Directory of umbrella bodies and resource agencies

Umbrella and Resource Agencies provide voluntary and community organisations with a range of advice, information and capacity building services.

In the ever complex and fast moving national policy arena, voluntary and community organisations look to national umbrella organisations to both explain the changing external environment and represent their own views back to government and policy makers.

About the directory

This Directory is intended to provide a comprehensive 'map' of existing umbrella and resource agencies, to bring together valuable information on where voluntary and community organisations can find the Umbrella or Resource Agency that might best suit their needs.

It not only offers contact details but also information about the type of services and members benefits on offer.

It explains membership criteria and describes the type of work the umbrella or resource agency undertakes.

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Organisations wishing to amend their entry, or to be added to the Directory should contact NCVO web editor.

You can navigate the Directory using the A-Z links below if you know the name of the organisation you are looking for. 

Otherwise, please use the search box at the top of this page to find organisations matching the keywords you enter.

Browse alphabetically below or enter keywords into the search box at the top of the page.

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A

• Action for Advocacy (A4A) 
• Action for Prisoners' Families
• Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE)
• Advice Services Alliance (ASA) (The)
• adviceUK
• Advocacy Resource Exchange (ARX)
• Alcohol Concern
• Alexandra Rose Charities
• Allergy UK
• Almshouse Association (The)
• Anne Peaker Centre
• Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)
• Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector (ARVAC)
• Association for Real Change (ARC)
• Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL)
• Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
• Association of Charity Officers (ACO)
• Association of Charity Shops
• Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO)
• Association of Children’s Hospices
• Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
• Aston Centre for Voluntary Action Research
• Attend

B

• Black Neighbourhood Renewal & Regeneration Network (BNRRN)
• Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)
• British and International Federation of Festivals
• British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
• British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres (bassac)
• British Council of Disabled People (BCODP)
• British Overseas NGOs for Development (BOND)
• British Spiritualist Federation 
• British Youth Council (BYC)

C

• Carers UK
• Caritas - social action
• Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR)
• Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
• Charities Evaluation Services (CES)
• Charities Internal Audit Network (CIAN)
• Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG)
• Charity Trustee Networks (CTN)
• Children’s Heart Federation
• Christian Camping International UK Limited (CCI)
• Churches Together In Britain and Ireland (CTBI)
• Community Action Network (CAN)
• Community Development Exchange (The)
• Community Foundation Network
• Community Matters (National Federation of Community Organisations)
• Community Sector Coalition (CSC)
• Community Transport Association UK (CTA UK)
• Confederation of Indian Organisations (UK)
• Contact a Family
• Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations
• Council for British Archaeology (CBA)
• Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations (CEMVO)
• CROSSROADS Caring for Carers / CROSSROADS Association

D

• Development Education Association (DEA)
• Development Trusts Association (DTA)
• Directory of Social Change (DSC)
• Drugscope

F

• Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG)
• Federation for Community Development Learning
• fit4funding 
• Fostering Network (The)
• Foyer Federation (The)
• FunderFinder
• Furniture Re-use Network (FRN)

G

• Global Connections
• Gypsy Council (The)

H

• Headway - the brain injury association
• Help the Hospices
• Homeless Link

I

• Incontact
• Institute of Fundraising
• Institute of Money Advisers

J

• Joint Epilepsy Council (JEC)

L

• League of British Muslims UK
• Life Academy

M

• Mental Health Providers' Forum
• MHA Care Group
• Merchant Navy Welfare Board
• Museums Association (MA)

N

• National Association of Adult Placement Services (NAAPS)
• National Association of Councils for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
• National Association of Local Societies for Visually Impaired People (NALSVI)
• National Childrens Bureau (NCB)
• National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations (NCPTA)
• National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
• National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)
• National Council of Voluntary Child Care Organisations (NCVCCO)
• National Development Team (NDT)
• National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI)
• National Housing Federation
• National Information Forum
• National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA)
• National Playbus Association
• National Voices 
• National Youth Agency (NYA) (The)

P

• People for Action (PFA)
• People In Aid
• The Princess Royal Trust for Carers

R

• Respect
• Race on the Agenda (ROTA)
• ruralnet|uk
• Rural Stress Information Network

S

• Samaritans
• Survivors Trust
• Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming

T

• TPAS Ltd
• Tree Council (The)

U

• UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD)
• UK Sports Association for People with Learning Disability (UKSAPLD) or (UKSA)
• Urban Forum

V

• Vision 2020 UK
• Voluntary Arts Network
• Volunteering England (formerly National Centre for Volunteering)

W

• Wildlife and Countryside Link (WCL) Ltd
• Women's Environmental Network (WEN)

Y

• Youth Action Network