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The Springfield project - Birmingham

The Springfield Project provides a range of education, health and family support services for the local community. Services include: Parenting support services, including Nursery and Children's Centre Advice services on issues such as employment, debt Health advice/groups including healthy cooking, walking and gardening Volunteering opportunities Plus more

Manchester Family Information Service

Manchester Family Information Service (FIS) is a free, impartial information service for parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-19 (up to 25 for young people with additional needs).

Brent Family Support Project

Support for the whole family, including the elderly, with particular emphasis on the child and young single parents. Offers services including; Befriending, budgeting, counselling, home, hospital, B&B and prison visits, basic maths and English.

Kith and Kids

Aims to empower families living with a disability to overcome their social isolation and access the services they need. Provides support, activities and a common meeting ground for families who have a person with learning, physical and/or sensory disabilities to share experiences and support each other.

Miles Platting Advice Centre - Manchester

Offers free, confidential advice & information on Welfare Benefits, Debt, Housing, Consumer Issues. Representation at Tribunals. By Appointments only Mon-Thurs. 10.00am- 4.00pm. Telephone Advice Mon. - Fri. 10.00am - 4.00pm. Home Visits on request. Outreach Sessions at Newton Heath Youth & Community Centre - Tues 11.00am-2.00pm.

Women's Therapy Centre - (North London)

The Centre is committed to making psychotherapy accessible to women who traditionally do not have equal access to psychotherapy including women from black and ethnic minority communities, refugees, asylum seekers, young women, disabled women and women on low incomes.

Broadwater Community Enterprise Workshops - Haringey (North London)

Aims to help people local people into work. Provides managed workspaces and ICT training courses.

Cheetham Hill Advice Centre - Manchester

Advises on a whole range of subjects including: Welfare Benefits, Debt, Legal Problems, Consumer Matters, Family Problems, Immigration/Nationality, Access to Education and Health Services and Local information. Trains volunteers to be community advice workers (usually take on one group a year). Volunteers have opportunities to do the Advice Work Training (AWT) course at Level 2, accredited by the Open College Network. Also has opportunities for volunteer interpreters, and admin workers - minimum of 3 hours per week.

Birmingham Irish Womens' Group

The Irish Club is a community venue, providing facilities for meetings, conferences, exhibitions etc. for and on behalf of the Irish community. For more information on the Irish womens' group please contact Tel No: 0121 6222314

Southall Black Sisters - Southall, Middlesex (Greater London)

A comprehensive service for Asian and African-Caribbean women experiencing violence and abuse. Offering specialist advice, information, casework, advocacy, counselling and self-help support services in several community languages. Managed by a group of women with long experience of women's struggles and commitment to women's rights.

Acacia Family Support - Birmingham

Acacia provides telephone support and a weekly befriending service for mothers and their families affected by pre or post natal depression across North Birmingham. Acacia Dads is a free support service for dads and other family members who feel they may need some extra help and support after the birth of a child or help in finding ways to support their partner who may be experiencing Postnatal depression. Services also include creche facilities, pamper service for mums attending post natal support sessions, baby massage classes, resource library and family fun sessions.

South London Family Centre

Provides a wide range of services to all members of the community, with a focus being on the family and its members. Services include: Family Mediation, Home and School Mediation, Counselling, and Child Contact. Open Monday-Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm

Haringey Families - (North London)

Haringey Families provides activities, events and services for the families who live in or around Haringey in North London.

Contact a Family - Ealing (West London)

Information and support offered to parents and carers of children with any special need or disability as well as professionals working with families. Services include: Parent-link drop-in sessions (run during term time), debt advice, library service, Student work placements for young people with disabilities as well as volunteering opportunities at our office base to gain charity administration experience.

Portsoken Community Centre - Aldgate (East London)

The Portsoken Community Centre has wireless Internet connection throughout and has twelve laptops that are used for training, Job search and regular youth groups. The Centre is also a registered UK Online Centre and British Computer Society testing centre. The centre has been used for a wide range of community activities including regular weekly sessions of exercise, computer training, a sewing class and youth clubs.

Greenwich Connections - (South East London)

Greenwich Connections is a local voluntary organisation working for children, parents and carers, especially parents who are under stress and children in need. Services that help identify and meet the needs of families include: parenting groups, childcare and young carers service, advice and counselling service, holiday play scheme, activity days for young carers, fun with kids and a mini gym. Greenwich Connections accept referals from individuals or from professionals

Greenwich Toy Library - (South East London)

Greenwich Toy & Leisure Library Association is a toy library for children with special needs and their families / carers.

Hop, Skip and Jump - Bristol

Hop, Skip and Jump is a play and support centre located on an attractive greenfield site at Grimsbury Road, Kingswood, Bristol. The Centre, designed as a giant log cabin, provides day care, supervised play for children and young people with any special needs.

Family Action - Manchester

Barnardos Family Action Benchill, Provides support services for families and children, including: play groups, a community creche, parenting education courses, a toy library, family work, a male carers' group and self help groups, Freedom Programme.

Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers - South Islington

The Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers help isolated older people in South Islington. The volunteers do befriending visits, run a twice weekly lunch club, telephone counselling, assisted shopping, outings and help with practical tasks. The work is rewarding and can provide valuable experience for those wanting to pursue opportunities in care or community work. Volunteers are required to give an hour or two per week to help with our activities. Good listening skills, reliability and an empathetic attitude are really all that is required.

Innovative Enterprise Action (IEA)

If you are interested in expanding your skills base, setting up your own business, or volunteering within a charity or social enterprise,then Innovative Enterprise Action might be able to help. Services for individuals include: training, internships, work placements, workshops and volunteers. They also help start-up and existing businesses through training and one-to-one support.

Women's Resource Centre

The Women's Resource Centre (WRC) is a charity which supports women's organisations to be more effective and sustainable. Training, information, resources and one-to-one support on a range of organisational development issues is provided. The WRC also lobbies decision makers on behalf of the women's not-for-profit sector for improved representation and funding. Members work in a wide range of fields including violence against women, employment, education, rights and equality, the criminal justice system and the environment.

Henna Asian Women's Group

Information and signposting for isolated, vulnerable and low income Asian women. Listening services. Advocacy. Drop-in on Mondays with social activities and information sessions. Monthly exercise classes, health sessions. Outings, festival celebrations, monthly shopping trips.

Hopscotch Asian Women Centre - (North West London)

Hopscotch Asian Women Centre provides advice and information to Asian women and their families in Camden and helps them access the main stream services. Support is offered on a range of issues. These include welfare benefits, housing, employment, education, health and immigration matters.Hopscotch provides advice, advocacy and confidential support in each individual case of domestic violence. Referrals are also made to relevant authorities, as and when necessary. Older Women Group and Social Groups meet weekly to network.

Sudan Women's Association (SWA) - (North West London)

For Sudanese women and children. SWA offers services and holds activities such as:ESOL and IT classes, Social and cultural events to recognise and celebrate Sudanese culture, training, awareness and workshop sessions and providing training to increase the chances of employability.