Umbrellas Directory: bodies and resource agencies, voluntary and community organisations
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.
Disclaimer: March 2013
We no longer support the update of the directory — but you can still access the existing information.
About the directory
This Directory is intended to provide a list 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 offers contact details and 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.
Browse alphabetically below or enter keywords into the search box at the top of the page.
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| European and International Umbrella Organisations |
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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)
- Age Concern, the federation
- 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 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)
- Bond
- British Spiritualist Federation
- British Youth Council (BYC)
- Business Community Connections
- Business in the Community
C
- Carers UK
- Caritas - social action
- CF Appointments Ltd
- Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
- Charities Evaluation Services (CES)
- Charities Internal Audit Network (CIAN)
- Charity Finance Directors' Group (CFDG)
- Charity People
- Charity Trustee Networks (CTN)
- Children England
- Children's Heart Federation
- Christian Camping International UK Limited (CCI)
- Churches Together In Britain and Ireland (CTBI)
- Clinks
- Common Purpose
- 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
E
F
- Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG)
- Federation for Community Development Learning
- fit4funding
- Fostering Network (The)
- Foyer Federation (The)
- Furniture Re-use Network (FRN)
G
H
I
- Incontact
- Infrastructure Network for Disability Information
- Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
- Institute of Fundraising
- Institute of Money Advisers
- (The) Inter Faith Network for the UK
J
L
M
- Mental Health Providers' Forum
- Mentoring and Befriending Foundation
- 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 Childrens Bureau (NCB)
- National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations (NCPTA)
- National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
- National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)
- 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
R
S
- Samaritans
- Sport and recreation alliance
- Survivors Trust
- Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming
- Surrey CVS Network
T
U
- UK Council on Deafness (UKCoD)
- UK Sports Association for People with Learning Disability (UKSAPLD) or (UKSA)
- United Kingdom disabled People's Council (UKDCP)
- Urban Forum
V
- Visionary - linking local sight loss charities
- Vision 2020 UK
- Voice4Change England
- Voluntary Arts Network
- Volunteering England (formerly National Centre for Volunteering)
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