Based on a Christian back ground, Welcare helps parents and carers use their strengths and skills to nurture happy and confident children. Services include: Parenting programmes: Helping adults develop the skills they need to be confident parents. Family support: Individual support for families facing tough challenges. Social work: Advice and support when a family situation...
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The Maya Centre provides free psychodynamic counselling and group psychotherapy for women on low incomes living in Islington. Clients can choose whether they would like to join a group or receive individual counselling. Currently they have 2 groups running; one for women affected by domestic violence and another group for women over 50. Can offer...
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Crossroads Women bring together women from different ages, backgrounds and communities to share experiences, and learn from and support each other. Activities include research, meetings, cooking, community consultations and surveys, exhibitions, film and theatre workshops, publishing fact sheets, leaflets, pamphlets, website design and maintenance, books and training in these skills. Through the Centre women can...
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The South Acton Children’s Centre offers a unique service of childcare, family support and health support to families. There are a variety of groups and activities for parent/carers and children under 5 that take place in the Children’s Centre, the Oak Tree Community Centre and Acton library. These activities are open to any family who...
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Solace Women’s aid are a London based charity with a primary focus supporting women and children affected by domestic and sexual violence. They help 5,000 survivors of violence each year. The services – Advice Service Advocacy Support Counselling Irish & Irish Traveller Outreach Refuges Sexual Violence Services (Rape Crisis) Family And Children
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The CarAF centre aims to enhance the life skills and chances of Black Minority Ethnic and disadvantaged children in an equal, caring, multi-cultural and meritocratic society. They provide a range of tailored services that are designed to holistically support and enhance the lives of children and young people experiencing educational, emotional and behavioural difficulties. For...
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Youth A.I.D Lewisham is a small voluntary sector youth organisation that carries out an extensive programme of work through drop-in advice and counselling sessions for young people, group work and collaboration with a number of organisations to develop appropriate responses for young people in the fields of health education, volunteering, employment, careers advice and educational...
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Newham Training and Education Centre (NEWTEC) is a specialist charity organisation offering vocational training opportunities and high quality registered day care nursery facilities in Stratford and East London. This includes 4 x nurseries and a children’s centre based in Stratford. Please see the website for additional address locations of services.
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Family Friends offer a long-term commitment based on each family’s unique needs and potential. They aim to facilitate positive changes in people’s lives. Services they offer – Parent befriending – For parents with a child or children under the age of 16 years. Child/adolescent befriending & mentoring – For children/adolescents aged 5 years and above...
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Cambridge House is a charitable organisation in Southwark offering a number of services to alleviate the local effects of poverty and support social change. They offer: Advocacy services Disability services Law Centre LINk Southwark Youth work Resource Team Community Organisers They also act as a local neighbourhood resource centre, providing support to local community groups,...
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STORM works to help Abused women and single mothers gain the confidence and support they need to find their way in to the work force People who have been dependent on benefits for many years access the education and support necessary to get back to work Young people
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Everyday’s Tomorrow aim to encourage, inspire and promote the personal and professional development of disadvantaged women and girls (in particular African and Caribbean women) to participate fully in their local communities and the labour market, by improving access to learning, employment and self-employment Key Aims To ensure that there is equality of opportunity and access...
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