The Directory

Citizens Advice Bureau - Wakefield District provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination.

City of Wakefield Golf Club exists to promote the health and fitness of the public (without distinction of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religious or similar belief) by promoting community participation in healthy recreation through provision of facilities for playing golf at the Gaskell Sports Pavilion or other such venue as the trustees may determine.

CLIC Sargent is the UK's leading cancer charity for children, young people and their families. Its care teams have been providing specialist support across the UK for years. CLIC Sargent knows that for young lives, when the doctor says cancer, normal life stops. Cancer affects every part of life – relationships, confidence, money, school, work. CLIC Sargent care teams will fight tirelessly to limit the damage cancer causes. It will listen, and ask the right questions, so it can provide the right support, tailored to each young person and family. This might mean arranging a CLIC Sargent grant or helping young people and families get the benefits they are entitled to. Coordinating care so that some medical procedures can happen at home, or arranging free accommodation in a CLIC Sargent Home from Home. Or helping young cancer patients and families keep in touch with school, college or work to keep life as normal as possible.

Cloverleaf Advocacy provides person centred advocacy services for people with mental health needs, people with learning disabilities, people with physical or sensory impairments, acquired brain injury, older people and carers.

CoActive is an arts organisation dedicated to working with people with learning disabilities. We provide the opportunity for people in the Wakefield District to engage with the arts for fun, health, or to develop as: dancers, performers, creators, leaders and role models. Members have the opportunity to express themselves creatively, learn new skills and realise their ambitions. Our mission statement: To create a space where the unique humanity, value and potential of each person with learning disabilities is recognised, celebrated and developed. To develop the skills, talents and honour the achievements of people with learning disabilities through public performance, exhibition, training and professional development. To promote awareness and respect, locally, nationally and internationally of the value and creativity of people with learning disabilities.

Community and Local Mental Health Project is a mental health drop in centre for people who suffer from mental health problems and need support. Its Vision is to be an enlightening strength based project helping people feel better - make changes - be resilient - regain control of their lives. The project will provide friendship, staffed by people who have live experience of living with poor mental health. Volunteering opportunities - programmes to help with recovery, peer support, health and wellness programmes and employability. The project meets on Tuesdays 7pm to 8.30pm by appointment only and on a Friday 12.30pm to 2.30pm.

Community Awareness Programme is a charitable, referral-only Vulnerable Adults Day Centre support service. It is open five weekdays offering food, resources, advice and support.

Community Cabin Foundation is a community interest company which delivers a range of emotional and practical support for the most vulnerable members of our community.

Community First Yorkshire is an influential, regional body which works with voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and rural communities across North, South and West Yorkshire. It is an independent charity formed from a merger between Rural Action Yorkshire and the North Yorkshire & York Forum.

The Community Foundation Wakefield District provides grants that make a genuine difference to the lives of local people. It manages charitable funds donated by local individuals, families, businesses and trusts, building up a source of long-term support for the community and acting as the vital link between donors and local needs, enabling people to achieve far more than they could by themselves. It is dedicated to helping communities grow by creating opportunities and tackling issues of disadvantage and exclusion.

Community Links is an award winning non-profit provider of mental health and wellbeing services in Yorkshire and the Humber. It offers support for people with a wide range of mental health issues including anxiety and depression, psychosis, alcohol and substance misuse and personality disorder. Community Links Training is its social enterprise which offers award winning mental health awareness and personal development training, including its flagship courses; Mental Health First Aid, Youth Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training and safeTALK.

Community Transport Calderdale provides transport for people who cannot access alternatives due to ill health, isolation, disability, poverty or social exclusion.