“4FRONT was established in 2012 to provide a platform for young people who have been impacted by violence to create change. Since then, 4FRONT has pioneered an approach that empowers the young people most directly harmed by violence and the criminal justice system to be at the forefront of a grassroots movement for change.  

We fundamentally believe that there is a difference between reducing violence and building peace. Our work centres on healing and transformative justice whilst directly challenging the UK’s addiction to criminalisation, policing and prisons. This approach has been shaped and influenced by best practice from around the world. By amplifying our members' voices and advocating for a holistic approach to build peace, we have transformed the way in which society understands how to support young people who have been affected by violence and shaped the agenda around how to tackle the systemic causes of it. We support 4FRONT members to transform their own lives, whilst uplifting their voices to create change in the system. Our work centres racial justice and empowers members to recognise their strengths and identify systemic barriers to their progress. We specialise in providing culturally specific services, tailored to meet the needs of those with experience of violence and the criminal justice system who identify as Black (which includes those who are Black British, African, Caribbean and Mixed Heritage). We not only acknowledge the impact of racism and discrimination on our members, we actively work to dismantle these systems.”

The project was recently awarded £46,042 to deliver a youth led intervention project for 75 young people involved in and affected by serious youth violence in Barnet over one year.

As a family and community support network, Aanchal provides a safe place where people find hope so they can believe and say 'I matter'.

We're a women's organisation that assists women affected by physical as well as mental, financial, sexual and emotional domestic abuse. Our guiding principle is that we will never turn our back on a woman in need of our help. And we won't give in to bureaucracy at the expense of real lives. While some statutory agencies turn women away because they don't have the right legal status or their situation doesn't quite fit into the agency's remit, we'll do what we can to help. We take into account and respects the culture, rituals and ways of being, to support people through challenging issues, crisis and stigmas that they will face in speaking out. We understand that every individual we support has the right to live as an equal in society, able to hold up their head with pride, and to be part of a supportive community and know that they are not alone.  We are proud to be an inclusive organisation.

We open doors to the many benefits, opportunities and systems that can best help protect people and their children.

We provide emotional and practical support, guidance and tools  to allow people to make positive life decisions, to live a comfortable life that is fulfilling for them and their children. We also support them to contribute to the wider world in a meaningful way using the wisdom, access to knowledge and skills they have.

Abianda is a London-based social enterprise that works with young women affected by gangs and county lines, and the professionals who support them.

Our mission is to bring about a culture shift in the way services are delivered to young women affected by gangs and county lines, so that they feel safe to access help; they are no longer a hidden group in our communities; and they are free from harm and abuse

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Action Isleworth Mothers (AIM) is a community-led outreach support service for mothers and youth directly and indirectly affected by issues connected to serious youth violence in the London Borough of Hounslow.

AIM is a completely free, confidential and independent community outreach service I run (alongside my day job!) to support and empower mothers directly and indirectly affected by the issues around serious youth violence in my local borough of Hounslow. This includes exploitation, fear of harm, the multiple impact of exclusions or incarceration, behavioural and family issues. We do not judge, we listen and we understand.

We are a women-only organisation, providing emotional and practical support to women in London. All our services are free and confidential.

A large part of our work is crisis intervention – for women who require urgent help and face imminent danger.

Al-Anon Family Groups UK & Eire is there for anyone whose life is or has been affected by someone else's drinking.

Our members provide meetings in all major towns and cities and are committed to being there for you when you need help. Whatever your relationship with the drinker, you will find other people who have similar stories to tell. You will realise that you are not alone. Listening to the shared experiences of others may help you find the confidence you need to deal with the effects of someone else's drinking. You will find it is possible to rediscover happiness, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.

Your anonymity is protected by using first names only. You will not be asked to reveal your surname or any other details about your identity or that of the drinker. Anything discussed within an Al-Anon meeting is treated as confidential, including your presence at the meeting.

We are widespread, with more than 700 groups throughout the UK and Eire alone. If getting to a meeting is not easy for you, you are welcome to join an online meeting. These are organised by the World Service Office (WSO) and accessible via the US website: https://www.al-anon.org

Al-Anon meetings are free. We only accept donations from members towards running costs and literature so that we can be self-supporting. We only give what we can afford.

What we are not:

• Al-Anon is not a therapy group. We don't offer counselling or advice or try to explain your experiences.

• We are not a religious organisation and welcome those of all faiths and none, treating everyone as equals. We discourage discussion about religion, politics and other outside topics.

This is a well-known organisation with a proven track record. The way we work is very simple - it is one alcoholic talking to another - if you want to contact us - either because you want help with your drinking problem or because you are professionally interested in the work we do - please feel free to get in touch using this email:  help@aamail.org

The Alliance for Youth Justice works to improve youth justice in England and Wales, for the benefit of children, young people, and society. We wish to increase the understanding and knowledge, offering advice and raising awareness, by promoting widespread understanding about the underlying causes of children coming to the attention of the criminal justice system.

We advocate for distinct systems, services and support that treat children as children first and foremost - underpinned by social justice, children's rights and a focus on positive long-term outcomes. Our work focuses on influencing policy, legislation and practice to address issues affecting children who come into conflict with the law - from diversion and policing to custody and resettlement.

FREE ONLINE SELF-HARM SUPPORT FOR 14-19 yr olds.

Alumina is a free, online 7 week course for young people struggling with self-harm. Each course has up to 8 young people, all accessing the sessions from their own phones, tablets or laptops across the UK. The courses take place on different evenings of the week and are run by friendly, trained counsellors and volunteer youth workers. You don't need an adult to refer you or sign you up, and no-one will see or hear you during the sessions – you'll just join in via the chatbox. We want to help you to find your next steps towards recovery, wherever you are on your journey.

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Ambition Aspire Achieve was founded in June 2016 by Kevin Jenkins OBE, because of a longstanding desire to provide opportunities for children and young people in the London Borough of Newham and surrounding areas.

Since inception, AAA has delivered a range of services based at the Terence Brown Arc in the Park, an inclusive resource, delivery and neighbourhood play hub for children and young people living in Canning Town. Building on the success of services delivered at Arc in the Park, AAA's second neighbourhood hub, the Glyn Hopkin Abbey Hub was opened in Stratford in the summer of 2018.

AAA now delivers a wide range of projects and services from both hubs and across local communities in Newham. Our work particularly focuses on and supports children and young people most in need, including those with disabilities or additional needs. Our current work includes after school clubs, holiday play and youth activities, youth clubs, disability specific activities, detached youth projects, information advice and support for vulnerable young people, mentoring and personal development programmes, doorstep inclusive sports clubs and outward-bound activities and experiences.

AAA exists to help  all children and young people, regardless of background, ability or disability to reach their full potential, to build the esteem to have Ambition, the confidence to Aspire and the skills and self-belief to Achieve. AAA were recently awarded £47,531 to deliver a strategic, grass-roots early intervention community-based project in Newham with the aim of facilitating routes out of gangs for 12 young people and preventing 20 young people from becoming involved in a gang. They have also been awarded £29,750 to deliver anti-knife crime programs and provide positive activities to young people at risk in Canning Town and Stratford.

Thousands of young people experience bullying behaviours every day. They often don't speak out about it because they are scared of what might happen or they are unsure about who to tell or how to report it online. We want to change this by showing young people that they deserve to be heard and that help and support is available.

Supported by HRH The Duke of Cambridge, The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Campaign engages young people, parents and teachers to change the attitudes, behaviour and culture of bullying by building skills and confidence to address different situations, both online and offline.

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Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.

Since those early beginnings, we’ve grown to become a national organisation with an international reach, whilst retaining a user-led ethos – being run by and for those with anxiety.  Many of our small staff team have their own lived experience and understand the distress, isolation and misery that anxiety can cause. We’re here to help and can support you to find ways to control anxiety instead of it controlling you.

Anxiety and Depression – A Guide To Anxiety / Mental Health Charities And Organisations In The UK

Everyone can experience moments of anxiety which can end up with them suffering from depression from time to time. There are certain triggers associated with anxiety and depression which includes when you are having a hard time whether it's a financial or emotional problem. If you are feeling low, seeking professional help sooner rather than later is vitally important for your overall health and well-being because it would be a mistake to keep things to yourself.

The reason being that the symptoms and negative feelings that are affecting you, could only get harder to cope with, bearing in mind that anxiety and depression can be likened to a physical condition which can be treated successfully.

Article 39 is a small, independent charity which fights for the rights of children living in state and privately-run institutions (boarding and residential schools, children's homes, immigration detention, mental health inpatient units and prisons) in England.

We take our name from Article 39 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which grants every child who has been abused or suffered other rights violations the right to recover in environments where their health, self-respect and dignity are nurtured.

We promote and protect children's rights in England through four complementary areas of work:

• Awareness-raising of the rights, views and experiences of children – through our own work, and research and testimony published by others, we stay informed of children and young people's views, experiences and priorities and keep them at the heart of everything we do;

• Legal education – we provide a range of legal resources to support practitioners to use the law in their day-to-day work with children and our pioneering rights4children.org.uk website provides children and young people with accessible information about their rights;

• Practice development – we run a national network of independent advocates, with over 320 members, whom we support to give the best help to children and young people through peer discussion groups, online lectures and seminars and specialist resources and training;

• Policy advocacy, research and strategic litigation – using our specialist knowledge and evidence from consultation with children, young people and advocates, we work to influence the development of law and government policy so that children are better protected; and we support and lead legal challenges when this is the best way of protecting children's rights and securing long-term change

Arts Network is a charity that provides an inspirational and understanding environment for people with mental health support needs, and challenges the stigma of mental health.

We support people to achieve their personal goals through creative activities, exhibitions, and events that enable participants to learn new skills, increase self confidence, and develop relationships.

We constantly seek to battle stigma and discrimination by presenting our work and practice to medical practitioners, key stakeholders, and the general public.

The Athena service, run by Refuge, provides confidential, non-judgmental support to those living in the London Borough of Lewisham who are experiencing gender-based violence. Our services support women and girls aged 13 and over, and men aged 16 or over – including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or are unsure of their sexuality. The Athena service also supports transgender clients who identify as male, female, as another gender, or are questioning their gender identity.

Back on Track Housing is a charity organisation which aims to support vulnerable person/family prior to and on release to prevent homelessness, the chain of cycles of homelessness and re-offending among who are not eligible under the Housing Act.

Back on Track Housing is a charitable organisation which aims to Support Vulnerable person/family prior to and on release to prevent homelessness, the chain of cycles of homelessness and re-offending among who are not eligible under the Housing Act. We provide hand-holding Intensive Supported Housing Management Services to bridge the gap and relieve poverty among homeless and vulnerable person.

Beat is the UK’s eating disorder charity. Founded in 1989 as the Eating Disorders Association, our mission is to end the pain and suffering caused by eating disorders. Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that ruin and, too often, take lives.

Bipolar UK is the only national charity dedicated to empowering individuals and families affected by bipolar. Peer support is at the core of our work.  This means people affected by bipolar helping others. Our integrated service consists of:

• More than 85 peer support groups for people affected by bipolar, facilitated by trained and supported volunteers – many groups have now migrated online
• A moderated eCommunity with over 9,000 active users
• One-to-one peer support provided by telephone and email, recognising that support groups and a digital service will not be for everyone
• Information and resources provided on our website which are used by over 360,000 people a year
• Empowering approximately 1,000 people per month to stay well and we have the ambition to reach thousands more

The Black River Counselling Service was founded in June 2020. It was started because of the disproportionate number of deaths and stressors on the black community caused by the COVID 19 pandemic.[1]  It was also started because of the experience of racism, discrimination, and police brutality, which was highlighted in 2020 following the death of George Floyd by law enforcement. Since that time, we have so far helped and supported over one-hundred and fifty black people[2].

