Acacia provides telephone support and a weekly befriending service for mothers and their families affected by pre or post natal depression across North Birmingham. Acacia Dads is a free support service for dads and other family members who feel they may need some extra help and support after the birth of a child or help...
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Provides a wide range of services to all members of the community, with a focus being on the family and its members. Services include: Family Mediation, Home and School Mediation, Counselling, and Child Contact. Open Monday-Friday 10.00am – 5.00pm
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Haringey Families provides activities, events and services for the families who live in or around Haringey in North London. It has around 800 members, and organises around 50 events a year such as fire station visits, cooking workshops, animal shows, parenting and first-aid courses and a course called The Joys and Challenges of Being a Lone...
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Information and support offered to parents and carers of children with any special need or disability as well as professionals working with families. Services include: Parent-link drop-in sessions (run during term time), debt advice, library service, Student work placements for young people with disabilities as well as volunteering opportunities at our office base to gain...
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The Portsoken Community Centre has wireless Internet connection throughout and has twelve laptops that are used for training, Job search and regular youth groups. The Centre is also a registered UK Online Centre and British Computer Society testing centre. The centre has been used for a wide range of community activities including regular weekly sessions...
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Greenwich Connections is a local voluntary organisation working for children, parents and carers, especially parents who are under stress and children in need. Services that help identify and meet the needs of families include: parenting groups, childcare and young carers service, advice and counselling service, holiday play scheme, activity days for young carers, fun with...
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Greenwich Toy & Leisure Library Association is a toy library for children with special needs and their families / carers.The library provides a wide range of services that include: access to a toy library of 7,000 items, home visiting support to parents and carers, holidays and outings, access to a sensory studio and help to...
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Hop, Skip and Jump is a play and support centre located on an attractive greenfield site at Grimsbury Road, Kingswood, Bristol. The Centre, designed as a giant log cabin, provides day care, supervised play for children and young people with any special needs. The aim is to provide a safe play haven for children, where...
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Barnardos Family Action Benchill, Provides support services for families and children, including: play groups, a community creche, parenting education courses, a toy library, family work, a male carers’ group and self help groups, Freedom Programme.
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The Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers help isolated older people in South Islington. The volunteers do befriending visits, run a twice weekly lunch club, telephone counselling, assisted shopping, outings and help with practical tasks. The work is rewarding and can provide valuable experience for those wanting to pursue opportunities in care or community work. Volunteers are...
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If you are interested in expanding your skills base, setting up your own business, or volunteering within a charity or social enterprise,then Innovative Enterprise Action might be able to help. Services for individuals include: training, internships, work placements, workshops and volunteers. They also help start-up and existing businesses through training and one-to-one support.
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The Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is a charity which supports women’s organisations to be more effective and sustainable. Training, information, resources and one-to-one support on a range of organisational development issues is provided. The WRC also lobbies decision makers on behalf of the women’s not-for-profit sector for improved representation and funding. Members work in a...
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