| Families need Fathers |
Provides support and advice for separated and divorced parents to maintain a good relationship with their children and the financial aspects |
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| Family Action |
Support adults with mental health, support for children and families |
www.familyaction.org.uk |
| Feedback |
Run by service users to open up channels between mental health sevice users and service providers to change service implementation and improvement. User forums are held betweeen Lowestoft and to Beccles Great Yarmouth and Halesworth to forge the link to bring needs, concerns and views to the table to create a supportive environment for service users. |
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| Felixstowe and District Council for Sport and Recreation |
The umbrella organisation for some 30 sports clubs in Felixstowe and district with some 4000 sports players. Advice and information is provided to affiliated members. Annual Sports Awards are presented. Nearly £60000 has been fundraised in recent years to improve play and sport facilities. Close liaison with local authorities. Main aim to encourage greater participation in sport and recreation by all of the community |
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| Felixstowe Area Stroke Support |
A group that meets on the 1st and 2nd & 3rd Mondayof each month, anyone wgho has been affected by stroke is welcome, we have a chat week to discuss anything, a week of activity and a week with a speaker usually on a comical or light hearted note. We also fund raise and have stroke awareness days. |
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| Felixstowe Citizen's Advice Bureau |
Provides free,independent,confidential & impartial advice to everyone. |
www.felixstowecab.org.uk |
| Felixstowe Opportunity Group |
A pre-school playgroup for children with special/additional needs and their families. |
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| Felixstowe Radio CIC |
Providing community media services for East Suffolk |
www.felixstoweradio.co.uk |
| Felixstowe Town Pators |
Felixstowe Town Pastors is a voluntary independent inter-denominational church. Response to urban problems, engaging with people on the streets. Its main aim is simply to serve people regardless of their faith or background, offering help in a non-judgemental practial and unconditional way |
www.felixstowetownpastors.org.uk |
| Felixstowe Volunteer Centre |
Felixstowe Volunteer Centre recruits volunteers and places them withy individuals living in the community. Liases with other voluntary and statutory organisations. |
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| Felixstowe Volunteer Coast Patrol Rescue Service |
Prime objectives are to promote beach safety awareness through education, and to protect and preserve life at sea by the provision of a volunteer coastal patrol rescue service within the surrounding areas or where tasked by HM Coastguard |
www.guardianrescue.org.uk |
| Felixstowe Youth Development Group |
Provides a centre for young people where they can come into contact with adults who have a genuine concern for their social development. The group operates the level 2 youth project and has an open access policy for people aged 11 - 25 years. The target group is young people who are disadvantaged in some way or have difficulties in their relationships with their peers, family, school or authority generally. |
www.leveltwo.org |
| Ferriers Barn |
We are an art and craft centre for people with severe physical disabilities. We are affiliated to the Adult Community College and our classes include woodcraft, art, pottery, gardening, mosaics and mixed media. Ferriers Barn can develop their capabilities, gain confidence and lead a more fulfilled life. |
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| FIND (Families In Need) |
Helps homeless & needy referred by agencies |
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| Focus12 |
We provide a 10-12 week day programme which offers intensive support sometimes needed at the early stages of recovery from alcohol and substance misuse. We also offer individual counselling, family support and after care. We have 11 residential beds for clients out of the area. |
www.focus12.co.uk |
| Framlingham Town Council |
Local government organisation |
www.framlingham.com |
| Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Ltd |
Cruise Line |
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| Freemind Well-being CIC |
A community ineterest company, funded by The Big Lottery Fund. We deliver free workshops to the public and employees in the mental health sector on the Recovery and Prevention of Mental illness/distress. Workshops are carried out across Tendring and Suffolk. |
www.Freemindwellbeing.com |
| Frontier Agriculture |
We are the largest agriculture mechant in the UK |
www.frontierag.co.uk |
| Funtastic Futures |
Facilitate social support & theraputic activity/education to people with experience of mental health issues |
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| G C Robertson & Associates Ltd |
Consulting civil & structural engineers
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www.gcrobertson.co.uk |
| Gainsborough's House Society |
Birthplace museum of Thomas Gainsborough - museum and art gallery. Permanent collection of Gainsborough's work encompassing the Artist's whole career. Temporary exhibitions. Liveley education & Outreach programme. Long established print workshop studio with courses for all. |
www.gainsborough.org |
| Gatehouse Caring in West Suffolk |
Gatehouse provides support through a furniture re-use/recycling project, day centre at Mildenhall, Bury St Edmudns. Social groups. Project for disadvantaged families and children. |
www.gatehouse.org.uk |
| GFS Platform Young Women |