Unfortunately, societal pressures that affect mental health still disproportionally impacts black lives in Lambeth and Southwark. At Black River we feel passionately that the time to address black mental health is long overdue. We recognise that historically our community has not accessed preventative services, especially talking therapies. One of the reasons is the high cost of private counselling, alongside the feeling of being misunderstood by non-black counsellors and therapists.

At Black River we aim to remedy this, offering qualified Black counsellors and therapists for short term counselling free of charge. Black mental health matters and being able to talk to someone with insight into the black experience can be crucial to mental wellbeing.

Based in the heart of our local community in Camden, Brandon Centre offers a comfortable, welcoming, and non-institutional setting for young people to access sexual and mental health services.

Our self-referral system means that all young people can access the confidential care and support provided by our friendly and highly skilled team.

Our contraceptive and sexual health service has gained a reputation for working effectively with young people from deprived and disadvantaged backgrounds, and at risk of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. In fact, Brandon Centre was one of the first local organisations for young people to pioneer routine screening and treatment for chlamydia, and today, the contraceptive and sexual health service supports over 2,000 young people each year.

Our innovative approach applies psychotherapeutic principles to devise and implement mental health services, and we partner with schools, youth offending services and advice agencies to engage and reach out to high priority groups of young people. As well as individual therapeutic help for young people, we also offer effective intervention for families of young people in serious trouble with the law, and for parents struggling to bring up a teenager whose behaviour is out-of-control.

Our approach combines leading-edge service delivery with audit, research, and the rigorous evaluation of outcomes. This has further enhanced our reputation as an accessible and collaborative provider of sexual and mental health support to young people under 25, helping them to overcome difficulties and become healthy and fulfilled young adults.

General Advice  including housing and welfare support in Brixton

Build on Belief specialises in designing, implementing and running weekend services for people who are struggling with, or are in recovery from their substance use; namely drugs and alcohol. Although some of our projects run across the week, we always work at the weekend. We see ourselves as providing a new and interactive form of mutual aid. Rather than talk about the past, let's get together and build a new future.

These services are open access and offer a wide range of activities loosely based around 'the five ways to well-being.' The various Build on Belief projects do not offer therapeutic interventions, but are socially based befriending services designed to complement the existing structured treatment system. We are strong believers in partnership working, and aim to add a new layer to existing services wherever we work. Most importantly, we do not follow any model of addiction or recovery, believing all to be equally valid and a personal choice. ‍

WHY DO WE DO IT?‍

Weekends can be a difficult and lonely time in early recovery, especially since traditional treatment providers are usually closed. The experience of addiction often isolates people from family and non-using friends, and one of the greatest challenges in moving forward with your life is making new friends and building a safe support network. Our social clubs with their wide range of activities and friendly volunteer teams, most of whom are in recovery themselves, provide a safe place to take these important steps back into the wider world of normal living.

We understand that for many people addiction is an all consuming experience, and ceasing your substance use can leave a large void in the day to fill. It is therefore really important in early recovery to find new interests. Build on Belief offers a wide range of activities in an open minded and friendly environment, supporting people and giving them the confidence to try something new. People accessing our services often find a sense of belonging that not only gives them hope, but reminds them of family. We have always seen ourselves as a family for people without a family.

Building Foundations Ltd provides short and long term accommodation and support services for young people to enable them to live independently in the community. Their objective is to provide an environment where young people can feel safe, secure and be valued. They are able to support young and vulnerable adults between the ages of 18 – 25+.

COVO Connecting Voices is a charity working with children, young people and parents in the areas of behaviour management, play and parenting skills, and working with residents living with dementia in care homes and day centres. COVO specialises in consultancy and training in educational and community settings. We provide second tier support to statutory and voluntary organisations working with children, young people and parents in the areas of behaviour management, play and parenting skills.

Covo has provided second tier training services in Southwark since 1999, working in schools and community settings. We have been commissioned by the Children Services and Southwark Behavioural & Autism Support Service to provide training and mentoring programs for schools and out of school settings, as well as by the London Boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham, Camden, Westminster, Islington, Hackney and Lambeth, and Oxford and Essex.

Since 2013 COVO has focused on developing a behavioural programme for secondary schools. The work has proven to be successful thanks to the innovative approach developed by the team while working in PRU.

Empowering People, Empowering Change

For over 50 years, Cranstoun has supported people to rebuild their lives, inspired transformation and empowered positive change.

Between 2020 and 2021, Cranstoun has supported over 15,000 adults and young people. 94% Housing First service users have been accommodated through the programme. In the past year 94.5% of young people achieved the goals agreed on their care plans. 97% of the people we work with agree that our staff are friendly and approachable. 94% of our people feel Cranstoun has a positive impact on society.

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As an independent charity, Cambridge House is committed to promoting change that can improve the quality of life and wellbeing of people who are affected by the systemic poverty, social injustice and inequality in our society.

1. Frontline Services

Objective: To support people to stabilise their lives and progress.
We provide specialist, personalised and integrated services to help people in crisis and support them to build the resilience they need to make recurrence of crisis less likely and improve the quality of their lives:

Social Justice Services

Independent Advocacy – Professional advocacy that enables individuals with serious mental and physical health issues and/or disability to have their voices heard and ensures their rights are protected.

Safer Renting – Specialist advice, support and advocacy for vulnerable tenants of criminal landlords.

Law Centre – Free, independent and expert legal services in housing, employment and benefit law

Education and Inclusion Services

Youth Empowerment – Intensive and wrap-around schemes for excluded 16 to 25 year olds.

Disabled Peoples' Empowerment – Arts, sports, life skills and wellbeing clubs for disabled children and adults.

2. Our Community Hub

Objective: To support active citizenship and community development.
Our building, Cambridge House, provides community anchor facility used by more than 100,000 people a year and offers a focal point for local communities and civic activity, a home for 13 voluntary and community organisations, provides a diversity of co-located social welfare services, and is a space where local people and agencies come together to promote and bring about positive social change

3. Research and Knowledge Exchange

Objective: To support the development of social policy and practice.

We work with research organisations to generate and collate evidence of what delivery strategies are most effective at tackling poverty and social exclusion at a local level and establish opportunities for evidence sharing and knowledge exchange.  We are founding members of Locality and the International Federation of Settlements.

The Camden Young People's Mediation and Restorative Service is an independent and neutral service that provides holistic, voluntary support by creating a safe space to discuss issues in challenging times. This supports young people to:

(1) Rebuild a better relationship with their parent or carer
(2) Prevent breakdown in their current accommodation
(3) Prevent the risk and threat of homelessness
(4) Discuss issues that may be affecting their mental health, lifestyle, feelings and/or behaviours.

All referrals to the Camden Young People's Mediation and Restorative Service are obtained from the Camden Children's Social Services Team or from the young person's allocated Social Worker or Personal Adviser.~

In our mediation work, we work one-to-one with young people and their family members, to build positive communication within the family environment. This aims to prevent homelessness or a breakdown in the relationship.

In our restorative work, we work with young people who are looked after or accommodated by the Local Authority to resolve conflict and prevent placement breakdown, for example following physical or verbal altercations with staff, other professionals, and/or other young people at the service.

We have been experts in the field of loneliness and connection since 2011. Our vision is that everyone can live a life free from chronic loneliness.

Chronic loneliness affects people of all ages and backgrounds and touches the lives of millions. It causes real emotional pain and can impact our physical and mental health. It also has an economic cost in the additional health and care services that are needed by people who are lonely, and the missed contributions that people who are unable to connect could make in their communities.

Our work always puts loneliness first. This exclusive focus allows us to maintain a depth of understanding on loneliness and how it relates to other issues.

Campus Connect is a leading educational platform dedicated to nurturing talents and fostering intellectual growth. With a team of experienced educators and professionals, we offer a diverse range of courses and qualifications designed to inspire and transform lives. Our aim is to create an inclusive learning environment where students can explore their passions, enhance their skills, and prepare for a successful future.

As an educational admission agency, we are dedicated to collaborating with various local youth organisations to extend our reach and impact focusing on assisting young mothers, ex offenders, and local community students who may have faced challenges such as failing their A-levels or possessing only GCSEs. Our goal is to provide guidance and counselling to empower these individuals and help them gain admissions into higher education.

Our extensive network enables us to match students with universities that align with their interests and desired courses, including part-time study options. We offer two-day-a-week courses with a flexible timetable, available in the morning, afternoon, evening, and weekends, fostering a supportive environment for their academic journey.

Since CFPL (formerly CFEO) founded in 2004, men and women have been supported through mentoring to move forward with their lives after release from prison. In 2020 a process of reimagining began - reimagining the way we support prison leavers, reimagining church communities, reimagining the transformation of society.

We are all made in the image of God. Through the Bridge Programme we aim to encourage and empower people leaving prison to explore and grow in their Christian faith and character, and connect into church communities for ongoing support.

All our work at Caritas Westminster is underpinned by Catholic Social Teaching, and this is reflected in our values as an organisation. We want to:

• Meet basic human need

• Develop human potential

• Support engagement, social inclusion and belonging

• Promote social justice and fairness

Carneys community  is inspired by Mick Carney, the boxing legend who motivated and turned around many lives through engagement with boxing.

Mick introduced youth worker George Turner to boxing coach Mark Reigate and together they founded Carney's Community in 2011. Our services are targeted at disadvantaged young people aged 11 to 30 who come from deprived backgrounds in Wandsworth, Lambeth, and the surrounding areas. The mentoring that Carney's Community offers is unique. Many of our beneficiaries report being passed between different agencies which can lead to young people feeling frustrated, and disengaged from support services. At Carney's Community, a young person builds a trusting relationship with a single consistent person; this relationship lasts as long as the young person needs, and the mentoring is taken up by the young person when they want it and are motivated to make changes in their lives.

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The Cassandra Centre is a registered domestic violence and abuse charity based in Norbury, London SW16, that provides advice, support and counselling services for young people.  The charity was set up in 2007 after the tragic murder of Cassandra McDermott by her ex-boyfriend. Cassandra was only 19 years old. The charity aims to raise awareness and educate both young men and women about the risks and signs of domestic violence and abuse and to offer them much needed support and assistance.  Our services include, for example, engagement activities; building trust; confidence and self-esteem and we offer one-to-one therapy that addresses complex emotional barriers.  We accept referrals from all London boroughs and the City of London, because we feel that domestic violence and abuse cannot be addressed in isolation, as there are a range of sometimes complicated factors that need to be considered, so that our clients can achieve long-term independence.

A creative arts project supporting children and young people who are directly affected by child criminal exploitation.

At Music To My Ears, we take an innovative and creative approach to service delivery. We encourage and facilitate young people's engagement with making music, making films, photography, creative writing and other creative arts. This allows young people to talk about their experiences and feelings in an innovative way as well as engaging them in a positive hobby.

Young people are taught creative skills to help them build resilience. This can range from making a positive playlist for the times they are feeling low, right through to making films about their place in the community.

Catch On is a free educational resource about Child Exploitation aimed at pupils in Years 7 and 8 (aged 11-13). The resource contains a suite of options for a single lesson or series of lessons exploring the topic of grooming and exploitation. The resource has been written by a team of frontline practitioners and a curriculum lead from one of our Catch22 schools. The aim is to make children aware of child exploitation, empower them to recognise the warning signs, and know where to go to get help if they or their friends are targeted.

