As well as Hourglass, there are a number of other useful organisations that can provide advice, assistance, and information for those seeking help for a variety of different situations.
Victim Support Moray
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides advice and support for victim-survivors
Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
Scotland
Victim Support North Lanarkshire
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides advice, information, and support for victim-survivors
Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
Scotland
Victim Support Renfrewshire
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides advice, information, and support for victim-survivors
Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
Scotland
Victim Support Shetland
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides advice and support for victim-survivors
N/A
Scotland
Victim Support South Lanarkshire
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides support and advice for victim survivors of domestic abuse
Mon - Fri, 9 - 5
Scotland
Victim Support Stirling
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Help and advice, for victims of crime
Mon - Fri, 9 - 4
Scotland
Victim Support West Lothian
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Provides advice, support, and information for victim-survivors
Mon - Fri, 9 - 3
Scotland
Victims And Survivors Trust
Other (Please clarify type)
Provides specialist support to individuals and families affected by the conflict in Ireland. Offers an array of interventions and these will be tailored to suit the needs of those accessing them. Offers counselling, befriending, complementary therapies, legal support with truth and justice and dealing with the past, education and training programmes and health and well-being activities as well as creative arts and story telling (psycho-education programmes).
Northern Ireland
Victims First Northumbria
Crime Prevention Organisations
Victims First Northumbria is an independent and free victim referral service. Ensure victims of crime, whether referred by police, by another agency or referring themselves, are provided with tailored help and support to cope and recover from their experience of crime.
N/A
England
Victims' Hub
Counselling or Therapy Organisations
Support for witnesses and victims of crime
N/A
England
Victoria Homes (1998) Bexley
Housing Advice Organisations
The charity administers 6 single storey terraced Almshouses. Accommodation is for independent living and single occupancy, with priority being given to the aged.
N/A
England
Victoria Housing Estates Limited (In Suspense)
Housing Advice Organisations
Victoria Housing Estates Limited provides a range of housing for people with particular needs and with a limited income. Housing applicants are assessed using the NIHE Common Selection Scheme criteria to ensure that housing is allocated to those with the most urgent need.
Northern Ireland
Village Link
Financial Services
Provide transport to the general public, but mainly the elderly for visits to GP's surgeries, hospitals in three major cities, dentists, vets and residential homes.
N/A
England
Virtual Carers Centre
Other (Please clarify type)
Information & advice, events, support, respite
N/A
Scotland
Viscounts Barrington's Homes For Disabled Ex-Servicemen And Women
Age Related Organisations
The Trust owns and manages the 7 white houses and 6 flats, housing 21 adult residents, in the Recreation Ground, Shrivenham environs. The object of the Trust is the provision of housing accommodation for beneficiaries, who are persons in need by virtue of disability, financial hardship, sickness or old age, and are former members of the armed forces or the dependants of such persons.
N/A
England
Vision Care for Homeless People
Homelessness Organisation
Protects and promotes the health of homeless and vulnerable people in the UK who are unwilling or unable to access mainstream services available through the NHS by providing and assisting in the provision of a comprehensive quality. Eyecare services to homeless and other vulnerable people in an accessible and friendly environment in which they feel safe, welcome and comfortable.
N/A
England
Vision Foundation for London
Blind Support Organisations
Raising funds for regular distribution to member charities. Special grants to members, as well as non-member charities, to fund, in part or in full, projects benefiting the visually impaired.
N/A
England
Vision Foundation for London
Blind Support Organisations
Raising funds for regular distribution to member charities. Special grants to members, as well as non-member charities, to fund, in part or in full, projects benefiting the visually impaired.
N/A
England
Vision North Somerset
Other (Please clarify type)
Advice to help reduce poverty for individuals; Support Service at local hospital; Befrienders to reduce social isolation; Clubs to provide peer support; Home visitors to help with correspondence and provide companionship; Registration and Rehabilitation for Blind and Partially Sighted People; Demonstration of aids and equipment; Environmental Equipment Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People.
N/A
England
Vision PK
Blind Support Organisations
Talking news, podcasts, hearing aid maintenance, rehab, training, social, activities
Mon - Fri, 9 - 4
Scotland
Vision Support
Blind Support Organisations
Outreach, information & advice, equipment for sale, rehab, IT training, social
Mon - Fri 9.30 - 2.30
England
Visual Impairment North East
Blind Support Organisations
Aim is to raise awareness of visual impairment through training packages. The package product gives a simulation of various eye conditions and the difficulties faced by visual impaired people in their everyday living. Aso aim to assist visually impaired people living in the North East of England by awarding grants twice a year.
N/A
England
Vocal
Disability Support Organisations
Carers. Advice & support, information, respite, social, counselling
N/A
Scotland
Vocal
Other (Please clarify type)
Carer group. Information, training, support, social
N/A
Scotland
VoiceAbility
Other (Please clarify type)
Represents people of all ages, particularly people with long-term conditions such as mental health conditions, dementia or a learning disability.
