WAITS mission is to enable women from diverse communities within the West Midlands to develop themselves and others. WAITS two main areas of work are: 1. Women’s Support and Development Services – supporting women affected by domestic abuse, in particular BAME and Chinese women and offenders through advocacy, counselling and consultations.2.Empowering Women- supporting women to...
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JSJS provides help for unemployed ethnic minorities to get back to work, particularly the Bangladeshi community. Assists with employment opportunities, CVs, applications, interview techniques and finding employment. Also English language and computer classes, ESOL teacher training and business administration training to NVQ levels 1 and 2, basic food and hygiene course.
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Ladywood Furniture Project (LFP) help anyone in Birmingham who has a genuine need of furniture. The charity helps individuals and families on benefits or low income find good, clean affordable furniture; as well as helping local people develop employment skills through volunteering in their community. There is a charge for furniture but items are priced...
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Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid aims to provide services that are sensitive to and meet the needs of individual women and children. Services include: helpline, refuge, accomodation, resettlement, family support, counselling, volunteering and training.
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Advice and casework on welfare benefits, housing, debt and money problems. Initial advice on other rights issues like employment rights, consumer advice etc. Services for anyone who approaches the advice centre for help and lives or works in the catchment area: Moss Side, Hulme, Whalley Range, Chorlton, Rusholme, Fallowfield. Also provides advice to clients outside...
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Centralised appointment booking for money advice. Enquiries can be emailed and answered by email. Appointments are held at local bureaux, community venues or the Mary Ward Legal Centre. Clients may be sent leaflets and other self help material or given advice or appointments for specialist advice.
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Furniture Aid supplies affordable second-hand domestic furniture and other household items in good working order. Clients are referred via various organisations, such as social services and charities and should be in receipt of low income or social benefits.
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The Wesley supplies furniture, domestic appliances, household goods and clothing at the lowest possible prices to those in greatest need from all over the City of Manchester. Also offers volunteering opportunities, such as helping out in the shops, driving vans, helping to collect and deliver donations or work in the office. The project is also...
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Sheffield Credit Union provides simple financial services to members who live or work within the Sheffield City boundary and to offer them easy ways to save and access affordable loans. There are many collection points and deposit points across the city. Member costs
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Offers advice on issues such as: benefits, employment, housing, consumer, tax, debt, child support and relationship breakdown. Home visits within the catchment area only. Helps with reviews and represents at tribunals and has specialist workers for benefits and debt. Also runs outreach sessions for parents with children aged under 5 years in various venues.
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The Sheffield Chinese Community Centre provides a range of services for the Chinese community in Sheffield. Services include: Chinese Citizens Welfare Advice Vietnamese Citizens Welfare Advice ESOL and basic computer classes Health programmes Youth projects
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