Catch On is completely free to download and use. We have placed no restrictions on it because we want it to be used as widely as possible to protect children and to inform parents and professionals.

Providing specialist support and rescue service for young people and their families who are criminally exploited through county lines.

Our caseworkers provide one-to-one support to young people and their families, working closely with other agencies and professionals and tailoring the support to each young person's individual needs and circumstances. We deliver a rescue service, with out-of-hours capacity, to secure the safe return home, at a critical teachable moment, of young people. Our support and rescue service operates alongside SafeCall, a dedicated confidential county lines national helpline for young people, parents and carers across England and Wales run by Missing People.

The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood offers links to wide resources to support early years.

They focus on researching, campaigning and collaborating to raise awareness of and action on the transformative impact of early childhood. In our latest report we have identified six practical areas where wider society has a role to play in harnessing this opportunity:

Our early childhoods, the time from pregnancy to five, fundamentally shape our whole lives. Through research, campaigns and collaboration we are working to change the way we think and act on the early years so that together we can build a happier, healthier, more nurturing world.

We believe that tackling the toughest challenges in early childhood and achieving the biggest, long-term impact requires people coming together. We will collaborate with people from across the private, public and voluntary sectors and all walks of life to make positive change.

If you would like to support parents and carers with young children, there are many different volunteering opportunities available, for example:

'Family Line' supports parents and carers via telephone calls, emails and text messages. FamilyLine Volunteers are the first point of contact for those accessing the service and provide a range of support directly.

'Home Start' offers a range of support to families including home visiting and digital befriending.

'Young Minds Parent Help line' volunteers provide support to parents and carers worried about the mental health or emotional wellbeing of a child or young person from the ages of 0-25.

'Baby Banks' provide essentials, including clothing, equipment and toys, to families with babies and young children in need of help. You can find a local baby bank to support here.

'Squirrels is the Scouts' programme tailor-made for 4 and 5 year olds. It is designed to help early years children learn essential skills for life and is open to volunteers across the UK.

Centrepoint provides housing and support for young people regionally in London, Manchester, Yorkshire and the North East and through partnerships all over the UK.

We aim to give homeless young people a future and we want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Championing Youth Minds was founded in response to the mental health pandemic our country is facing with a particular focus on the devastating impact on our youth.
We aim to provide a platform through which young people can help other young people care for their mental wellbeing. Through free online resources accessible to all schools, parents and youth, workshops and social media, we help our youth understand mental health and effective strategies that work best for them.
We believe that young people should be taught valuable skills such as self-reflection and introduced to useful techniques like mindfulness, so they can care for their mental wellbeing better.

Buttle UK is named after Reverend Frank Buttle, a remarkable man whose hard work and personal sacrifice helped to establish our grant programmes, which have been helping children and young people in need across the UK since 1953.

As the Charity has grown, so has its capacity to make positive change. Nowadays we are involved in research and project work, but at our core is Frank's original drive – giving support and relief through grant aid.

Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.

You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

Right now in Britain there are children and young people who feel scared, unloved and unable to cope. The Children’s Society works with these young people, step by step, for as long as it takes. We listen. We support. We act. There are no simple answers so we work with others to tackle complex problems. Only together can we make a difference to the lives of children now and in the future. Our supporters around the country fund our services and join our campaigns to show children and young people they are on their side.

We are supporting people to resolve their advice problems and change their lives for the better. We do this on a free, confidential and impartial basis by:

• Providing advice and information services to support people in resolving the problems they face
• Supporting the improvement of policies and practices that affect people's lives both locally and nationally

Our Values

• Clients and Beneficiaries first
• We work for the public and place the interests of our clients and communities at the heart of our high quality advice, information and support.
• We collaborate with other organisations and partners for the benefit of our clients.

City Year UK recruits young adults to serve as mentors and role models in schools located in disadvantaged areas. Their volunteers work alongside teachers to support students' academic and personal development. At City Year UK, young people give a year to tackle educational inequality in our schools because they see a chance for change. Discover how they coach and inspire pupils to succeed - and gain standout skills, learn to lead and find out who they want to become.

Clean Break uses theatre to keep the subject of women in prison on the cultural radar, helping to reveal the damage caused by the failures of the criminal justice system. Through our unique work, we raise difficult questions, inspire debate, and help to effect profound and positive change in the lives of women with experience of the criminal justice system.

Since 1979, Clean Break has been the only women’s theatre company of its kind, and we continue to inspire playwrights and captivate audiences with our ground-breaking plays on the complex theme of women and crime.

Through theatre workshops and projects in prisons and in the community, which build confidence, resilience and wellbeing, we transform the lives of women who have experienced the criminal justice system or who are at risk of entering it.

The aim of CAV is to address the causes of violence, with a community voice, joined-up thinking and through evidence-based priorities that influence policies, actions and support projects that really work by:

1. Articulating and promoting the needs and aspirations of the local community in relation to stopping group and gang violence

2. Influencing both strategically and operationally, the Police, Haringey Council (and other Local Authorities) Statutory, Community Partners and other concerned groups in relation to stopping group and gang violence

3. Engaging community, voluntary and statutory partners in developing a collective offer of support to help stop group and gang violence                                                  

4. Developing projects and accessing funding to deliver activities which will lead to a reduction and stoppage of violence.

CAV was recently awarded £38,840 to deliver a two-pronged approach to supporting victims and perpetrators of knife crime in Haringey via a phone line and outreach service reaching 200 people, and a family-style mentoring program for four at risk young people.

Community Bridges is a non-profit organisation building positive communities that nurture health and wellbeing. Signposting and storytelling on our website, podcast and social channels help our community check in quickly and regularly with their wellbeing and take care of themselves. We map organisations and bring you the health stories, tips and services you need to care for yourself.

Everyone experiences challenges with their health and wellbeing, and it can be hard to fit self-care into your day. Living with a health condition is common: 30% of the UK population live with one or more. So is living without sufficient meaningful connection: 45% of adults feel lonely sometimes or often in England. Loneliness and disconnection both cause and worsen health conditions. Disconnected communities cost £32 billion every year. GP's can not solve loneliness and disconnection. The community we live in and the behaviours we engage with every day can. We must develop supportive environments and connected communities, so everyone has the tools to work towards better health.

We are a free legal advice service covering areas including debt, consumer law, employment law, housing, welfare, and benefits.

Through our free Advice Service, Community Links connects people to the support they need, enable people to support each other and build capacity within the community to identify and overcome issues and prevent them from occurring again.

We do this by:

(1) Supporting the people who seek us out
(2) Guiding them toward the most efficient path to alleviate the difficulties they face
(3) Impacting their circumstances in a positive manner
(4) Empowering them with the confidence to subsequently remedy difficult circumstances independently.

Youth violence is currently one of the biggest issues in the UK. A key focus for Community and Economic Regen has been working in neighbourhoods most affected by youth violence to support communities to reduce the impact of violence and have a voice. Paul Bragman and Sian Penner have been working with a range of groups and communities across London and beyond to help tackle youth violence. Both, Paul and Sian have extensive facilitation and support experience in the field of serious youth violence. The approach they take is to focus on challenging power imbalances as well as addressing the needs of the community; both of which are fundamental for community development. The aim of this approach is to have:

• A more successful community response in managing the complexity of youth violence.

• A shared and collective approach to stopping the issue from increasing.

• Increased support for those involved or affected by youth violence.

Crest Advisory is a company which specialises in criminal justice, providing analysis and expert advice on crime trends, the police, courts, probation and prisons. Founded in 2011, Crest’s services have been used by chief constables, police and crime commissioners, technology companies and criminal justice agencies to help them model demand, assess performance and develop policy.  It also conducts independent research on criminal justice issues, funded by trusts and charitable foundations, and offers communications support to a wide range of organisations.  The subjects Crest has carried out research about in recent years include the underlying causes of serious violence; the rise of ‘county lines’ drug dealing gangs; and the impact of Covid-19 on the criminal justice system. We study issues in depth, searching through data, uncovering evidence, listening to the views of people with experience in the sector.  We’re always interested to hear about ideas for future research and we welcome contact if you might need support with a project.  More details about the reports we’ve published and the work we have planned are on our website.

Whoever you are, wherever you live, from communities to companies.

By phone and online, 24/7, 365 days a year.

We also share advice on how to protect the people you care about from crime, so everyone can feel safe.

After receiving your call or a completed anonymous online form, we create a report that brings together all the information you gave us, making sure it doesn't contain any information that could identify you.

EVAW is a leading coalition of specialist women’s support services, researchers, activists, survivors and NGOs working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.

Established in 2005, we campaign for every level of government to adopt better, more joined up approaches to ending and preventing violence against women and girls, and we challenge the wider cultural attitudes that tolerate and condone this abuse.

The Trust’s vision is to make a positive difference to people's lives. We aim to achieve this by providing the highest quality mental health and community care to our local communities. Achieving our vision means always staying true to our values and working together as a team with our patients, carers and partners.

We are always looking for ways to improve and deliver the highest quality services. Placing a high emphasis on research and innovation means we are constantly looking to find, and regularly implementing, new and better ways of treating people to help them keep healthy and well. Our main priorities in delivering our vision and values are:

- Among other services the Trust has a corporate Safeguarding Children Team to support mental health directorates in City and Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton, addictions services in Bedfordshire and a Wellbeing Service in Richmond. It also has a Safeguarding Children Team to support Community Health Services in Newham.

- The Trust is an active member of six Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) – those in City & Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton and has representation at their executive boards and sub-groups.

We are solely focused on supporting children, young people and families who are victims of serious crime.

We help them cope with what has happened, support their recovery and provide services that enable them to put events behind them, move on and fulfil their life’s potential.

Embrace works with law enforcement agencies and safeguarding professionals in a variety of ways. We forge meaningful partnerships with organisations to deliver help. Our range of emotional, practical, specialist and cheer-up support services make a big difference in brightening young people’s lives after the devastating effects of crime.

Escaping Justice is a charity founded by criminal justice professionals to support victims of crime including the murder of a close relative or a personal attack.  Their website provides useful links to other organisations who are working in this field. Several of them are highlighted elsewhere in the database contained within the www.FightingKnifeCrime.London website.

At the Essex Counselling Service, experienced, qualified and BACP-registered counsellors support young people with a wide range of concerns, including (but not limited to) self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attachment issues, mental health concerns, phobias, anger and aggression, family breakdown, sexual abuse, parental substance misuse issues, sexuality and cultural issues.

Our integrative and person-centred focus ensures we work flexibly as well as relentlessly, with Catch22 counsellors doing whatever it takes to sustain engagement in the counselling process and to support children and young people's engagement in their education.

A thorough assessment and review process is completed for every participant in the Essex Counselling Service. Individual needs and distance travelled are ascertained through these reviews.

Referrals are only accepted for young people attending the Essex Counselling Service's commissioner schools, academies and colleges.

Every Child Needs a Mentor (ECNM) was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur and award-winning mentor Herman Stewart. ECNM was created to ensure high-quality mentoring reaches every child—regardless of their background or abilities. Whether you’re a parent, school or an organisation working with young people, we are confident that we can help you with your children’s well-being and mental health. With our track record of successfully supporting young people, we know our methods work. But that’s not all; we’ve developed an award-winning mentorship framework, delivered both in-person and online.

