The aim of the organisation is to work with African families, especially women and children in order to give advice, information and support on a range of issues including education, health, domestic violence, immigration, housing, employment etc. around the philosophy of promoting equality of opportunity and assistance in overcoming social disadvantage.
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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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Newpin offers support to the carers of children aged under 5 in the Greenwich and Lewisham areas. There is a sitting room with free tea and coffee for the adults and and a playroom run by a childcare worker The centre will provide general support, with workshops in parent/child relationships and opportunities for creative play.
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Advice on benefits, financial problems, family law, your rights, injuries, rent and mortgage arrears Employment and social security appeals representation can be arrangedl. This service is available only to people who live or work in Hackney.
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Family centre offering Play schemes for 4-11 year olds during the school holidays. Parenting and counselling service for adults. IT training is offered in the IT suite.
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Services offered to the African & African Caribbean communities, including refugees and asylum seekers. Advice can be given on health matters, housing, welfare, education, employment, death, and harassment. Support ids also availlable as is a women’s group. social and cultural events are organised.
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The Centre is committed to making psychotherapy accessible to women who traditionally do not have equal access to psychotherapy including women from black and ethnic minority communities, refugees, asylum seekers, young women, disabled women and women on low incomes. Low cost sessions are provided on a sliding scale. Individual and group therapy can be available...
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Aims to help people local people into work. Provides managed workspaces and ICT training courses.
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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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