Arts & creativity

Free quarterly events aiming to inspire Leicester’s digital design community.

Cultural Quarter Lates

Monthly late night gallery openings and events in Leicester's Cultural Quarter.

Galleries Without Walls

Distribution of artworks across multiple traditional or untraditional spaces around Leicester.

Leicester Community Radio

Providing all Leicester residents with a central source for the best music around.

Leicester Fixers

Community of amateur and professional repairers that work together to mend the broken and learn more about repair.

Leicester Hackspace

For makers of digital, electronic, mechanical and creative projects.

Leicester Society of Artists

Promoting art and artists and encouraging the practice and appreciation of original art.

Charities & support

Action Homeless

Working to help the homeless community with meals, night shelters, housing, support, and mentoring.

The Bridge - Homelessness to Hope

Working to help the homeless community with meals, night shelters, housing, support, and mentoring.

The Centre Project

Supporting vulnerable people in the the community with social eating, community hub, activities, groups, support, and advice.

Charity Link

Helping to make a difference by finding funding to provide the essential items that everyone deserves.

Citizens Advice Leicestershire

Advice on benefits, debt, housing, health, immigration, law, rights, and more, in the city centre and across the county.

City of Sanctuary

Supporting refugees and asylum seekers, including ESOL classes and a drop-in centre.

Eat'n'Meet

Supporting the homeless, vulnerable, refugees and asylum seekers by offering a safe environment with essential food, toiletries and clothing, as well as a food bank.

Jasmine House, Leicester Rape Crisis

Services for women and girls who have experienced rape, sexual abuse or sexual violence recently or in the past.

Leicestershire Community
Cupboard

Clothing and household items for families in need.

Leicestershire and Rutland
Community Foundation

Charity that helps local individuals and companies to give money, in a tax efficient way, directly to local needs.

Leicester South Foodbank

Providing three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis.

One Roof Leicester

Helping communities to end homelessness.

Open Hands

Emergency support and care for the vulnerable and disadvantaged with drop-in sessions, food bank, meals, courses, and more.

Voluntary Action Leicestershire

Helps people in local communities change their lives for the better, through direct service delivery and by supporting the local voluntary and community sector.

Zinthiya Trust

Working to alleviate poverty and abuse in Leicester with drop-in sessions and more in the city centre.

Children & young people

Leicester Children's Holidays

Provided over 60,000+ free holidays for young children in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland since 1898.

Park Lodge Project

Supported accommodation for thirty three young homeless people between the ages of sixteen and twenty five.

The Spark Arts for Children

Gives children opportunities to immerse themselves in the arts by experiencing a wide range of work that inspires, empowers and educates.

Lifeskills centres supporting young people with projects to develop the confidence, personal resources and skills to move forward in their education and find sustainable employment.

Here to end the cycle of youth homelessness. Providing support and accommodation plus services for adults.

Community & neighbourhoods

African Caribbean Centre Development Group

Aylestone Meadows Appreciation Society

Braunstone Gate and West End Community

Friends of Clarendon Park

Friends of Evington

Knighton Neighbourhood Forum

Leicester LGBT Centre

New Parks Community Hub

The Oak Centre, Braunstone

Western Ward Community Enterprise

Conservation & heritage

Friends of Goddard

Celebrating and preserving the work of local Victorian architect Joseph Goddard.

Friends of New Walk

Working to maintain, preserve, and celebrate New Walk and the local area.

Leicester Civic Society

Campaigning for higher standards of planning, architecture and regeneration in Leicester as well as the preservation, restoration and re-use of historic buildings.

Leicestershire Archaeological
and Historical Society

Promoting the study of history, archaeology, antiquities and architecture of the county.

Leicestershire Industrial History Society

Encouraging the study and recording of the industrial past of Leicestershire.

Leicestershire Victoria County History Trust

Exploring the rich history and heritage of one of England’s lesser-known counties.

Stoneygate Conservation Area Society

Protecting and promoting Leicester's largest residential conservation area.

Environment & sustainability

Choose How You Move Car Share

Free journey matching service for all those who live, work and travel in Leicester & Leicestershire.

Climate Strike Leicester

Leicester's Youth Strike 4 Climate organisers.

Extinction Rebellion Leicester

Everyday folk working alongside XR groups nationally and internationally to demand change.

Leicester Car Sharing Club

Access to a range of practical vehicles without needing to own a car.

Friends of the Earth Leicester

Grassroots environmental action group. Campaigning on issues such as climate change, fracking, air pollution and plastic.

Sustainable Leicester

Voluntary and community consortium that aims to support, develop and promote environmental best practice.

Transition Leicester

A network of people taking action to make Leicester a better place to live whilst having a lower environmental impact.

Parks & recreation

Friends of Knighton Park

Friends of Victoria Park

Knighton Park Gardening Club

Knighton Wild

Leicester Cycling Campaign

Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust

Ride Leicester

RSPB Leicester

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