We work with children aged between 9 – 18 from various backgrounds and ethnicities. Our work has been highly regarded by school leaders, parents & young people. Ofsted has recognised our work as a ‘high-quality provision for mentoring’. We have had many success stories and testimonials, working with young people that other services were incapable of engaging or supporting. Therefore, we are confident that our person-centred methodology will achieve results with young people who access our mentoring support.

We are a charitable organisation whose mission is to prevent interpersonal violence, in particular domestic violence and abuse.  Our core activity is working with perpetrators to address the root causes of this.  We also provide advice, support and counselling to survivors of domestic abuse and violence.  

Everyman Project is a counselling service. We are an organisational member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). We work both with individuals needing support and with public sector agencies who make referrals to us or wish to develop joint services.

Our main focus is working with male perpetrators of domestic abuse and violence.

For male perpetrators, we have developed a two-stage model based on principles of counselling. This is a 30-week programme which starts with a suitability assessment, followed by 13 weeks of one to one counselling and then 16 weeks of group counselling.  We help break into the cycle of abuse and violence by challenging and supporting perpetrators to take responsibility for their actions and stop altogether their abusive, angry and violent behaviours.

Everyone's Invited is a safe place for survivors to share their stories completely anonymously. The act of sharing their story with Everyone's Invited allows many survivors a sense of relief, catharsis, empowerment, and gives them a feeling of community and hope. Everyone's Invited is the leading activist and educational organisation tackling rape culture in the UK. We have now developed a unique education programme for schools. Our education is created by young people for young people. We navigate this new sexual digital landscape using our testimonies, unique data, reference to pop culture and open conversation to engage young people in making tangible change and creating a safer environment for their community.

FORWARD (Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development) is the leading African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls. We are working for the day when African girls and women will live in dignity, are healthy, have choices and enjoy equal rights free from fear of violence.
We are the African women-led organisation working to end violence against women and girls. From female genital mutilation and child marriage to domestic and sexual violence, we tackle abuse and discrimination. We focus on personal stories and the bigger picture. That's why we support affected women and girls on the ground – bringing together communities, developing skills and knowledge, and nurturing young women leaders of tomorrow.

Faces in Focus is a young people's Counselling Service for 11 – 25-year-olds who mainly live, study or work in Southwark and Lambeth.
Young people can refer themselves or be referred by another organisation or agency. We provide counselling for:

• Past Trauma
• Psychological mental health conditions
• Common conditions may be:
• Depression or Anxiety
• Alcohol or Substance abuse
• Addictions
• Phobia conditions
• Abuse (Sexual, Domestic, Violent, Gang & Psychological

Faces in Focus is a member of Youth Access – the national membership organisation for young people's information, advice, counselling, and support services (YIACS)

Half of all lifetime mental illness is present by age 14, contributing to economic and social costs of mental health problems totalling £105.2 billion in 2009/10.5
Over a million 16-24-year-olds fail to get the advice they need to resolve their social welfare problems each year, costing the exchequer an estimated £1bn each year.
According to the ACEVO Commission on Youth Unemployment, Southwark is a youth unemployment hotspot with 1 out of 4 young people being NEET.

Families Anonymous in the UK first started in London in 1980. It is a world-wide fellowship of family members and friends affected by another's abuse of mind-altering substances, or related behavioural problems. FA has groups, spread throughout the country, which meet regularly. Any concerned person is encouraged to attend the meetings, even if there is only a suspicion of a problem. The Fellowship is a self-help organisation with a programme based on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions first formulated by Alcoholics Anonymous.

There are now some 50 groups in various parts of the country.

The aim of the group is to help the family and friends of people with a current, suspected or former drug problem by providing mutual support and to offer a forum where experiences and anxieties can be shared. In the group members learn to come to terms with the problem that is disrupting their lives. Attending meetings helps members adopt an honest and consistent approach towards the addict. This in turn often brings him/her to realise that he/she needs help to live without drugs. Experience has shown that help for the family and friends means important help for the drug-dependent person.

Family pressures can sometimes be difficult to manage without emotional support and guidance to help. Many people feel confused by what information is available or struggle to access services close to home.

Our free FamilyLine service tackles these issues in a new and innovative way by using a network of volunteers from across the country to support family members over the age of 18 through telephone calls, email, web chat and text message.

The service aims to:

• provide both immediate and long-term support
• help with practical information and guidance
• provide emotional and listening support
• help with understanding and accessing relevant services and information
• provide regular one-to-one befriending support to service users feeling isolated
• access to short term telephone counselling
• a referral into our many projects across England and Wales, where relevant.

We use a team of trained volunteers with the knowledge and experience of family issues to support service users via telephone, text, web chat and email.

We are here to provide a listening ear, answer particular parenting questions or help with guidance around more complex family issues. We can also provide longer-term support through regular sessions with our Befrienders and Counsellors. All support takes place via telephone, text message, web chat or email and is free.

Family Lives was formally registered as a charity in 1999, and operated under the name of Parentline Plus. The charity's original formation as Parentline was founded in response to the tragic child abuse case of Maria Colwell in 1973, who was killed by her step-father. The parents that founded Parentline believed that there needed to be a dedicated organisation supporting parents, before they reached crisis point which could result in abuse. A merger in 1999 between the National Stepfamilies Association, Parentline and Parent Network built on the collective experience of these three charities, to provide a range of national and local services to support parents and families across the country.

To create a more socially just society in which the child welfare and family justice systems support children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community networks of those children who cannot live at home.

We offer different models of low cost 1-2-1 counselling, psycho-educational services and offer a holistic approach to bring about an improvement to people's mental health and family wellbeing.

We protect and support children and young people.

Fatima Whitbread MBE, is a Javelin World Champion and double Olympian. As someone who spent most of their childhood in care, she is passionate about helping those in care and care leavers.

"Growing up in care, I have seen what a nurturing, supportive atmosphere can achieve... It is important even more so today that we give our young people a good start in life. That is why the Campaign is vital... Help me to make the difference for our young people."

We do this by providing practical and emotional care and support.

We make sure they're seen, heard, and valued.

We campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives.

We are passionate about all children having a safe and happy childhood.

We are ambitious for children and young people.

We collaborate with organisations to deliver the best outcomes for children.

We are inclusive and strive to ensure that all children are included.

We aim for early intervention, prevention and advocacy.

Children do not have a say in many things that affect their lives... We listen to them. We take their concerns seriously and we campaign for better support, resources and life outcomes for our children and young people.

Fegans provides professional therapeutic services to primary and secondary schools throughout England.

Affordable, accessible and effective support for children, parents and school staff.

Most schools are struggling with issues such as extreme anxiety, exclusion, behavioural challenges, self-harm, eating disorders, depression or children who have simply withdrawn into themselves. Often schools struggle to find solutions for children who are facing these issues within the context of the normal school routine.

Fegans can be that solution.

We can provide qualified psychotherapists at reasonably short notice to work within a school and address some of those issues that can be so challenging for schools to resolve.

For children and their families, young people, and adults affected by eating difficulties and disorders. Our founding principles are based on the experiences of individuals who have had, are still living with, and have recovered from eating disorders and comorbid mental health conditions.

Fitzrovia youth an action in Camden is leading youth action charity. We empower Camden's young people to create positive change in the community and in their lives.

We support local disadvantaged young people in developing projects which address to issues they care about, such as community cohesion, healthy living, conflict, drugs, and alcohol. We also work in partnership with a wide range of local businesses to provide are young people with mentoring and work experience opportunities.

Honest information about drugs.

We are a multi-award-winning specialist charity that supports boys and men along the path to becoming dynamic future men. Through our practice-led services we encourage boys and men to explore, celebrate and build on the seven characteristics that we believe contribute to positive masculinity. Our Mission is to inspire boys and men to become dynamic future men, by giving them the confidence to discover what it means to be a man. Our Vision is a better future for every boy, every man and everyone.

How, and what boys and men learn about being a man affects how they manage their lives and relationships. It also affects how they feel about themselves. We offer school-based programs, community-based programs, and fatherhood programs. Future Men stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign.

Galop is an LGBT anti-violence and abuse charity. They provide advice and support to those who have experienced homophobia, biphobia, lesbophobia or transphobia, sexual violence, domestic abuse and hate crimes, among others. They also provide an advocacy service for those in the LGBT community who have had issues with the police/legal system. Their webiste also provides factsheets and further information.

Gendered Intelligence, established in 2008, is a registered charity that exists to increase understandings of gender diversity and improve trans people's quality of life.

We are a trans-led and trans-involving grassroots organisation with a wealth of lived experience, community connections of many kinds, and a depth and breadth of trans community knowledge that is second to none. We believe everyone can be intelligent about gender! There are multiple strands to our work. For more information about who we are go to our about us section or see below.

Gendered Intelligence run trans youth groups in London, Leeds and online for a range of ages from 7 to 30. We also run groups specifically for young trans people of colour and transfeminine young people, as well as extra projects such as a swimming group, Nature Connections and Youth Board.

Our youth groups are open to all young trans people, no matter how you identify or whether you are questioning your gender. We use trans as an umbrealla term and are fully inclusive of non-binary individuals; please don't worry about not feeling 'trans enough'.

There is no fee to access our youth groups. We can reimburse travel for at least £7 per person at every session if the cost of travel would prevent you from getting to the groups.

At the youth groups you can:

• Meet other young trans, transgender, non-binary or gender questioning people, socialise, make friends, have fun and get some support
• Find out information about coming out / disclosing, transitioning, your rights as a trans child, teenager or young adult, how to negotiate life post-transition, and more
• Have a safe and supportive space to explore your gender identity if you're questioning, be yourself if you're not out, or have an opportunity to chat about trans stuff.

We want a society in which single parent families are treated equally and fairly.

To get there, we provide information to help single parents support themselves and their family. And we campaign and influence policy to reduce stigma against single parents, and make services more accessible to all families – whatever their shape or size.

Help Counselling offers low-cost long-term talking therapy face-to-face in London and online countrywide.

At Help Counselling we have been proudly providing affordable, short and long term counselling to the local community in West London for over 50 years. During this time we have improved thousands of people's lives, through the provision of talking therapies. At Help we typically support people who present with a range of well-being and mental health concerns including anxiety, stress or depression. As a successful and well-established counselling organisation, our team and trainees will be able to explore with you how we can make a difference to your life through counselling. Unlike some other services, at Help we can often facilitate clients to work long term and allow you the necessary time and space, to work through the issue at hand.

Hackney Quest was started by a small team in 1988 to provide positive activities for the community’s young people. A Borough which suffers significant deprivation, Hackney has always had a large number of young people in need of positive engagement, to help them to develop skills and reach their potential. Young people have remained at the core of what we do, but through the years we have broadened our activities in recognition of wider needs in the community. Young people can only flourish when their parents and carers are well supported, and everyone benefits from living in a strong, unified community. It is with this in mind that we have developed our community services, including parenting and nutrition classes, education support, confidential listening and signposting, and community volunteering. Many of our community activities take place in the Frampton Park Youth & Family Centre, which we have run as a second centre since 2012. Thanks to the long term commitment of our staff, the variety of services that we offer, and the all-through support that we provide, we have a uniquely warm family atmosphere. All our staff, volunteers and beneficiaries are part of a strong, tight-knit, caring community. Despite the many changes that Hackney has gone through over the course of Hackney Quest’s 28-year history, poverty and deprivation remain major issues: the area surrounding Hackney Quest remains in the top 10% most deprived areas of the country. Many other problems, such as crime and educational disadvantage, stem from this. Through all of our programmes and activities, we remain dedicated to helping the young people and families in our community overcome these challenges in order to reach their full potential.

