Learning Disability Network London (formerly the Westminster Society) is an award-winning charity providing services for people with learning disabilities and their families. We are based in Camden, Islington, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. We have extensive experience of supporting people with a range of learning…
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- Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 3:30pmThe Leighton College, based in North London, provides a two year further education course for 16-25 year olds with mild to moderate learning difficulties leading to Ascentis Awards in functional development and employability. The course runs from September to July and includes literacy, numeracy, IT, cooking, creative therapy,…
- It is against the law for a child to take part in performances for television, radio or film, or in sport or modelling work in circumstances where payment is made to the child or to someone on their behalf, unless they have a licence to…
- Weekdays during the day is available for Study Space and support services. Termtime weekly activities are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4-9pmLift youth hub has: a gym, indoor and outdoor kitchens, a dance studio, a music studio, creative spaces and meeting rooms. There are weekly sessions for Afrobeats, archery, music, fitness classes, creative activties, home cooking and baking classes We also have 'Free Space', enabling young…
- General Opening; Mondays & Thursdays 9:30am to 7pm; Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays 9:30am to 5pm; Saturdays 11am to 2pm; For project times please check our websiteFood Bank Light Project Pro International is running a food bank for local residents in the Caledonian and Holloway Wards. You do not need to register beforehand, just turn up on Wednesdays, 12.00pm to 1:30pm; or contact us if you are shielding. Other Services Light Project…
- Enquiries: Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm Booking office Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.Dial-a-ride is a multi-occupancy door-to-door transport service for disabled people who cannot use buses, trains and the Tube. It can be used for all sorts of journeys, for example shopping, visiting friends and family, doctors and dentists appointments and going out at night. Dial-a-Ride is…
- Coronavirus Update Maa Shanti is currently running the following services: Providing support to single Asian mums via the phone and WhatsApp with staff who are able to speak Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi. They are setting up groups via WhatsApp with the aim to provide live workshops such…
- VariousYoga for the Special Child, is a unique therapeutic yoga method that has changed the lives of countless children with special needs around the world. The program was pioneered by Sonia Sumar who had a daughter with Special Needs herself. Sonia designed this method in…
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pmManor Gardens’ vision is to build strong communities where all people have good health, resilience and opportunity. Across our services staff, we speak 17 additional languages other than English: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Tigrinya…
- Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.00pmWomen's counselling centre (formerly Islington Women's Counselling Centre), offering free counselling, therapeutic groups and a culturally sensitive service to women who are in mental or emotional distress. The Centre runs projects to provide counselling for refugees and asylum-seekers, for Irish women, older women and women…
- Monday to Friday 9am to 5pmA helpline for men experiencing domestic abuse from their partner. Provides emotional and practical support and training for professionals.
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pmMencap Direct is the easiest way for you to access advice and information about learning disability and find the right support and Mencap services in your area. The Mencap Direct Advice and Information Service can provide information and advice for people with a learning disability…
- Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pmA specialist centre for children and adults who stammer or stutter, staffed by twelve specialist speech and language therapists. The Centre is run by NHS Whittington health and supported by the charity Action for Stammering Children. Referrals are accepted from across the UK and internationally.…
- Friday, 5.30-6.30pmArsenal in the Community are running Mixed Disability football sessions for under 18s on Friday evenings. There are also sessions for visually impaired and blind people (over 14s), upper and lower body amputees, deaf (under 18s) and people with mental health diagnoses. To find out…
- Islington Council education department supports mother tongue and supplementary schools. Languages covered include: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, Greek, Kurdish, Spanish, Somali, Sudanese, Swahili, Tigrigna and Turkish. These schools are run after school and at the weekend in schools and community locations. There are also extra…
- Monday to Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm; Saturday and Sunday from 12:00pm to 12:00am.The Muslim Youth Helpline (MYH) operates a free phone confidential telephone support and email enquiries service for young people in need. MYH is continually developing policies and practices to ensure that the helpline provides a highly efficient and professional service.
- Monday, Tuesday, 9:30am to 8pm ; Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pmCoronavirus support: Nafsiyat can offer Islington residents psychological support and therapy, from therapists who work across different cultures and languages, delivering therapy in more than 20 languages. For more information call 020 7263 6947 or email admin@nafsiyat.org.uk . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usual Service: Nafsiyat provides individual, couple…
- Helpline: Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pmNetwork 81 is a national charity that provides advice and information to parents and carers on a wide range of school based issues including exclusion, admissions, Special Educational needs, bullying and attendance. We are passionate about improving the life chances of children with Special Educational…
- The NRC Outreach Service provides services to schools to improve pupil/student behaviour and reduce exclusions. They provide the following services to mainstream primary and secondary schools in Islington to enable schools to develop their capacity to support pupils with social, emotional and behavioural needs: Staff…
- Nightstop London helps low risk young people, aged 16 to 25 who are currently homeless and in need of safe emergency accommodation. We help place young people in the homes of our trained and vetted London volunteers on a night-by-night basis. If you are interested…