In Ipswich - connection with Fletcher centre and young suffolk. In Waveney - Youth work. Mums babies 0 - 25 years. Teenage Pregnancy work alongside south Lowestoft Cluster and the 3 high schools. |
www.gfsplatform.org.uk |
| Gipping Construction Ltd |
Gipping Construction works in the public sectors providing responsive and comprehensive construction service from refurbishments and conversions to large scale design and new projects through out East Anglia |
www.gippingconstruction.co.uk |
| Girls Brigade Suffolk District |
We are a voluntary christian organisation working with girls ranging from 5 years up to 18 years.The girls work towards badges under the following headings, spiritual, physical, educational and service. Badgework is done in a fun way and caters for all abilities. Badges include: cooking, parachute games. safety indoors/outdoors, craft, helping others etc. Most companies have annual camps too. We currently have 7 companies in Ipswich 1 in Elmsett and 1 in Stowmarket. |
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| Great Barton Computer Club |
To give all people living in Great Barton the opportunities to quick knowledge in the use of computers |
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/gbcc |
| Great Glemham Village Hall |
Village Hall serving local community |
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/gtglemhampc/villagehall |
| Greenacre Tree Care Services |
Tree surgery, hedge cutting, planting, free advice |
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| Grundisburgh Luncheon Club |
The main work of our organisation is to firstly provide company and then a nutritious meal twice a month for the lonely or infirm of our village, also an outing in the summer and at christmas a trip to snape maltings or similar for a seasonal treat. |
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| Hadleigh Town Council |
Local council duties |
www.onesuffolk.co.uk/hadleightowncouncil |
| Halesworth Area Community Transport Ltd |
Provide public transport for community daily and social transport |
www.hactbus.co.uk |
| Halesworth Volunteer Centre |
We operate a community car scheme,recruit and place volunteers who do a range of tasks from befriending to gardening and shopping amongst other things. We also have a resource centre which offers photocopying and lamination etc for other local charities and organisations.We also operate the pathfinder public transport service. We host citizens advice bureau twice a week and offer our own signposting and information service. |
www.halesworthvc.co.uk |
| Hanbury FP Ltd |
Hanbury (FP) is a professional company in the supply and installation of passive fire protection, dry lining and plastering in the construction industry. |
www.hanburyfp.co.uk |
| Harksteads and Lower Holbrook Good Neighbour Scheme |
Our oganisation aims to promote a supportive community, linking a group of volunteers with anyone who needs assistance - for example shopping, petcare etc |
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| Haverhill & District Citizens Advice Bureau |
Information and advice for problems people face in their daily life |
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| Haverhill and District Volunteer Centre |
Recruit and support volunteers in their volunteering role |
www.hvc.org.uk |
| Haverhill Association of Voluntary Organisations |
We are A.V.O and offer support as a generic infastructure service provide to the VCS locally in west suffolk. Some of our services include CRB umbrella body, funding advice, training, back office support, its support. information highway and much more |
www.havo.org.uk |
| Haverhill Gateway Club |
Leisure clubs for people with learning disabilities provides bi-weekly meetings accessing the community e.g. pub visits, bowling, disco's, B.B.Qs, speakers and games |
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| Headway Ipswich & East Suffolk |
Activities, support and rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury. We have centres in Ipswich and Kesgrave. We can also offer support in the community assisting people to take part in clubs, or hobbies. We offer a bespoke service; and will look at anything a person needs help with. |
www.headway.ipswich.org |
| Heywood Sports and Racquet Club |
Providing sports coaching on the premises |
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| Hicks Flooring Ltd |
Installation of all types of flooring |
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| Home Start Babergh |
Offering support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in local communities. This is a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers who visit families at home to help give children the best possible start in life by supporting parents, many with mental health and learning difficulties,as they grow in confidence, strengthen their relationships with their children and widen the links with the local community. |
www.home-startbabergh.co.uk |
| Home Start Mid Suffolk |
Home Start Mid Suffolk is a family support service offering families with at least one child under 5 friendship an practical help. Volunteers, parents themselves, visit families in their own homes to help prevent crisis and family breakdown. |
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| Home Start Suffolk Coastal |
Supporting families under stress |
www.homestartcoastal.org.uk |
| Hospital of the Holy and Blessed Trinity Long Melford |
Provides Almshouse accommodation for poor aged persons of Long Melford and the surrounding parishes |
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| Ice Illusions Majorettes |
Majorettes performing at competitions & other events |
www.freeweb.com/iceillusionsmajorettes |
| Iceni Project |
Tackling Drug Misuse |
www.iceniipswich.org |
| Inside Out Community Arts in Mental Health |