The Hard Calls Save Lives campaign is led by five mothers, who have lost their sons to knife crime.  It is supported by Crimestoppers and the Metropolitan Police.  In the campaign, the mothers describe the sons they lost and the calls they had to make following their son’s murders.  They are calling for people to call the independent charity, anonymously, with knife crime information.

If you have information about knife crime and want to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers. Their service is available via phone and online 24 hours a day, seven days a week 0800 555 111.

Calling to report knife crime information is hard but there are harder calls – visit www.hardcallssavelives.co.uk for more information.

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We are on a mission to provide a platform where parents and carers of children with disabilities or special educational needs can feel wholly supported. While empowering them with the tools to be their best selves for their children.

Hendrix Encapsulates Limitless Possibilities CIC, operating as HELP UK is a Community Interest organisation set up to serve the community. We have a keen focus on parents and carers with children with disabilities or special educational needs. We know how draining it can be emotionally, spiritually and physically, so we're always available to support, serving as a knowledge hub and safe haven for our parent and carer partners.

Hope Street has been created to help break the stigma attached to those suffering from poor mental health, particularly anxiety and depression.

Hope Street is a place dedicated to helping others feel valued, inspired and most importantly accepted. From personal experience the founders of Hope Street know all too well the feelings of isolation desperation and loneliness that can come with suffering from anxiety and depression but also for those who care on a day to day basis for their friends and loved ones.

Our goal is to ensure that everyone who walks through our doors feels welcome and their experience with us provides a sense of belonging, inspiration and hope.

Each week they will hear from others who have been in their position, whose minds have been invaded by the very thoughts they are experiencing but who have come through those times to discover and experience happier times. They will also discover techniques that can help to relieve their mind of stress or anxiety.

We also realise that mental illness doesn't only affect those with poor mental health but those who care for their loved one's on a day to day basis, after all how can you understand how a loved one feels if they can't understand it themselves. Hope Street will give carers the opportunity to be around others experiencing similar situations, feelings and loneliness.

Overall our aim is to ensure anyone who visits Hope Street leaves feeling better when they leave than when they first walked through the door.

PLEASE NOTE: We don't have any trainers or training providers affiliated with Hope St. We offer all of our courses free of charge at present.

Hussain tragically lost his life outside his home on 17th March 2021 – just 2 weeks before his 19th birthday, whilst bravely protecting his family, his property and himself from thieves carrying knives. Hussain Foundation are a charitable family foundation which supports the continuing Hussain's legacy through projects that will be of charitable benefit to all.

Our Charity Wing focuses on supporting impactful and valuable charitable causes that will make a real difference to the lives of the future generations.

We focus on Supporting those impacted by knife crime, Mosque-building, Well-building, Youth centres, Community charity work together with other charities, Health & Wellness initiatives for those impacted by knife crime.

Schools understand the need to make happiness and wellbeing a priority. The challenge, however, is putting it into practice with teachers who are already overwhelmed. This is why we exist. To make the mental health of children as important as their academic achievement. And to support those making it happen.

We started in 2013 with 1 Magical Day Out for 10 children. In 2020 we pivoted to meet an unprecedented need for online resources for children being home-schooled. We now help 1000s of children with our activities and programme.

Insight supports young people, families and children who are affected by drug and alcohol use. We know that young people often face a lot of different pressures so we try to provide a range of services to ensure our recovery options are as varied as possible.

Our expert team is here to provide professional and confidential support to young people and their families which can range from providing advice or information to helping you to reduce or stop your drug or alcohol use. Our services look at the needs of the whole person including; improving their health, wellbeing and support networks which have a lasting positive impact on their families, friends and community.

Impetus transforms the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by ensuring they get the right support to succeed in school, in work and in life. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds have done worse at school and work for decades. But, with the right support, every young person can succeed. We’ve developed a new approach to get them that support.

We are a driving force behind great charities, helping them deliver the right support to more young people.We find what works by combining the lessons from our charities with our own research.                                

We share this learning to influence policy and resources so that all young people get the support they need.

Inspired Futures was created to develop as a charity organisation focused on young people, the progress of their education and life opportunities. Our focus also includes the improvement of their local communities and the general population, through core principles, positive values and experience – an integral part of our service delivery.

Inspired Futures began as a voluntary organisation in 2016 supporting our local communities and from an outpour of requests made by young people who have been inspired by our staff and volunteers.

Our Staff has delivered personal development programmes, engagement projects, mentoring, youth advocacy and events across London and the world to support young people, adults, families and communities.

Inspired Futures focus and aim is for all members of a community, organisations, corporate and small businesses, education institutions, front line services, Local and National Government – to come together using various strategies to improve the lives and opportunities of our young for a brighter future, where every individual is valued and considered.

Our personalised programmes are created using our extensive knowledge, skills and experience in corporate and charitable sectors. Inspired Futures also collaborates with influential organisations/persons to help achieve our vision to inspire young minds, lives and communities. An example of one of their projects is ‘The Plain and Simple Truth’ – a cohesion project to be delivered to young people in various schools and includes a thought provoking talk by trained and experienced facilitators to colleges, PRUs and educational provisions across Greater London.

Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. We are a grassroots campaign, run by volunteers. As with all grassroots campaigns the work behind opposing the might of the legal establishment has been an uphill battle. It was a role taken on mainly by women (mothers, sisters, aunties and cousins but also heartbroken dads and uncles) who will not rest while their loved ones are serving mandatory life sentences for crimes committed by others. JENGbA was created by the legal establishment, it was not a campaign that came out of nowhere; it was precisely because the use of joint Enterprise was unjust, unfair and discriminatory towards working class and BAME communities that we were forced to form JENGbA. From our kitchens and meeting rooms we have focused tirelessly on this campaign.

Jigsaw is a charitable organisation developed in early 2019 due to the demand of high-risk situations, violence and the high increase in youth crime developing in our communities which are involving young people daily. We practice a holistic approach to effective and early Intervention, addressing the needs of young people.

Our goal is to build resilience in young people through supporting positive choices, improving critical thinking skills, providing healthy, stable and supportive frameworks whether in the home or school. We work with local partners that have a role in providing support and services to young people. These include the police, local councils, health practitioners, as well as youth workers and voluntary organisations.

We work on the ethos that we all need to work together to help identify and tackle these risks.The objective is early and effective intervention, which will help safeguard our young people by both highlighting and educating them with a variety of fun, engaging, educational workshops alongside our unique interactive film viral. We believe this is a powerful learning tool that portrays real life options, with a view of raising the awareness about consequences, choices and dangers.All our workshops are designed to enable us to reach out to young people, through either individual or group work by accommodating for different learning styles.

We aim to dissect different issues, so we can cascade as much useful information to our young people, in order to help keep them informed and as safe as possible.Our diligent staff have a wide range of expertise and are specialised within their fields; Safe guarding officer's, parent support facilitators, youth therapist, councillors, multi-sport coaches, youth workers, and teachers have extensive experience working with young people from all different backgrounds.

The majority of our staff currently work in mainstream schools, pupil referral units and Community groups or third sector agencies.We are a social enterprise charity registered with company house, we do charge for our workshops but some of our workshops are delivered for free or subsidised by the local authorities depending on funding.

At Kairos Community Trust, we are dedicated to helping homeless men and women with drug and alcohol problems. We do this through our abstinence-support hostel, our rehab programmes and our network of 29 supported Move-on houses, most of which are in south London.

Our core services provide: sober hostel accommodation, day programme rehab, residential rehab, supported housing and aftercare. Each service can be accessed separately or they can be combined to build individual pathways to recovery over a period of time. All our services are delivered by experienced teams of qualified therapists, support workers and administrators.

Addiction and homelessness are twin problems, and we believe that the journey to recovery from drugs and alcohol begins in a safe, secure environment.

Our vision is for all children to grow up in supportive communities safe from bullying and harm.?

Our mission is to provide practical support, training, and advice to challenge bullying and protect young lives.

Bullying behaviour can happen face to face or online, in school or the wider community.  It can be verbal, physical or emotional and often has a disproportionate impact on children who are perceived as 'different' by others.  This includes children from some minority or faith groups, disabled children and those with additional needs, young carers, young people who identify or are perceived to identify as LGBT+, children in care, children with illness and children living in poverty.  Children have a legal right to be protected from all forms of bullying, harassment and harm.

Kidscape gives hope and help to thousands of children and families each year and work with diverse communities throughout England and Wales to help keep children safe.

There are five main ways that we reduce the impact of bullying and harm:

• Building communities of support
• Reducing isolation and loneliness
• Promoting positive relationships
• Supporting resilience and wellbeing
• Helping children recognise and respond to bullying behaviour.

KOTG was initially set up by local youth practitioner  just hours after the fire broke out at Grenfell Tower. the grass roots project was an intended emergency response to what was unprecedented, abject chaos and horror that had left the community in North Kensington traumatised and shellshocked.

The project quickly became a life line for community recovery after the fire when statutory services were overwhelmed and failed in their response. by the end of that first week kids on the green had become a nationally known response to the fire and drew volunteers from all over the country who brought help in all forms such as arts, circus, counselling, hot food, and therapies such as reiki, homeopathy, massage and acupuncture.

in almost 5 years of service in the north kensington community KOTG has rapidly and organically grown into an arts and wellbeing provision that is constantly shaped by our young service users feedback and need.

KOTG delivers music production and performance, delivers large and small scale events, teaches aerial circus, parkour and other performance arts and media. our facilities include a fully equipped music studio, digital radio station and podcast room, dj skills suite and we are currently raising funds for a visual suite and our own tv channel KOTGTV.

This is ladbroke grove, a home to artists, activists, pioneers and masters of the arts.  ladbroke grove is a melting pot of rich culture and bore carnival and portobello market.  it's a special place and unique place and KOTG wants to redefine any narrative that the young people who lived through grenfell might feel defined by. we are raising superstars but most of all we are investing in the wellbeing of the fabric of the community.

KOTG works with children and young people and is now an accredited arts awards centre.

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An anonymous place for young people to find help and support. It is available for young people, with a focus on mentoring as well useful tools for support. “Always someone who will listen and understand”.

Lambeth Together is a partnership of the NHS, local authority, the voluntary sector and others, focused on improving health and wellbeing in Lambeth and reducing inequalities for people in Lambeth through an integrated health and care system.

Our partnership was established in 2017 to improve ways of working across our organisations and with our communities to meet health and care needs across our borough and to plan and coordinate services focused on our local population.

In the summer of 2022 we will formally become a part of the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), which has been formed in response to the Government's?Health and Social Care Bill. This is an important milestone in our evolution as a partnership which will see  the services we're responsible for planned and managed from a single budget at borough level. This means we will have more say and control over how money is spent on health and care locally and we will reach decisions as a partnership.

Working together, we will plan services and coordinate care across our borough to remove unhelpful divides between hospital and community-based services, physical and mental health, and health and social care. Making services more joined up, easier to access and more consistent will help people get the right care and support in the right setting, as early as possible and help our population achieve better health in the decades to come.

Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust is creating children's homes where children can thrive, and where education is central to a holistic approach. We enable children in care to have the same opportunities as everyone else.

We are only able to accept referrals from local authorities, for young people on medium- to long-term placements.

Our entire approach is informed by social pedagogy – a relationship-based way of working with children. We use our learning to train people and influence decision-makers, so standards of care improve nationally. We invest in great staff who can build authentic relationships, in thoughtfully designed physical spaces.

