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Freightliners Farm - Islington (North London)

Freightliners is a small farm in Islington for local individuals and groups to learn from and interact with the environment and each other through animal care, horticulture and sustainable practices. It's purpose is to provide fun and learning for all. There are pigs and goats, lambs, honey bees and chicks, as well as gardens with fruit trees and herbs.

African Cultural Association - Barnet (North West London)

Services offered to the African & African Caribbean communities, including refugees and asylum seekers. Advice can be given on health matters, housing, welfare, education, employment, death, and harassment. Support ids also availlable as is a women's group. social and cultural events are organised.

Balham Community Centre - Wandsworth (South West London)

Family centre offering Play schemes for 4-11 year olds during the school holidays. Parenting and counselling service for adults. IT training is offered in the IT suite.

Afro Caribbean Millennium Centre (ACMC) - Birmingham

The Afro Caribbean Millennium Centre (ACMC) is a multi-faceted organisation based in Birmingham. It operates a community radio station New Style Radio, a Social Welfare section, a Design service and the Three Continents One History research project that examines the role that Birmingham played in the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Birmingham Settlement

Birmingham Settlement supports the local community with services such as: Older people's services Children's Services Training and Employment Advice Money Advice Building cohesion Development support for voluntary and community organisations.

Hoxton Trust Legal Advice Service - (North East London)

Advice on benefits, financial problems, family law, your rights, injuries, rent and mortgage arrears Employment and social security appeals representation can be arrangedl. This service is available only to people who live or work in Hackney.

BITA Pathways - Birmingham

Training, employment and support services for people experiencing mental ill health. Range of courses at two specialised training centres, including admin, basic skills, catering, computers, personal and social development. Work placements and employment support. Help and advice with benefits.

Newpin - Greenwich and Lewisham (South East London)

Newpin offers support to the carers of children aged under 5 in the Greenwich and Lewisham areas. There is a sitting room with free tea and coffee for the adults and and a playroom run by a childcare worker The centre will provide general support, with workshops in parent/child relationships and opportunities for creative play.

Irish in Birmingham

Provides a range of welfare and cultural services to the Irish community of Birmingham. Services include advice and guidance on Housing, debt and welfare benefits.

Bristol Credit Union

Bristol Credit Union offers low cost, ethical banking, saving and borrowing services to people in the local community and is operated on a not-for-profit basis, with surpluses being returned to its members.

Homestart Bristol

Many parents need help, friendship, advice or support during those early years when children are young. Homestart offers support to families who have at least one child under the age of 5. Homestart volunteers, who have parenting experience, provide both emotional and practical help for a couple of hours a week. The main referrers to Home-Start are health visitors and professionals in the social care and early years sectors. Others include GPs and those working in the fields of mental health, education and probation. Families can also self refer.

Kingswood Furniture Project

The Kingswood Furniture Project collects donated furniture and sells it on to those on a low income.

Sofa Project - Bristol

The Sofa Project sells affordable new, nearly new and second hand furniture and household items to everyone, with further discounts available to those on low income and benefits. The project also collects items and WEEE waste from residential and commercial donors. Electrical items are checked and processed for recycling (including fridges and freezers), and where possible repaired. Every electrical item is PAT tested. The Sofa Project also provides assistance with part house and furniture clearance.

Bristol Samaritans

Bristol Samaritans provide completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day by phone, face-to-face, email and letter and allow callers to talk openly about their worries and concerns without fear of being judged. People call on issues such as relationships, sex, love, divorce, debt, being gay, lesbian or heterosexual as well as many other issues causing the caller distress or despair.

St Pauls Learning and Family Centre

The centre hosts a range of family based, resources and activities including: a public library, cafe, WiFi and computer access, creche and rooms to hire. Other local agencies also offer services at the Centre, such as: Tomorrow's People: Advice sessions to assist with getting work and training. Full Circle: Saturday Club for young people aged 5 to 11 years. Amana Education Trust: Supplementary School, Saturday and Sunday.

Beyond the Horizon - Birmingham

Beyond the Horizon supports children, young people and their families who have been bereaved by death or who feel unhappy after the divorce or separation of their parents through counselling and other activities for children and young people living in Birmingham.

Birmingham Samaritans

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. Service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Alternative telephone number: 08457 90 90 90 Text:07725 90 90 90

SIFA Fireside - Birmingham

SIFA Fireside works alongside those who are socially excluded or disadvantaged, addressing alcohol issues and homelessness and empowering and supporting people to meet their short and long term goals. Services include: drop in, counselling, resettlement, training opportunities and health project.

Women Acting In Todays Society W.A.I.T.S - Birmingham

W.A.I.T.S. Vision "Creating a future where all women are empowered to make positive change" WAITS mission is to enable women within the West Midlands to develop themselves and others. WAITSprovides 1-1 floating support ,refuge, training workshops and peer support coffee mornings. We also work with women Offenders and women at risk of offending.

JSJS employment and Career resource Centre - Birmingham

JSJS provides help for unemployed ethnic minorities to get back to work, particularly the Bangladeshi community. Assists with employment opportunities, CVs, applications, interview techniques and finding employment. Also English language and computer classes, ESOL teacher training and business administration training to NVQ levels 1 and 2, basic food and hygiene course.

Ladywood Furniture Project - Birmingham

Ladywood Furniture Project (LFP) help anyone in Birmingham who has a genuine need of furniture. The charity helps individuals and families on benefits or low income find good, clean affordable furniture; as well as helping local people develop employment skills through volunteering in their community. There is a charge for furniture but items are priced at affordable levels and the charges make a small contribution to meeting volunteer expenses.

Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid

Birmingham & Solihull Women's Aid aims to provide services that are sensitive to and meet the needs of individual women and children. Services include: helpline, refuge, accomodation, resettlement, family support, counselling, volunteering and training.

Advice and Community Resource Centre - Manchester

Advice and casework on welfare benefits, housing, debt and money problems. Initial advice on other rights issues like employment rights, consumer advice etc. Services for anyone who approaches the advice centre for help and lives or works in the catchment area: Moss Side, Hulme, Whalley Range, Chorlton, Rusholme, Fallowfield. Also provides advice to clients outside the catchment area but any casework is signposted to the client's nearest service provider.

Camden Citizens Advice Bureau Money Advice/money Skills Project - (North West London)

Centralised appointment booking for money advice. Enquiries can be emailed and answered by email. Appointments are held at local bureaux, community venues or the Mary Ward Legal Centre. Clients may be sent leaflets and other self help material or given advice or appointments for specialist advice.

Furniture Aid South Thames

Furniture Aid supplies affordable second-hand domestic furniture and other household items in good working order. Clients are referred via various organisations, such as social services and charities and should be in receipt of low income or social benefits.