscular Dystrophy UK funds pioneering research into treatments and cures to improve lives today and transform those of future generations…
MyTime Active
Improving the wellbeing of our customers and their communities through well managed, accessible and good value leisure, golf and health services is at the heart of what we do. We believe everyone has the right to a healthy lifestyle, and we want people to feel the best they can, to ‘feel amazing’…
Neighbourcare St Johns Wood & Maida Vale
We provide befriending and outings for isolated, mainly elderly, people.