Our home in Sutton is for young people, aged 12-17 on admission, who will benefit from a supportive and loving home environment. Our team understand that as a result of their lived experiences, some of our young people may express themselves in ways that require an extra layer of compassion, patience and understanding and we are set up to help navigate these complex emotional dynamics. We support all young people, whether their aim is to return to live with family, move on to foster care, prepare to live in their own flat or in supported accommodation.

Staff will support young people to attend appointments with other professionals, such as those in health or education, as part of their care and planning for their futures. So, for staff and young people, a typical day in the life of the home can involve spending as much time out and about in the community as in the home itself.

As part of our social pedagogic approach, we place a particular importance on fun and challenging shared activities that help nurture relationships and young people's participation and growth. Staff will be responsible for planning, arranging and taking part in a range of activities with young people, including going on holidays together.

Southwark's Local Offer shows what's available in the borough for children, young people and adults (aged 0-25) who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. It includes up-to-date information on opportunities and services that are available to you.

Established in 1972 London Friend is the UK's oldest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans charity. We're here to support the health and mental well-being of the LGB&T community in and around London. We offer counselling and support around issues such as same-sex relationships, sexual and gender identity and promoting personal growth and self-confidence. We're also home to Antidote – the UK's only LGB&T drug and alcohol service. Our social groups provide a safe space to meet and socialise as an alternative to the bar and club scene. Our services are delivered by trained Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans volunteers.

Working with people to make choices, achieve goals and take control of their lives through high quality care, support and housing.

Look Ahead supports thousands of people across London and the South East with a diverse range of needs, helping them to make individual choices, achieve goals and take control of their own lives by providing tailor-made support, care and accommodation services. Look Ahead operate the Southwark Young People Floating Support Service.

METRO GAVS‘s mission is to provide a strategic leadership role in representing and building the capacity of the voluntary, community and faith sector in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. METRO GAVS provides a range of capacity building support and training to local voluntary and community organisations as well as support to the sector so that it can get its voice heard.

We're an equality and diversity charity providing health, community and youth services in England. Working collaboratively with our staff, volunteers, users, partners and supporters to make a difference to people's lives, we champion equality, nurture aspiration, embrace difference and challenge others to do so.

We promote health and wellbeing through our transformative services 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.

Mentivity is an inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision. We provide support for young people, schools and parents through 1:1 mentoring and group conversation-based learning, with the aim to foster greater educational attainment and engagement.

Improving and maintaining the positive emotional health and wellbeing of our mentees is at the heart of all our work. Mentivity seeks to deliver bespoke mentoring for each group and individual based on the identified need displayed by our mentees. We are very proactive and adaptable when working with our young people.

We also pride ourselves on being able to identify and focus on so called BAME centered sessions around issues that BAME students face within education and society, such as:

Identity – Who Am I? Issues Facing Young People of Mixed Ethnicity; Stereotyping and Perception of Self

Why Am I Excluded? Rates of Exclusions for BAME Students

Aspirations for BAME Students – Not Just Sports and the Arts

Role Modelling within BAME Communities

You Good Man? Mental Health Issues Amongst the BAME Community

Improving and maintaining the positive emotional health and wellbeing of our mentees is at the heart of all our work. Mentivity seeks to deliver bespoke mentoring for each group and individual based on the identified need displayed by our mentees. We are very proactive and adaptable when working with our young people.

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Mermaids has been supporting transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families since 1995.
We offer a helpline.

Back at the start, we were a small group of concerned parents sitting around the kitchen table, coming together to share experiences, find answers and look for ways to keep our children safe and happy.

Today, Mermaids has evolved into one of the UK's leading LGBTQ+ charities, empowering thousands of people with its secure online communities, local community groups, helpline services, web resources, events and residential weekends.

We also seek to educate and inform wider society on gender identity by helping professionals accommodate and reassure gender-diverse young people.

Over the years, we've seen many changes in the language and understanding surrounding gender issues but one thing remains the same: transgender, nonbinary and gender-diverse children deserve the freedom and confidence to explore their gender identity wherever their journey takes them, free from fear, isolation and discrimination.

Merton Voluntary Service Council works to support, enable and champion the voluntary, community and faith sectors in Merton.

We are committed to supporting and developing volunteering in Merton. We work with organisations in the public, voluntary and community sectors to develop and match the skills and interests of new volunteers to volunteering opportunities.

Our work is based around a number of core activities listed on our website including Youth, Public Service and Supported Volunteering.

We are supporting young people aged 11-24 who have been using substances, reported missing from home or care, or exploited.

The Merton Young Person's Risk and Resilience service is an integrated service focused on mitigating risks and promoting resilience in young people. Our aim is to ensure young people don't move from worker to worker and receive holistic, seamless intervention for all their presenting needs. Their designated caseworker will assess their individual needs before developing a support plan. Young people are then supported according to their individual needs, such as through one-to-one work, drop-in sessions and awareness-raising training.

Our team includes specialists who are professionals at providing substance misuse services for young people (e.g., psychosocial support and access to pharmacological support, if required).

We also support young people who are currently involved in child sexual exploitation (CSE) or child criminal exploitation (CCE). We do screenings and assessments and provide suitable interventions which enable young people to reflect upon and recognise the exploitation. This service works in partnership with police and Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), attending multi-agency child sexual exploitation (MACE) meetings, and promoting the sharing of intelligence across agencies.

Our missing from home or care services identify reasons for young people running away and provide support.

We never stop caring.

We are the only UK charity lifeline for anyone affected by someone going missing.

People worried about someone who has gone missing, and people who have felt the need to go missing themselves. We offer a unique space to share advice, support each other, and meet in person or virtually. We provide opportunities to contribute time, share expertise, and support the charity and wider cause.

More Than Mentors provides mentoring support for young people aged 11-16, from mentors aged 11-20 who live in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, or the London Borough of Haringey.

Our More Than Mentors programmes takes an Early Action approach aimed at preventing future mental health need for young people through an innovative model of peer mentoring.

By supporting students who present early, we aspire to address early markers for mental health needs such as depression, stress and anxieties, and reduce associated symptoms. Through peer mentoring we are looking to build young people's emotional resilience and self-confidence, improve their attendance and attainment at school and offer a preventative approach to mental health and emotional distress within the borough.

Mosaic Clubhouse supports people who are living with a mental health condition in the London Borough of Lambeth. Mosaic's approach is built on the internationally-recognised Clubhouse model, which embeds co-production between staff and members throughout all activities.

The Clubhouse offers its members and visitors a wide range of opportunities, access to education and employment, crisis support and information and signposting to other local organisations.

Mothers Against Muggings was co-founded  after too many of their sons' teenage friends had fallen victim to muggings in their local community.

This prompted us to connect with their police team and community leaders to develop a programme to tackle their local youth mugging issue and for it to be developed and rolled-out nationally.

The more we got involved in their local youth mugging situation, the more they saw their community was not alone. This is not just an issue for Richmond-upon-Thames or London - it is a national and global issue.  

All teens need personal safety and awareness advice. We, as a society, have forgotten the importance of educating our children about personal physical safety, yet loaded them up with valuable tech – worth mugging for.

Barbara and Felicity have developed a programme that offers simple, effective advice that is easy to follow and has been proven to work.  The programme was created with the input from the Metropolitan Police, council leaders, youth workers, school headteachers, parents and victims of muggings.

NIA has been delivering services for women, girls and children who have experienced sexual and domestic violence since 1975.

NIA is run for women and children by women, providing services developed in consultation with women who have experienced men’s violence, and from a proudly feminist perspective.

Providing high quality services for women, children and young people who have experienced or are at risk of male violence.

Increasing awareness of male violence and developing services, contributing to research, debate and policy initiatives to prevent it.

Challenging inequality and discrimination and celebrating diversity.

Empowering and supporting women and children.

Increasing and developing the effectiveness of resources through partnership, collaboration and multi-agency action.

We're the UK's leading children’s charity. We’ve been looking out for children for over 130 years – and we couldn’t do it without you.

Find out more about our structure, the way we operate and how we fight for every childhood.

London Nightline is an anonymous listening and information service run by students, for students. You can talk to a trained volunteer about anything – big or small – in complete confidence. We won't judge you or tell you how to run your life: we'll simply listen to whatever's on your mind.

Download our mental well-being App on this site. Our mission is to improve wellbeing with tools to help people develop self-awareness and make choices based on their values OK Positive's approach is based on Acceptance and Commitment therapy - known as ACT. It's an approach that is widely used in both therapy and workplace settings and it's backed by many scientific research studies - we've listed some further reading below. ​

The aim of ACT is to increase psychological flexibility - your ability to choose how you respond to situations, so that you can live a more meaningful life - one that is aligned to your values. ​ ACT is built on 3 main pillars - Open, Aware and Engaged. Being open means accepting everything that happens in your life, good or bad. Being aware means noticing all your thoughts, feelings and experiences Being engaged means doing the things that matter to you - making choices based on your values. ​ It's important to note that OK Positive is not a medical or diagnostic tool - it doesn't replace speaking to your doctor or therapist.

We offer tools and content to help you build self-awareness, identify your values and make choices in your own life that support your wellbeing. Learn how OK Positive's features can benefit your employees Build self-awareness by tracking your mood Our mood check-in feature helps you notice how your thoughts and feelings can impact how you behave, both in and out of work. ​ Be guided through a short series of steps to identify your feelings and reflect on the triggers or reasons why you feel this way. View insights that show you patterns over time, and learn how you can choose your behaviour next time a trigger arises. Add optional anonymous feedback for your employer and let them know what they can do to help.

One Westminster exists to serve the voluntary sector and volunteering in the City of Westminster. We are a second-tier organisation, which means our main aim and purpose is to support others rather than deliver direct services ourselves. From time to time, we do deliver services, particularly if we identify a gap in provision or in partnership with other providers.

We're a charity and social enterprise, made up of passionate people, who care about people. We run a variety of services all across the UK, that aim to give everyone the chance to be part of the community they live in and feel connected to society. We think that everyone is unique, and with support and confidence can unlock their inner potential, opening up a world of possibilities. Oh, and did we mention that we love people?

PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

We're a community-led social support project, set up by Citizens UK, to empower parents and improve the health and development outcomes for young children.

PARENTS AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER

We're a community-led social support project, set up by Citizens UK, to empower parents and improve the health and development outcomes for young children.
We run a variety of weekly workshops that provide a fun space for kids to play and a safe environment for parents to build a network of support and share their experiences.

THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD
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Penificent is a social enterprise that creates comic books and workshops that tackle difficult topics and social issues and has gained national attention and media coverage since its launch in 2017.

We want to connect with young people and allow them to realise their full potential in a fresh way. Using a diverse set of characters, our comic books explore a range of difficult topics such as mental health, knife crime, gang culture and much more. Comic books are a fantastic medium for education and for facilitating conversations, as the stories are able to creatively capture the voices of those most affected by such social issues.

Inspiration for our stories come from real-life scenarios that we've experienced growing up in London, but also from broader issues involving wars and famine. Integrating these comics into education, each book contains thought-provoking questions for individuals or classes/groups to discuss. Questions such as "What do you think you should do if someone was to tempt you to do something bad like this character was?" Or "What would you have done in this character's shoes and why?"

We help people who, because of disability, illness, social exclusion and other challenges, find it difficult to express their views or get the support they need.

Our mission is to empower people to have a voice and make a real difference to their lives. We do this by speaking for them when they can't and supporting them to speak for themselves when they can.

