Tenants

 

Acorn House is home to a variety of local charities and voluntary organisations that provide vital services to the Milton Keynes community.

Current voluntary sector tenants include:

 

British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) supports reproductive choice and health by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to prevent or end unwanted pregnancies with contraception or by abortion. They also offer a range of other reporductive health services.

Opening hours: Monday-Wednesday 5.00pm - 9.00 pm, Fridays 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Contact number: 08457 304030

 

Esteem Radio a radio service for young people by young people.

Contact number: 07856 666 069

 

Milton Keynes Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, confidential, impartial advice to everybody regardless of age, gender, sexuality or diability, to ensure that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities of the services available.

Opening hours: Drop-in sessions on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8.45am - 12.30 pm

Contact number: 01908 604475 10.00 am - 4.00 pm to make an appointment.

 

Milton Keynes Community Foundation is a local, independent, grant-making charity that aims to improve the quality of life for people living within the Unitary Authority of Milton Keynes. The organisation helps to build stronger communities by encouraging local giving and ensuring that monies reach the most deserving causes.

Contact number: 01908 690276

 

Milton Keynes Community Mediation Service works to enable parties who are in dispute to work together to reach agreements by establishing understanding based on listening and talking to each other

Contact number:01908 200828

 

Milton Keynes Council of Voluntary Organisations helps support and develop the voluntary and community sector in Milton Keynes. MKCVO is an umbrella and membership organisation, which provides practical support services and a co-ordinated voice on local issues. MKCVO manages InCCA (the Information Centre for Community Action), providing information about the voluntary sector as well as acting as an information resource for groups themselves.

Contact number: 01908 661623

 

Mediation MK provides a confidentail service, aiming to facilitate a neutral and safe setting where couples in separation or divorce can be helped to reach joint decisions regarding their children, property and finance.

Contact number: 01908 231293

 

Milton Keynes Home-Start provides volunteers to offer regular support, friendship and practical help to young families under stress in their own homes, helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

Contact number: 01908 230030

 

MK ACT assists men and women living with violence or domestic abuse, providing free one to one advice about housing, rights, health and children, and facilitating support groups.

Contact number: 01908 672082

 

Milton Keynes Racial Equality Council offers a service to victims of racial discrimination and harassment and promotes equality of opportunity and good relations between ppersons of different racial groups.

Contact number: 01908 606828

 

Milton Keynes Sensory Service formally the RNID and RNIB, now amalgamated to reach people in Milton Keynes, including those who have a dual sensory loss - problems with both sight and hearing.

Contact number: 01908 295660

 

The Volunteer Centre recruits and refers volunteers to local charities and community groups, providing training for people who work with volunteers and information and advice to businesses that wish to become involved in the local community.

Opening hours: drop-in Thursday mornings between 10.00 am - 12.00 noon

Contact number: 01908 662744

 

Women & Work Group provides free information, advice, guidance, training and support to women wishing to return to paid work and / or training or to update their skills.  Women and Work manages the Acorn House IT and Training Suite

Opening hours: Drop-in: Women only: 9.30 am - 12.00 noon, Open drop in: 12.00 noon - 1.30 pm

Contact number: 01908 200186

 

Commercial Tenants:

 

Ascendent Recruitment are an independent recruitment agency specialising in the supply of temporary and permanent secretarial, office, finance, legal, technical, sales and marketing personnel in and around Milton Keynes.

Contact number: 01908 200270

 

New Koncepts provide complete IT services from domaine registration to network installation and server supply and support.

Contact number: 01908 239949

 

Kem Properties (UK) Ltd

Contact number: 01908