Formerly National Children's Home, Action for Children provides a wide range of services for vulnerable children, young people and their families. Projects include adoption, fostering and children in care services, targeted services for young people including supported accommodation, family support services including children's centres, parenting support…
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- If you want to visit, please call us on 020 7278 4224 to make an appointment. You will be offered an initial assessment/ advice session with one of our advice team and offered a confidential space to discuss your needs.Alone in London is a key service providing advice and support to 16 to 25 year olds who are at risk of homelessness. The service has been supporting young people since 1972 - and became part of Depaul UK in September 2016. Alone in London provides…
- Please refer to the Other Details section and select the hyperlink under External LinksThe Brandon Centre provides free of charge counselling and psychotherapy services for Islington 14 to 21 year olds at Lift and Platform youth hubs and at the Drum in Whitecross Street. There are two clinical psychologists working at Lift and Platform and a clinical psychologist and…
- Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Case workers are flexible to meet families outside of office hours once a case has been allocated to a worker.Bright Futures provide whole family support to families with school-aged children up to 19 years old/25 with SEND. We’re here for you, in your community when you need us. What we can help with We know that being a parent is not always easy and…
- Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pmCamden and Islington Young Carers Service provides support for children and young people up to 18 years living in Camden and Islington who have a caring responsibility for a family member. The service offers whole family support, alongside one-one support for young carers and works intensively with families…
- Carers Trust is a major new charity for, with and about carers. We work to improve support, services and recognition for anyone living with the challenges of caring, unpaid, for a family member or friend who is ill, frail, disabled or has mental health or…
- Monday to Friday - core office hours are between 10am and 4pm, although we are usually open earlier and later than this!Chance UK is a family early intervention service. We operate a range of programmes across London - please check our website for more details. Our Explore & Empower programme provides 1:1 mentoring for children aged 5-11 years with behavioural challenges, alongside support for their parentcarers. Mentors…
- Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm. Each break runs from mid-Monday to mid-Friday every week. (From March to November)CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids) is a registered charity which provides free respite breaks to disadvantaged children from across the country. The breaks are designed to give children from inner cities, children living in poverty and those from abusive backgrounds, as well as…
- Domestic Abuse, Recovering Together (DART) is a group programme developed by NSPCC to help families recover from the adverse effects of domestic abuse. DART helps to rebuild & strengthen the parent-child relationship and helps children who have been affected by domestic abuse deal with day-to-day…
- Helpline: Open 24 hours; Office: Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pmFamily Lives is the leading provider of parent support in the country. The flagship service 'Parentline' is a free confidential, 24-hour, parent-to-parent phone line for anyone in a parenting role. They also have a highly informative and interactive website and an email support service.
- Monday to Friday 9.30am - 3pm, excluding Bank HolidaysFamily Rights Group promotes policies and practices that keep children safe within their family and strengthen the family and community networks of those children who cannot live at home. We campaign for families to have their voice heard, be treated fairly and get help…
- Monday to Friday, 10am to 2pm and 6-10pm; Saturday and Sunda, 10am to 1pmSupport for family members over 18 via a telephone, text and email service. Free help with parenting questions, and more complex issues via Befrienders and Counsellors. The service uses a network of volunteers to support family members. Volunteer with this serviceThis service is run by…
- Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5.30pmFriendshipworks, formerly Friends United Network, provides long term adult volunteer befrienders for children from lone, single parent families in the boroughs of Camden, Islington and Southwark. The befrienders take their matched child out once a week for 3 to 4 hours for a minimum of two…
- Monday to Friday, 9-5pmGrowing Together is a free NHS service for Islington families. We aim to help mothers, fathers and other carers of children aged 1 to 5, who are experiencing feelings such as stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship difficulties. All of our work is designed to support parents…
- Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm; Samira Project operates from Imece Monday to Wednesday.IMECE Women’s Centre is a women-only organisation that aims to empower Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot Turkish women as well as BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee) women by providing culturally sensitive specialist services. In particular, IMECE specialises in providing support for women experiencing harmful practices…
- 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…
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pmFree online courses for parents and carers, Solihull Our Place These free online courses for parents and carers are based on the Solihull Approach to parenting which promotes emotional health and well-being by supporting relationships. A number courses are on offer and can be completed…
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm; Saturday, 9am to 12pmA national registered charity, Relate is the county's largest provider of relationship support. We offer advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through our website. Services are available for individuals, couples, families, children and young people.
- Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pmSchool-Home Support (SHS) is a charity working with children and families to maximise educational opportunities and improve life chances. Partnering with schools, local authorities and families, SHS looks beyond the classroom to understand and tackle the issues affecting children's learning. We work with families and…
- Office is open 9am to 5pm; drop in is once a month, 9.30am to 5pmA fun and creative way for siblings separated in care and adoption to come together for the day, to share a positive experience, learn new skills and have a fun day out within a neutral space. Siblings Together also runs summer residential camps (contact the…