We are a charity and the advocacy, information and advice services we provide are free, independent and confidential. POhWER is a charity and membership organisation. We provide information, advice, support and advocacy to people who experience disability, vulnerability, distress and social exclusion. POhWER delivers information, advice, support and advocacy services throughout England. We aim to support people who face difficult issues and want to make their voice heard.

Police have a long history of working to prevent vulnerable people being drawn into criminal behaviour. The government-led, multi-agency Prevent programme aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists and police play a key role. We work with local authority partners and community organisations to help find solutions and work to support and protect vulnerable people.

Following assessment, many referrals to Prevent do not result in any further police action. In some cases other organisations such as health, housing or education step in to provide support.

All referrals to police are handled with sensitivity and in confidence. If a person is assessed as being a terrorism risk, they may be referred to Home Office’s Channel Programme and maybe given help from a mentor. UK Policing has a proud history of community engagement, and the success of Counter Terrorism Policing – just like other areas of policing – relies on the trust, confidence and support of all communities.

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide is the UK charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide and the promotion of positive mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people. We believe that no young person should have to struggle alone with thoughts of suicide.

PAPYRUS exists to reduce the number of young people who take their own lives, by shattering the stigma surrounding suicide and equipping young people and their communities with the skills to recognise and respond to emotional distress.

Traditional mental health services meet the needs of some people but are often not flexible enough to meet the specific and complex needs of those who are marginalised, stigmatised and excluded.

For good reason these communities often have difficult relationships with help and negative experiences with our current systems; where whiteness prevails, the evidence base for interventions is Eurocentric, mental health trainings are underpinned by theories that are rooted in slavery and colonialism, and racial trauma is pathologized.

These services may have long waiting lists, be in areas where people feel unsafe, staffed by professionals with limited understanding of their cultural contexts and worlds, have rigid appointment times, and are bureaucratic.

Marginalised, stigmatised and excluded communities are often left feeling judged, uncomfortable, unsure who they can trust, and further harm is caused as a result of our existing systems and services that are often trauma-inducting, rather than trauma-informed. As a result people often don't engage and services lose resources. Communities have long felt the effects of these discriminations. What we do is different.

I provide drug awareness talks in the London borough & Havering, as it's where I was brought up & committed a lot of crime, so I wanted to put something back into this community. My drug awareness talks do require a small fee as I'm not a charity neither am I funded.

I travel all over the UK visiting 100s of primary/secondary schools, youth centres, young offenders and many professional football clubs on their 'football in the community' projects, speaking with around 50,000 kids every year.

The age range of the kids I speak to about drug awareness starts from 7 through to young adults and I do tailor my drug awareness workshops for the younger ones, giving them a watered down version of my life. Each drug awareness workshop lasts around 45 min allowing 15 min for Q & A but most of my feed back come through twitter & Instagram (@paulhannaford).

Since 2009 I've spoken to well over 300,000 young people giving them a real life insight into drug addition, alcohol, gang life, gun & knife crime, prison life, self harm & bullying.

Every child matters and their future should be a bright one!

Experiencing difficulties with mental health is common. Being a young person is hard & we know how much pressure is felt due to...

exams, family, friends, identity

...and much more! Over time this can impact on young people's emotional health and wellbeing. This is a safe space to explore difficulties and learn helpful ways of coping.

“We are also active as a voice in Enfield on behalf of all people from the Horn of Africa, working with council and borough wide agencies to promote awareness of the issues faced by refugees and economic migrants to the UK. We provide a trusted source of support to people who have suffered trauma or abuse and are attempting to make a new life in the UK.

Some Aims and Objectives.

1. To promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the London Borough of Enfield and surrounding area, the provision of facilities for the recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants.

2. To relieve poverty and improve health and wellbeing among refugees, asylum seekers, migrant workers and their dependants living in the London borough of Enfield and the surrounding boroughs, and to promote social inclusion among the aforesaid persons who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position, by providing advice and education.”

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We support people to make a fresh start, and minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment to people who have committed offences, to families and to communities.

What we do:

• Build stronger families and safer communities.

• Reduce risk of harm to prisoners and their children.

• Remove barriers and increase awareness in public services.

• Influence commissioning, policy and legislation.

They have recently been awarded £28,500 to deliver the Raising Awareness Programme, Street Smart, Street Safe to respond to the issue of gang affiliation, violence and knife crime to children and young people.

Communities Against Hate Crime: Organisations across East and North London have joined forces to deal with the menace of hate crime. Rights and Equalities in Newham, Enfield Racial Equality Council, Redbridge Equalities and Community Council, Barking and Dagenham Racial Equality Council and Waltham Forest Race Equality Council are working in partnership to eradicate this problem, with funding from the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

The Community Against Hate Crime project will:

*Provide a hate crime advice and advocacy service across Barking and Dagenham, Enfield, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

*Establish a Community Witness & Support Team – a team of volunteers who we will train to go and visit victims of hate crime – across these boroughs.

*Speak to community organisations, congregations, schools, youth clubs... about the menace of hate crime, how to report it, what you can do to support those being targeted.

*Leaflet hate-crime hotspots, to encourage victims and their neighbours to come forward to report incidents and to seek support.

*Establish mutual support groups of victims of hate crime, allowing them to support each other and have a collective platform to talk to the appropriate authorities about the problems they are facing.

RTK is simply a community of people, who have been affected in some way by knife crime, including:

Those experiencing loss due to the death or injury of someone they know, including through recent events as well those that happened many years ago.
Parents and those working with children or young people who want to positively support and educate the younger generation
Those with an awareness that knife crime has a serious impact on society, especially on young people
There is a shared understanding that we need to support one another to listen, comfort, encourage and look for positive solutions. We meet monthly to give space to remember those who have lost their lives to knife crime, to share ideas for positive change and to connect with others affected by violent youth crime. We are open to people of all ages, faiths and outlooks.

We began by meeting in a church hall, but at present meet via Zoom calls. It is a local initiative, based in the borough of Wandsworth, but open to anyone further away who would like to join us.

Val and Rosie are the facilitators of RTK.

A well known organisation that stands alongside women who have been subjected to sexual violence.

About Redthread‍

We support any young person aged 11-25 who presents to our services because of challenges with health, violence or exploitation.‍

Where we do our work‍

Redthread works within the health system. We have worked in primary care and extensively in hospitals
and have considerable expertise in using the teachable moment across multiple settings. This experience continues to inspire our ambitions to ensure that Redthread is placed where young people need us most.

This is why I called you - because you taught me that it’s safe to say ‘I need help’’

‍King’s Adolescent Outreach Service (KAOS)‍

KAOS seeks to improve the care of adolescents in hospital. We currently support young people aged 13-25 who are admitted to adult and paediatric wards at King’s College Hospital, London.

‍Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Young Women’s Service‍

Our dedicated Young Women’s Service employs specialist professionals who are able to provide longer-term, intensive interventions. Redthread’s VAWG lead works strategically both across the organisation and with external partners to ensure that we are contributing to the collective response to violence against women and girls.

‍Social Switch‍

The Social Switch Project is switching the narrative on how social media’s relationship to youth violence is understood, tackled and solved. Initially funded by Google.org, it is co- delivered by social business Catch22 and Redthread. Recognising our impact, the Mayor of London and its Violence Reduction Unit is now supporting our next phase, backing our work to divert at-risk youth towards fulfilling digital careers.

‍The Well Centre

‍Between 2011 and 2020, we partnered with Herne Hill Group Practice in running The Well Centre which provided young people, aged 13-20, with drop-in access to GPs, CAMHS counsellors and Redthread’s experienced team of specialist youth workers. Whether in crisis or wanting to chat over a hot chocolate, young people have a safe space to raise their concerns and receive helpful and appropriate support and advice. The Well Centre continues to be run by Herne Hill Group Practice.
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Refuge is committed to a world where domestic violence and violence against women and girls is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety.

We aim to empower women and children to rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear. We provide a range of life-saving and life-changing services, and a voice for the voiceless.

We’re the UK's largest provider of relationship support, and last year we helped over two million people of all ages, backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities to strengthen their relationships. Find out more about what we do and how we can help you here.

We work in partnership with Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College (RHACC) and are funded by the Council to deliver three support contracts for the sector, under the branding Community Connections Richmond:

Strategic Leadership, Voice and Representation – supports voluntary groups to have a voice

• Richmond Volunteer Service - supports local people to volunteer in their community

• Capacity Building Service - helps voluntary groups to develop and thrive

Additionally we:

• provide the Strategic Lead function for the children and young people’s voluntary sector and offer specific support for organisations working in this area

• run a Community Involvement service which works with individuals who use local health and care services to inform and shape service design and delivery

• We receive grants and fees from a range of bodies and use these to achieve our charitable objectives and deliver a range of services to support member organisations and the voluntary sector as a whole.

Membership of Richmond CVS is free and open to charitable, voluntary and community groups working in the borough of Richmond upon Thames. Our Board of Trustees are elected by our members.

We are a member of the South London CVS Partnership alongside counterpart organisations in Kingston, Merton, Sutton, Croydon and Bromley.

Enriching lives & expanding horizons for children & young people in North Kensington & beyond.

RPT is a children's, youth and family support charity that has been operating in North Kensington for over 130 years. We provide a range of sporting, cultural and educational activities which are delivered in the daytime, evenings and during holidays, both on and off site.

SFT Foundation Trust is a UK based non-profit organisation with core objectives to support women and young people.  Susan Fajana-Thomas (SFT), a social and community activist established the organisation as a progression to the work she has been doing in the community for many years.

SFT Foundation's goal is to help build and develop better communities by supporting families in disadvantaged communities by empowering them through training, coaching, mentoring, befriending, awareness generation and research.

We are SafeLives, a UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse. We combine insight from services, survivors and statistics to support people to become safe, well and rebuild their lives. No one should live in fear. It is not acceptable, not inevitable, and together, we can make it stop. Every year, over two million people in the UK experience domestic abuse. Not one of them should have to wait until they're in crisis before we pay attention. We believe that domestic abuse can be stopped. Stopped before it starts. Stopped before it ruins lives. The cycle needs to stop. Forever. For everyone.

Young Londoners are full of ambition and aspiration. We want to ensure that continues into their adult lives and that they can thrive without the challenges of exploitation and violence.

This is not yet the reality for enough young Londoners. Many are facing challenges from multiple avenues; be it personal experience, or simply in the places where they live, learn and have fun.

We believe that all young Londoners can have a positive and productive future. Whatever their history, when a child or young person comes to Safer London, they are just that – a child or a young person. We work alongside them to help unlock their potential, so they can move forward positively.

We put young Londoners at the centre of their support. Our focus is on them and their needs. By building strong, trusting relationships we gain an insight into their world, begin to understand what they need and together find the best ways to keep them safe. We work not only with them and their families, but also their peer networks and directly within the community and the places where they live and spend their time.  

We’re committed to learning, innovating, and delivering high quality, evidence-based support. With a footprint in every borough in London, we build trusting, professional partnerships with statutory, charitable and community partners to embed our approaches and work towards achieving our vision.

Every day, Samaritans volunteers respond to around 10,000 calls for help.

We’re here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

Samaritans is not only for the moment of crisis, we’re taking action to prevent the crisis.

We give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. And we encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives.

We offer listening and support to people and communities in times of need.

In prisons, schools, hospitals and on the rail network, Samaritans are working with people who are going through a difficult time and training others to do the same.

Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy, and Samaritans’ vision is that fewer people die by suicide.

That’s why we work tirelessly to reach more people and make suicide prevention a priority.

