Exeter Community Initiatives

Exeter Community Initiatives (ECI) is a local charity that was started in 1993. The initial aim was to help local people facing poverty and homelessness, through projects such as St. Petrock’s. Since then our work has expanded to include Children’s Centres; projects that help the unemployed back to work; schemes to promote community cohesion and a mentoring service to support independent living. We work with Police, Health and Social Services to identify and support some of the most vulnerable families in the city.

We provide:
Family Support and group activities for any family in central Exeter with children under 5.
Adult mentoring through our Transitions project. We train and match volunteers to help adults make a transition into independent living.
1:1 support to families with children of any age who are struggling to cope with parenting or emotional and practical issues.
Employability and life skills for excluded young people.