Art Therapy for people with mental health problems |
www.insideoutcommunity.com |
| Inspire Counselling |
Counselling & Training. Counselling to individuals & couples aged 18 & over. Professional & non-professional counselling training |
www.inspirecounselling.org.uk |
| Ipswich & District Citizens Advice Bureau |
Offers help & advice on all subjects |
www.ipswichcab.org.uk |
| Ipswich & East Suffolk Samaritans |
Anyone in despair, suicidal, or just needing to talk. 24hr tel service |
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| Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality |
Supporting people to eliminate inequalities and discrimination |
www.iscre.org.uk |
| Ipswich Amateur Boxing Club |
Amateur boxing training for young people |
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| Ipswich and District Council for Voluntary Services |
ICVS is the infrastructure organisation set up to help and support the voluntary and community sector in Ipswich. |
www.ipswich-cvs.org |
| Ipswich Animal Rights |
We work to promote the interests of animals in our area and beyond. We hold monthly meetings in Tower Street centre, which are open to the public. Our work involves information, stalls letter writing campaigns to the press and government about the plight of animals in laboratories, circus and live exports etc |
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| Ipswich Blind Society |
Practical support to visually impaired people. Social, educational, financial and domestic. To liaise with other voluntary bodies and enhance services in this sector. Newsletters, transport assistance, clubs, trips and holidays. Home visiting from community workers. Equipment and information centre. Residential centre for the visually impaired in Felixstowe.Guided walks, IT training, Befriending Service,Good Benefit Awards Scheme, Benefit Assessments, Exhibition of Equipment and Information |
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| Ipswich Buddhist Centre |
Run by order members of the Triratna Buddhist order, and part of the network of the Triratna Bddhist communityplus yoga, voice KungFu teachers |
www.ipswichbuddhistcentre.org.uk |
| Ipswich Building Society |
All staff employed but we do run a volunteer scheme which allows staff half a day a month assisting local community groups or charities |
www.ibs.co.uk |
| Ipswich Caribbean Association International Community Centre |
Social Centre |
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| Ipswich Chinese Culture & Language Centre |
To promote chinese culture, teach Chinese language for our next generation. |
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| Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau |
Information, Advice, Advocacy for people with disabilities + carers and wheelchair hire service |
www.ipswichdab.org.uk |
| Ipswich Epilepsy Support Group |
Provides information, support and advice also information available in braille. Helpline 01473 461407. Dvds and books available on lean on epilepsy |
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| Ipswich Foundation Street Charity |
Tooley's Court is an Almhouses providing sheltered housing for elderly people of retirement age |
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| Ipswich Housing Action Group (IHAG) Ltd |
Ipswich Housing Action Group- housing for single homeless people & those at risk of being homeless,resettlement & money advice. |
www.ihag.org.uk |
| Ipswich Institute (Library & Reading Room) |
Annual membership fee applicable. Independent library and educational charity |
www.ipswichinstitute.org.uk |
| Ipswich Oddfellows |
Making friends, healing people. Membership based organisation offering social events, care and welfare support |
www.oddfellows.co.uk |
| Ipswich Polish Club (The) |
Polish Club to give signposting advice in all matters, English/Polish lessons/Restaurant/Bar, social and cultural club |
www.theipswichpolishclub.co.uk |
| Ipswich Sea Cadets Unit 195 |
To provide a range of activities, sports and skills that are attractive and adventurous within a caring discipline, based on the high standards of the Royal Navy and to assist in development of self confidence, self discipline, leadership and service of responsibility to the community |
www.tsorwell.co.uk |
| Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled |
Sports & Social Events for Disabled People aged 14 upwards(Bowls, w/c basketball, New Age Curling, assorted board games) |
www.iscd.org.uk |
| Ipswich Transport Museum |
A volunteer run museum in transport and engineering in the ipswich area |
www.transportmuseum.co.uk |
| Ipswich Triathlon Club |
Promote the sport of triathlon to all ages and all abilities. To organise races for seniors and a separate children's race. To organise training events for seniors and juniors |
www.ipswich-tri.org |
| Ipswich Umbrella Trust |
Advice on a wide range of matters including benefit welfare rights, housing issues postal address for single/homelessfamilies, other support for homeless and previously housed with food toiletires and clothing. Access to grant making organisations. Help for refugees/asylum seekers with forms, phone calls and general enquiries. PCs for job applications Internet for CBL Low cost laundry service cafe serving simple basic menu at low prices |
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| Ipswich Women's Aid |
Ipswich Women's Aid is a charitable organisation providing support to women and their children experiencing abuse in their personal or family relationships. We offer temporary accommodation in safe, supportive refuges where the women and children can recover from the traumatic effects of domestic violence and make informed choices about how to rebuild their lives |
www.ipswichwa.org.uk |
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