Whether you’re facing a mental health challenge, struggling with your physical wellbeing, or feeling the weight of daily life – it can be hard to know where to turn. In such times, community support services offer a vital lifeline. Forelight is a platform for community wellbeing. Helping people find the information, guidance, support, and services they need to live more connected lives.
Explore our categories of support services below, or go straight to our directory of local services to find community support.
We’re not a service provider
We’re a wellbeing guide.
We don’t deliver local services directly. Instead, our role is as a platform to help you navigate the support services that already exist – clearly, calmly, and without judgement. Community support is a way to help you navigate local and national resources, from charities, community organisations and CICs, social enterprises, and faith groups.
Find out more about what different services do and how the community initiatives can help to support you. Save the support directory listings that are relevant to you, for when you may need them – or share the information with someone who you care about who may be going through a difficult time.
Forelight’s platform is free to use and you can browse and filter our directory of services by need, life situation, or location.
Forelight is part of the VCSEF Network, a dedicated platform for voluntary, community, social enterprise and faith-based organisations. It’s a space for collaboration, shared learning, and visibility with other third sector organisations.
Add your organisation to our directory of local community support services.
Organisational and personal development for the third sector includes community support resources.
Access a library of tools, funding links, research and best practice related to community support services.
