Organisations based at the Priory Street Centre
The following organisations are based with us here at the Priory Street Centre. For more information about the Priory Street Centre, please visit our dedicated website or email: enquiries@yorkcvs.org.uk.
COMIC are a team of NHS researchers who specialise in children and young people’s mental health research. We are part of the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Research and Development Department. We are passionate about improving the mental health and wellbeing of young people and have a focus on co-producing our research with young people to ensure we place the children and the families at the centre of our work. Our research improves the evidence base for clinical decisions and can lead to improvements in care for young people.
Coterminous is a York based social enterprise which seeks to promote inclusive economic growth within the city, by supporting individuals affected by homelessness, substance addiction and those with experience of the criminal justice system back into employment or education.
Friends Provident Foundation is an independent charity that makes grants and uses its endowment towards a fair and sustainable economic system that serves people and planet. It connects, funds, supports and invests in new thinking to shape a future economy that works for all.
Good Neighbours UK (GNUK) works alongside partners in the UK and overseas to support people affected by poverty, disaster and oppression. Their goal is to support communities to create sustainable and lasting solutions to their development needs. The core areas of work focus on women and child rights, education, health, water and sanitation, sustainable livelihoods and climate change. We raise the funds needed to deliver development and humanitarian projects. Good Neighbours UK have mobilised funds and worked with local partners to support projects in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Good Organisation is a critically acclaimed Community Interest Company (Reg No 11555159) which supports disadvantaged people to share in the positive benefits of tourism within York. The organisation runs a number of local initiatives, including ‘Invisible York’, which provides ongoing training and support to enable local homeless people to act as walking tour guides, Audible York (a GPS based tour guide app) and ‘Postcards from the Edge’ where rough sleepers are provided with cameras to capture images of outlying heritage attractions that tourists rarely get see. The resulting photographs are used to create postcards, calendars and books and revenue from those trading activities help individuals who are rebuilding their lives because of homelessness.
Jessie’s Fund was established as a registered charity in 1995 and helps children with serious illness, complex needs, and communication difficulties through the therapeutic use of music. Music can provide a powerful and profound way in which children can express themselves and connect with the world around them. Their work covers all areas of the UK.
The North Yorkshire Law Centre is a York based outreach office for the Law Centre of North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law Centre. We provide free legal advice to individuals who need it most. We have a range of funding contracts to provide services in Housing, Family, Discrimination and Asylum & Immigration across York and North Yorkshire.
Mainstay is a York based registered charity offering support to people who have a broad variety of mental health concerns. They provide a safe environment to access support and help to reduce isolation through a range of individual or group support packages. Their person-centred approach places the individual at the heart of their own recovery journey, which is underpinned by a service model that incorporates elements of social care, education and practical support. Mainstay delivers one -to-one counselling and psychological support for adults, mentoring , life skills training, buddy walking, social inclusion groups and benefit support.
Older Citizens Advocacy York (OCAY) is an independent charity providing 1-2-1 advocacy to help those older members of the community in York to speak up about the issues that matter to them. They also provide drop-ins and training opportunities to encourage self-advocacy and advocacy-awareness.
Victim Support (VS) is an independent charity dedicated to supporting victims of crime and traumatic incidents in England and Wales. The purpose of VS is to provide specialist help to support people to cope and recover to the point where they feel they are back on track with their lives.
Welfare Benefits Unit offers specialist welfare benefits advice to those who work with members of the public. Please note they do not provide advice to members of the public. The WBU also delivers an extensive training programme throughout the year consisting of our 3-day Introduction to Benefits course along with a range of one day courses.
York Carers Centre is an independent charity providing free support to anyone who helps care, unpaid, for a family member or friend because of physical or mental ill health, disability or addiction. We support anyone age five upwards who is living or caring for someone who lives in the city of York. We offer information and advice, someone to talk to, workshops and groups. We work with carers to influence positive change in service delivery with local government, employers, schools and health providers.
York Women’s Counselling Service (YWCS) One-to-one counselling and psychological support for women across York. The service is run by women, for all women, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Youth Work Unit The aim is to support youth work planners and providers across the Yorkshire and Humber regions to maintain a quality work offer to young people, as well as working with young people to enable their voice and influence to be maximised locally, regionally and nationally.