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
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
