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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…

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…

The 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…

Camden and Islington Young Carers Service provides support for children and young people up to 18 years living in Camden and Islington who have significant 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…

WHAT IS THIS PROGRAMME? Caring Dads supports fathers to improve their relationships with their children, develop strategies to manage their frustration and find ways to reduce parental conflict. This programme is for both resident and non-resident fathers / male carers that need support to end…

Chance UK is an early intervention programme which provides 1:1 mentoring for children aged 5-11 years with behavioural challenges. Mentors and children meet weekly for one year and work in a solution-focused way on child-centered goals and projects. An optional parenting support programme is available to promote positive parenting. Chance…

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…

Coronavirus update: If you have a family support worker they will continue to remain in contact with you during this period. If you need family support please contact: Families First 020 7527 4343 between 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and email familiesfirst@islington.gov.uk Practitioners wanting…

Family Lives, formerly Parentline Plus, 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 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…

Friendshipworks, 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…

Growing 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…

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…

The Keel Project works with families experiencing domestic violence and abuse who are referred to Safeguarding and Family Support in the usual way via the Children’s Services Contact Team (CSCT). CSCT will ascertain whether the Children’s Social Care or Early Help criteria are met as would…

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…

Islington offers a range of parenting programmes and courses for parents to be and parents and carers with children aged 0 to 19 who either live in Islington or have children attending Islington schools. See the individual service listings for each programme, including information on how to make a referral: Journey…

A 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.

School-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…