The Bridge
The Bridge work to reduce inequalities in the health and wellbeing of women living and working in London, aiming to remove barriers and generate change.
We support women who are living with anxiety, depression or stress-related illness, those who are feeling isolated or who need help to lead a healthier life.
Projects:
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.
Cassanadra Centre
Provides advice, support and counselling services for young people and families who are directly or indirectly involved in abusive relationships.
Women and Girls Network
Supporting women and girls across London affected by gendered violence. Includes the West London Rape Crisis Centre, advice and information on gendered violence London wide and West London young women's support.
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.
Be Enriched
South London-based charity that uses food to bring joy and connection to the socially excluded, develop skills in young people, build communities and grow future generations.
Stay Safe East
Provides a domestic violence support service for deaf and disabled people in Waltham Forest and Newham.
Respond
Work therapeutically with adults with autism and LD challenging sexual and domestic abuse and violence and other forms of trauma.
Latin American Women’s Aid
Domestic violence support run by and for women from Latin American Communities
Kiran Project
Provide a safe space where Asian women and their children living in and around Waltham Forest and overcoming Domestic Violence can identify options and develop skills that enable them to take control of their lives.
IMECE
IMECE DV and forced marriage service primarily for Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot women and girls.
Galop
Specialist service for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans suffering domestic abuse or other violence support.
Ashiana Women's Network
Domestic violence and advice service for South Asian, Turkish and Iranian women.
Traveller Movement (N)
Information, advice and a specialist domestic violence service for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.
Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) International Institute
Using the values of restorative justice, delivering community-led projects focusing on social inclusion, and the empowerment of civil society and its most disadvantaged groups.
Working Chance (N)
Supporting women within the criminal justice system to gain employment and move on with their lives.
Girls United Football
Sports organisation focusing on girls from low income families empowering girls in local communities through football practices that go beyond the tactical, to develop confident leaders, providing more girls with the opportunity to succeed, on and off the pitch.
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.
Kingston Domestic Violence Hub
Free, confidential, non-judgemental and independent support to anyone who is experiencing domestic abuse in the borough.
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.
Choices Islington
Supports women and their partners through unplanned pregnancy, with concerns following abortion, and gives practical and emotional help with parenting.
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.
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
Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
Women's Project, Skills Workshops, Family Support, Welfare and Housing Advice for the Afghan community.
IKWRO
Culturally specific support, advocacy and counselling for women and girls from the Middle East and Afghanistan,
Asian Women's Resource Centre
Support services for victims of Domestic Abuse in the following languages: Bengali, Guajarati, Hindi, Hinko, Konkani, Marathi, Pashto, Patwari, Punjabi, Urdu, Farsi, Portuguese, Italian, Kurdish, Turkish & Azerbaijan. Service ensures cultural sensitivity, confidentiality and listening time in a safe, non-judgemental environment. Open door policy to all women in need, from all ethnicity and backgrounds.
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.
Belvedere Asian Women's Group
Open to all Asian women living and working in the Borough of Bexley. It provides an opportunity for women to meet to discuss issues of concern to them and share their experiences, to socialise, access information and advice on a range of issues and to have some time for themselves.
London Black Women's Project
Work with black, Asian and visible minority ethnic women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse. Provide accommodation, legal advice and therapeutic services,
Solace Women's Aid
Provides advice and support, accommodation, and therapeutic services for survivors of domestic abuse'
ADT Forth World
Human rights based anti-poverty organisation, tackling inequality and promoting social justice in the UK.
Single Homelessness Project
Single Homeless Project, a London-wide charity working to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people to transform their lives.
Shoreditch Trust
Focus is on working with people who experience health, economic and social inequality.
Metro Charity
Promote health and wellbeing to anyone experiencing issues relating to sexuality, gender, equality, diversity and identity, and use our unique insight from these transformative services and our diverse heritage to influence decision makers and to effect positive change.
Magpie Project
Supports families with a child under the age of 5 in temporary or insecure accommodation including those affected by immigration law
East European Resource Centre
Supporting Central and East European migrants who experience poverty, exploitation and social exclusion in order to help them to make choices about their lives and realize their potential as equal members of communities.
Clinks
Supports, represents VSC's working with people in the criminal justice system and their families.
Barons Court Project
Support people that are on low income, homeless and/or vulnerable to mental health issues.
Action West London
Delivers a wide range of Employment, Education and Enterprise projects for young people and adults in West London.