At SAVE A LIFE DITCH THE KNIFE our aim is to serve communities, and help to inspire our young people to join the right path, away from gangs, street crime, knife crime and anti-social behaviour. Youth violence has devastating consequences for families and our communities, and to society at large. It destroys too many young lives, and sees many bright futures taken away. We also support families that are the victims of knife crime, and send birthday and Christmas messages if that is appropriate. We also cover daily knife crime news across the UK, and we compile monthly statistics on fatal stabbings. Although based in Clacton, we are a national group, covering the whole of the UK.

We're a strong community of disabled and non-disabled people with a shared vision of equality.

We provide practical advice and emotional support whenever people need them most. We do this through our Scope helpline, our online community, a range of employment and child sleep services, community engagement programmes, partnerships and more. Everything we do is with the aims to achieve our strategy, Everyday Equality.

We use our collective power to change attitudes and end injustice. We partner with others to increase our reach and impact. And we campaign relentlessly to create a fairer society.

MENTAL HEALTH

•Break down the ill vs well stigma to grasp we all have mental health
•Learn the five psychological human needs every person needs
•Spot signs of poor mental health and how to seek support
•Develop positive coping mechanisms to boost resilience
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STRESSED
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•Understand intrinsic motivation and why it is relevant to beat stress
•Explore fight and flight and how to make it work for you not against
•Learn how to dial anxiety down by exploring different strategies
•Create a culture around you that doesn't fuel anxiety

SELF-ESTEEM
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•Get to grips with what our core values system looks like
•Learn how to get to a place of confidence
•Explore identity and how to reject labels that others put on us
•Promote individuality and see why it is important for self-esteem

‍BODY
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•Understand how our world view can distort how we see ourselves
•Recognise how and why we compartmentalise our bodies
•Explore what we really value in people rather than aesthetics
•Create strategies for improving personal body image

A wide rage of support for children and others in Lewisham including mental heath support. For example MASH Professionals dealing with suspected child neglect, abuse or need for support, will endeavour to work in partnership with parents.

Solace Women’s Aid exists to end the harm done through Violence Against Women and Girls. Our aim is to work to prevent violence and abuse as well as providing services to meet the needs of survivors particularly women and girls. Our work is holistic and empowering, working alongside survivors to achieve independent lives free from abuse.

Initially, Solutions Social Care was primarily an agency providing staff for local authorities, charities and the private sector.

We provided staff to some of the UK’s leading charities and organisations since 2011.

In 2012 Solutions Social Care made the decision to shift the focus of the agency and to work independently with families and organisations. This led to us being a provider in our own right, working with people that have direct payments and local authorities with cash budgets and holding accounts.

We have trained support planners and we will arrange a personal meeting to discuss your son/daughter or relative’s details. This includes what type of service will be best suited, what your son or daughter is wanting to achieve, and what timetable we can offer.

We work in all areas of London and Hertfordshire, and have established day service hubs in the following areas:

Acton

Islington

Greenford

Somers Town Community Association is multi-faceted. It believes passionately in its Volunteering Programme and works hard to ensure a tailored experience for all who wish to donate their time, expertise and knowledge to the Association and those we work with ; If you wish to donate your time please make contact.

At our Job Hub, we support everyone – not just people who want to find a job immediately, but also those who want to start thinking through their options. We would love to work with you, wherever you are on your journey.

What can we help you with? You can talk to us about what you would ideally like to do with your life, and we can support you in looking for the right chances to gain experience and qualifications.

Many Job Hub clients start by volunteering to build up their experience and skills; building confidence by taking part in a group or workshop; or undertaking training or education that will give them a qualification and chance to learn and grow.

Once you are ready, we can also help you to create or update your CV, find and apply for jobs, and practise for interviews. Wherever you are in your journey, start by taking one step forward in the direction you want to go.

Overcoming barriers

‍If you are struggling to overcome a particular challenge relating to employment or training, please get in touch and talk to us about it. We can often point you in the direction of an organisation or fund  that can help you.

This might mean:

• Suitable clothing for a job interview
• Childcare costs while you attend an interview
• A license or accreditation that you need to get work
• Access to technology
• Advice on how to set up your own business
• Help with course fees so you can gain a qualification that will help you find employment
• Something else that isn't on this list! If you are experiencing a barrier to finding work or training, get in touch.

People can also support Somers Town Community Association by taking part in sponsored fundraising events, sending a one off donation or becoming a regular giver through a standing order.

South London Cares is a community network of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in our rapidly changing city. We do this because London is a place of extremes. While our capital is one of the most dynamic places in the world, full of cultural and economic opportunities and a hotbed of innovation and change, it can also be anonymous, lonely and isolating.  For our older neighbours in particular, many of whom have spent a lifetime in their home neighbourhoods in Southwark and Lambeth, the rush and pace of the city can often now feel too much. Getting around can be frightening, and trends including globalisation, gentrification, migration, digitisation and the housing bubble are transforming our communities faster than ever. The multiplying effect of those pressures is that many older people have deep roots – from Brixton to Bermondsey – but few connections. Meanwhile, young professionals – often graduates from across the country and around the world – can have hundreds of connections in the social media age, but no roots in their communities. The separation of those parallel worlds wastes human potential, entrenches loneliness and isolation, perpetuates social division and is ultimately corrosive for our society. South London Cares seeks to address this modern blight of disconnection in our capital by harnessing the people and places around us for the benefit of all.

South London Counselling Services (SLCS) is a voluntary, non profit charitable company, established in December 2006, to provide impartial and confidential services in guidance and free therapeutic counselling services for children, young people and adults on a means tested basis. SLCS is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the services rendered include motivational activities to Black and ethnic minority, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, who are living working, training or studying in the South London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, Lambeth and Southwark.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust are here to help you and your family navigate the difficulties that come up when someone is dealing with mental health and wellbeing issues.

We are an NHS service for children and young people up to the age of 18 years of age, and we provide help and support for people living in the south London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Southwark.

We also have a wide range of specialist teams who are able to help and support people across the UK. You can find out more about our specialist services.

If you are concerned about your mental health and wellbeing, or that of a child or young person that you know, please read more to find out about how to find them support.

Southwark also has a Safeguarding Adults Board and a Safeguarding Children Partnership Board. For more information on the work of the boards, please explore our website.

space2grieve offers free, personal, confidential, one-to-one bereavement support to anyone living in Richmond Borough.

Our highly-trained bereavement support specialists are here to listen, understand, and support you as you find your way forward.

You don't need a referral – you can contact us directly to discuss free support sessions via phone, Zoom, or in person.

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Sports Fun 4 All was set up in September 2016 by our Founder & CEO, Kieran Connolly. Sports Fun 4 All is run by people from the community for the community.  All our coaches grew up in South East London, which means they have first-hand experience of the issues young people are dealing with as a teenager growing up in an inner city London where deprivation is high and personal safety is an issue. Our coaches can build strong relationships with the young people because of this, which means they regularly attend, and we make a more meaningful impact in their lives due to the longevity we get to work with them. we operate in Bellingham, Brockley, Burgess Park, Catford, Coldharbour, Crystal Palace, Deptford, Downham, Elephant & Castle, Goldsmiths, Kennington, Kidbrooke, Lewisham Way.

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The St Pancras and Somers Town Living Centre has a mission to improve the overall health and personal wellbeing of the surrounding area. It also aims to be seen as the reference point for what a health initiative can do in Camden, London and beyond.

The centre has the following objectives:

• To help improve the health and wellbeing of residents and reduce health inequalities.

• To help reduce the economic and social deprivation in the local area.

The Living Centre helps to empower local residents and foster a feeling of community ownership, acting as a catalyst to help unlock the skills, knowledge and resources locally. It does this by reaching out to the community, encouraging ideas, mentoring people with ideas, and supporting them with resources.

A social enterprise that tackles Knife Crime & Youth Violence in Croydon, South London!

We offer:
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- FREE Mentoring
- FREE Life Skills Workshops
- FREE Career Advice
- Music Management as a career pathway

Since Together was formed in 1879, we have believed that people with mental health issues have the right and the abilities to lead independent, fulfilling lives as part of their communities.
The people who use our services are at the heart of everything we do. They influence and shape the support they receive from us, and the way our services are run.
These core beliefs underpin the vision, mission and values we aspire to.
We understand that everyone who seeks our support is different and their needs are individual to them. We believe in enabling people to lead their own recovery at their own pace by supporting their decisions about the care they receive.
We offer a wide variety of support to help people deal with the personal and practical impacts of mental health issues. The services we can provide range from one-to-one support in the community to supported accommodation and making sure people understand and are able to express their needs in their dealings with official bodies.
We now work with nearly 5000 adults every month at 80 projects throughout England. You can find your nearest service using our service finder.

Teen Challenge London is an organisation that deals exclusively with young people caught up in street life, gang life or young people possibly heading in that direction. Working with these young people is a passion for all our workers especially as we all have personal experience in this area of life. We offer help in every area required to exit a life of thinking that there is no future except on the streets. We expose the lie that once you have a criminal record there is no hope. There is hope and we provide proof in showing positive role models to that effect. Exit Foundation are available for presentations and/or workshops at churches, schools, colleges, youth clubs, probation and YOT services. Parent workshops are also available to aid parents in identifying the signs of gang affiliation.

The "Dream, Believe, Succeed" project is an alliance of local partners (led by Edmonton Community Partnership), that as a collective have embarked on an ambitious vision of in-school and extra curriculum delivery, using creative arts, mentoring and family intervention. We know that effective early intervention is about taking action as soon as possible to tackle problems for children, young people and families before they become more difficult to reverse.  We plan to ensure that children and young people in Edmonton, Enfield are listened to, inspired and enabled to meet their full potential and express the concerns that mean the most to them.  This project is funded by the Young Londoners Fund.

The Mayor created the Young Londoners Fund to help give young people the support they need to build a better future and avoid getting caught up in crime. The fund will see £30m made available for projects in local communities. The remaining £15m will be invested to expand existing projects funded by City Hall that support young Londoners.

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a charitable organisation of bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents dedicated to the support and care of other similarly bereaved family members who have suffered the death of a child or children of any age and from any cause.

Many people who have suffered the loss of a child feel a bond with others in the same situation and wish to extend the hand of friendship. We offer support, both directly to bereaved families, and indirectly by fostering understanding and good practice amongst professionals concerned with child death and by increasing public awareness.

In TCF, “family” covers a broad spectrum of relationships. We aim to help any individual or family affected by the death of a child, including unmarried partners, adoptive parents, step families, same sex couples and single parent families.

TCF has no religious affiliation and offers support to bereaved families irrespective of the age of the child, cause of death, ethnic, social or political background. We respect the privacy of all those who come to us for support and offer a confidential service.

YUVA at DVIP offers confidential support for young people ages 11-18 (up to 25 for young people with additional needs) who want to change their behaviour, develop improved awareness of healthy communication and relationships. We help young people to look at their abusive behaviour and find safe, non-abusive alternatives.

The Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation is a drug and alcohol education charity that aims to support young people to make safe choices about drugs and alcohol and reduce harm. We do this through increasing understanding of the effects and risks, and helping to develop life skills and resilience. The Foundation was set up in January 2014 by Tim and Fiona Spargo-Mabbs in response to the death of their 16-year-old son Daniel having taken ecstasy.

We work with young people, parents, teachers and professionals in schools, colleges and community groups using our evidence-based, multi-component drug and alcohol programme, developed in line with best practice for the most effective outcomes. The site also provides access to other charities dealing with the problems DSM is engaged with.

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