N/A
England
VoiceAbility
NHS or Health Organisations
Most services are for those with long-term conditions such as mental health conditions, dementia or a learning disability. Advocacy and involvement in health, care and wellbeing.
N/A
England
VoiceAbility
NHS or Health Organisations
Most services are for those with long-term conditions such as mental health conditions, dementia or a learning disability. Advocacy and involvement in health, care and wellbeing.
N/A
England
VoiceAbility
Other (Please clarify type)
Represents people of all ages, particularly people with long-term conditions such as mental health conditions, dementia or a learning disability.
N/A
England
VoiceAbility
Other (Please clarify type)
Represents people of all ages, particularly people with long-term conditions such as mental health conditions, dementia or a learning disability.
N/A
England
VoiceAbility
Mental Health Organisation
Advocacy for people with learning disabilities
N/A
England
Voices and Choices
Age Related Organisations
Advocacy, information & advice, independent living, loneliness projects
N/A
England
Voices in Exile
Black and Ethnic Minority Organisations
Refugees. Drop in, case workers for vulnerable people, information & advice, translators, foodbank, groups
N/A
England
Voluntary Action Broxtowe
Other (Please clarify type)
Community development to tackle disadvantage. Services and volunteer opportunities, with social care support for people with learning disabilities/physical disabilities/long term conditions. Caring companions and befriending for older people.
N/A
England
Voluntary Action South Leicestershire
Other (Please clarify type)
Promotes any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community, principally but not exclusively in the local government area of Harborough and wider Leicestershire and in particular to develop services which enhance the wellbeing of people who are in a situation of need. Helps those in hardship or distress, or who are aged or sick.
N/A
England
Voluntary Support North Surrey
Other (Please clarify type)
VSNS is the Council for Voluntary Service with integrated volunteer centres in the Boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne and Surrey Heath that provides support and services to all charity and community groups in the area of benefit across all 3 boroughs, established as a charity in 1996 and incorporated in February 2011.
N/A
England
Voluntary Transport For The Disabled
Disability Support Organisations
Provides transport for the disabled.
N/A
England
VSA
Other (Please clarify type)
Social care charity for those with mental health issues, learning disabilities or in Assisted living/Care homes, care at home services, housing support, activity centre.
N/A
Scotland
W A Matthews Trust
Other (Please clarify type)
Gifts given to the elderly.
N/A
England
W C Lee's Resthouses
Housing Advice Organisations
Provision of almshouses for elderly poor.
N/A
England
W Dunbartonshire CAB
Legal Support Organisations
3 sites. Alexandria, Clydebank and Dumbarton. All Mon - Fri, 9.30 - 3.3-
3 sites. Alexandria, Clydebank and Dumbarton. All Mon - Fri, 9.30 - 3.30
Scotland
W'eyes (Walsall Consumer Group For Blind And Partially Sighted People)
Age Related Organisations
W'EYES is a campaigning group for blind and visually impaired people of Walsall. At meetings provides accessible information, education plus leisure and social activities for those visually impaired people who find it difficult to cope with their disability. Has an invited speaker at monthly meetings and all who would like to come are welcome at meetings.
N/A
England
Waddington Centre
Mental Health Organisation
Courses, support, housing, cafe
N/A
England
Wakefield And District Carers Association
Deaf Support Organisations
To improve the conditions of life amongst carers resident in the Wakefield Metropolitan District so that the charitable needs of the carers are thus relieved and in particular amongst carers who care or have cared for partners, relatives, children, friends or neighbours who are dependent upon them because of disability arising from age, long-term illness, mental or physical disablement.
N/A
England
Wakefield And District Society For Deaf People
Care and Nursing Homes (see CQC website)
Deaf & Hard of hearing support e.g. letter translation, making telephone calls, booking interpreters etc. provision of equipment to improve well-being, reduce risk and independence. Social & sports activities for deaf people. Older peoples & plus 50 group Thursdays.
N/A
England
Wakefield Hospice
Age Related Organisations
Provision of the highest level of symptom management and care for people who have advanced active, progressive and life threatening illness, through the provision of a Specialist Palliative Care Team. The Hospice endorses a holistic approach in promoting quality of life for patients as well as providing the continuing support that is offered to families and carers.
N/A
England
Wakefield Talking Newspaper
Age Related Organisations
Weekly recordings of local news for visually impaired plus other relevant recordings.
N/A
England
Walbank Memorial Homes
Housing Advice Organisations
Provides homes for retired miners.
N/A
England
Walker Hospital
Financial Services
Provides accommodation for elderly people.
N/A
England
Walking with the wounded
Other Advice and Support Organisations
Veteran group
N/A
England
Wallingford Emergency Food Bank
Other (Please clarify type)
To relieve persons in Wallingford and the surrounding villages who are in condition of need, hardship or distress by the provision of food, goods and services of any kind as deemed appropriate by the trustees.
N/A
England