Citizens Advice Croydon
Citizens Advice Croydon is a free, confidential and independent advice service for anyone living, working or studying in Croydon. We offer advice quality standard accredited advice on:
housing, welfare benefits, money/debt, employment, health/community care, family/relationships, tax/utilities, and other legal issues.
Contact details can be found on their website
The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
A family of several charities based around the country.
https://www.dcsvpservices.org/our-charities
Southwark Travellers Action
Works with children & young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities who live in households on a very low income in Southwark.
Bromley Mencap
Children and Family services for those with learning disability and those with autism in the borough,
Pepys Social Supermarket
The Pepys Social Supermarket (PSS) operates every Friday between 11.30 and 2.30pm for members within the PSS catchment area of SE8. Members pay £3.50 for a weekly shop for an average basket of items worth approximately £25 at retail prices.
South London Counselling Service
Provides impartial and confidential services in guidance and free therapeutic counselling services for children, young people and adults on means tested basis. For those living working, training or studying in South London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Lambeth and Southwark.
Commonside Community Development Trust
The Step Forward Programme aims to support parents and carers with every aspect of family life, from children’s health, school and behaviour, money worries, housing difficulties, stressed family relations and any other everyday aspects where talking it through and finding practical help will make life easier and more enjoyable.
Croydon Drop In
Supports young people aged 11 to 25 years old and families who live, work or study in Croydon.
Carers Information Service Croydon
Information and advice service for carers living in, or caring for someone who lives in, Croydon. Run carers support groups.
Acorns2Oaks
A20 provide childcare facilities and extended children’s and community services including women's groups and a food bank to the residents in the Broad Green Ward and the wider Community.
A2ndVoice
Local parents/carers groups for those living with and caring for a child or adult on the Autistic Spectrum.
Melanin Health & Wellness CIC
Supporting all those with melanin to improve and maintain their health, wellbeing and quality of life.
Babyzone
Drop in space for babies (0-6 months and 6-12 months) and toddlers (1-3 years) to play. We also have specific play sessions and classes for parents and babies and toddlers running throughout the day. Everything is free of charge and no booking needed.
Traveller Movement (N)
Information, advice and a specialist domestic violence service for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.
Bin Knives Save Lives, Ilford
Working with children and parents to avoid knife crime. Free knife collection and disposal service in and around Ilford and Redbridge.
Voices of Hope
Community organisation challenging poverty specifically through their Brite Box food project.
The Peel Institute
Community organisation serving Clerkenwell. Activities for young people and families.
New Cross Gate Trust
Supports the local community to learn new skills, improve their employment prospects, improve health and well-being, feel safe and supported, develop self-confidence and social networks and access relevant services according to their needs.
Sutton Carers Centre
Support for carers across the borough including both adult and younger carers. Offering a wide range of services.
Jigsaw4u
Wide range of support for vulnerable children and families in Merton and Sutton. Including loss and bereavement support, parenting support and work with young people who go missing.
Christian Care Association
Family befriending, provides furniture and baby and toddler items to families in need in Merton.
Brite Box
Helps families across Richmond, Kingston and Southwark to address the growing issue of food insecurity. Provides weekly food deliveries and additional food related services.
First Love Foundation
Person-centric, rapid support to clients who have recently hit a crisis in order to get their lives back on track as quickly as possible. Includes emergency food provision, support around benefits, challenging eviction notices and so on.
Don's Local Action
Helps those in our local community to fight poverty and offer support. Provides food parcels, household goods, furniture and appliances. Offers laptops through our Keep Kids Connected initiative for children who do not have access to online learning.
Choices Islington
Supports women and their partners through unplanned pregnancy, with concerns following abortion, and gives practical and emotional help with parenting.
Camden & Islington Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre
The centre provides holistic services for people with, or at risk of, sickle cell and thalassaemia; recognising and addressing the complex needs of individuals and families affected by these conditions.
London Irish Centre
Provides specialist information and advice on welfare related issues including housing, benefits and passports for the Irish community.
Bengali Workers Association
Provides services and support that enables local Bangladeshi people to manage their lives more effectively and to assume greater responsibility for their communities.
Renewal Programme
Support for those, in Newham, who are facing multiple challenges; whether they’re a carer who needs wellbeing support, a migrant or refugee without access to public funds, an individual suffering with homelessness or experiencing poverty or a young person without direct access to learning pathways.
Haven - Domestic Abuse Network
Haven supports, assists and empowers young people and adults who have suffered incest, childhood sexual violence or and/or abuse, domestic violence, physical, mental and emotional abuse, rape and torture.
Abuse Never Becomes Us
Supporting domestic, sexual and child abuse survivors from the Tamil community. London wide
Just for Kids Law (N)
Support children and young people with direct casework that helps them to overcome problems they face, and use evidence from our practice to campaign for wider reform.
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
Women's Project, Skills Workshops, Family Support, Welfare and Housing Advice for the Afghan community.
National Energy Action (N)
Information, advice and sessions for groups regarding fuel poverty. WASH Advice Service is a free service providing advice to householders on their energy bills and keeping warm and safe in their home. They can also help with benefits advice and income maximisation.
IKWRO
Culturally specific support, advocacy and counselling for women and girls from the Middle East and Afghanistan,
Migrant Women's Rights Service
Advice and training for those supporting or advising vulnerable migrant women who are pregnant or new mothers including housing and health.
Gujarati Samaj (Bexley)
To assist the Gujarati community with education in field of language, health, welfare rights, housing, immigration
Henry
Provides a range of support for families from pregnancy to age 12 including workshops, programmes, resources and online help.
ADT Forth World
Human rights based anti-poverty organisation, tackling inequality and promoting social justice in the UK.
Fern Street Settlement (All Hallows Bow)
Through activities, working for a better Bow where families live life to the full, children thrive and our community is strong
Kinship (N)
Advice and information for kinship carers (non-parental family members such as grandparents looking after a child)
Well Child (N)
Produce a list of useful resources and are offering practical support to get disabled children or those with a terminal illness any specific help they need.
TOP UK (Triumph Over Phobia) - OCD and Phobia Charity (N)
Aims to help sufferers of phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder and other related anxiety.
The Stroke Association (N)
For those who have had a stroke and those who support them 0303 3033 100. Information advice and the latest research
The Nest
Free & confidential mental wellbeing advice and support for young people aged 11 – 25 in Southwark
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Website has resources and help available for looking after pregnant mum’s mental health
St Michael’s Fellowship
Outreach for expectant and young mothers and fathers. Holistic support around parenting skills, children's health and young families' futures.
Shoreditch Trust
Focus is on working with people who experience health, economic and social inequality.
Red Cross
Offers support including help with emergency food,bedding and travel as well as a family reunion service.
OCD Action
Information and support for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCDs), Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD),Skin Picking (CSP), Trichotillomania (TTM) – compulsive hair pulling 0845 390 6232
No Panic Helpline
Helplines for anxiety disorders panic attacks etc. 0844 9674848 Youth Helpline 0330 606 1174 (for 13 to 20 year olds open Mon to Thurs 4pm-6pm)
Mencap
A wide range of information designed specifically to support those with learning disability. These may also be useful to people who struggle with literacy.
Lifeline Project
Christian led. Focuses on empowering and enhancing the lives of those people most isolated and vulnerable, building confidence and helping them to learn new skills, so that they may fully live their lives and become a part of their community. Mentoring for children and young people.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Helpline 7 days a week 8am - 8pm 0808 808 00 00. Great deal of online support including financial support and employment rights.