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:
Bow Community Hub
Bow Community Hub boasts a range of daily physical activities, massages and arts and crafts for all to enjoy including youth groups.
Sickle Cell Society (N)
National organisation providing support and information for those living with Sickle Cell and campaigning for better access to treatment and better knowledge.
Carers Information Service Croydon
Information and advice service for carers living in, or caring for someone who lives in, Croydon. Run carers support groups.
Traveller Movement (N)
Information, advice and a specialist domestic violence service for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.
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.
ABC Parents
Supporting families attending Paediatric AandE at the North Middlesex Hospital to ensure issues relating to low income are addressed alongside presenting health issues.
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.
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.
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.
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'
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 Mix
The Mix is the UK’s leading support service for young people. We are here to help you take on any challenge you’re facing - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Talk to us via our online community, on social, through our free, confidential helpline or our counselling service.
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
Terence Higgins Trust
Offer free online counselling for those over 18 and living with HIV or worried about their sexual health
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Website has resources and help available for looking after pregnant mum’s mental health
Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Supporting those facing or experiencing homelessness who also have addiction issues
Spectra
Offer LGBT+ specific online sexual health advice and an online LGBTQ+ youth session every Friday
Shout The Mix and Young Minds
Provide one platform for those under 25 looking for mental health support
SA-UK (Social Anxiety UK)
Volunteer led organisation providing a range of support and on and off line social groups for those with social anxiety.
Oasis
Aimed at young people 14-35 years who are struggling with unusual experiences like hearing voices or feeling paranoid
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)
National Gambling
Offer a 24 hour helpline 0808 8020 133 providing help for those who realise they have difficulty stopping gambling
NAZ
BAME run sexual health support agency, counselling as well as other practical support for the LGBTQ+ BAME community and others.
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.
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.
Kids Health
Lots of information for children teens and parents relating to health diseases, body image etc
HYP (Healthy Young People)
Health and wellbeing service for under 25's. Provides advice and support around sexual health, drugs and alcohol and general health and wellbeing. The service also provides emergency and ongoing contraception, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), condom c-card scheme support and treatment for drugs and alcohol misuse and wellbeing support.
Easy Health
With over 500 health leaflets that include pictures and very simple text. Easy Health's information is accessible to anyone with low literacy levels and/or learning disability.
Ealing Advice Service
A local service working to provide the people of Ealing with access to high-quality advice.
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.
Different Strokes
Free services to younger stroke survivors throughout the UK. 0345 130 7172 / 01908 317618. Helps stroke survivors of working age to optimize their recovery and take control of their own lives
Disability Rights UK
Information about a wide range of topics from disabled students rights to getting help with heating.
Doctors of the World
Have translations to their health information leaflets into community languages and have some video spoken alternatives
Brook Young People's Information Service
Information and signposting service for young people under 25 on sexual health
Burning Nights CRPS Support
Support for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) sufferers their families friends and carers 01663 795055
Brent Carers Centre
Ensure that unpaid carers are recognised, valued and supported to live rather than just exist
Brent Centre for Young People
Mental health charity for young people in North West London, supporting over 700 young people a year with a wide range of issues. We offer specialised treatment in the areas of suicide prevention, tackling self-harm, eating disorders, exam anxiety and more.
Bexley Moorings
Moorings is a mental health charity which supports young people aged 8-17 living in Bexley. Offering befrienders and groups. groups.
Barons Court Project
Support people that are on low income, homeless and/or vulnerable to mental health issues.
Baobob Centre
A psychotherapeutic community that enables child and adolescent asylum seekers who have experienced trauma in their home communities and on their journeys to thrive in the UK