Abraham's Nursery
Early Start run groups depending on the needs of parents. Specialists visit to talk about subjects eg health visitors and counsellors. Signpost to other services.
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Action and Rights of Disabled People in Newham
General welfare advice and information; opportunities through access; enabling local people to become actively involved in and comment on access issues; 1-2-1 advocacy, support and training for volunteer advocates; regular consultation meetings on a range of topics. Benefits service; supporting disabled people by ensuring maximisation of benefit entitlement. This includes appeals and tribunals where necessary. Free service.
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AFYA (African Francophone Youth Association)
Provides help and support to women and children about health awareness, activities for children, mother tongue class, outings and holidays and also outreach to homes and hospital. Free service.
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Alternatives Crisis Pregnancy Centre
Schools and educational work, out-reach worker, home visits. The 'We Are Family Group' for young and vulnerable parents includes outings, parenting classes and life skills teaching, e.g. handling conflict, self-esteem, therapy around unplanned pregnancy and post abortion. Free service with clients being seen within 1-2 days. No childcare facilities at counselling centre but crèche provided at the 'We Are Family Group'.
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Arc in the Park
Offers the opportunity for local people and children to come together, provides a safe environment for children to play while parents receive support. Play work is free, there is a £1 entry charge for youth club. Workers have NVQs or diplomas, a BA in art, management qualifications, food and hygiene and advanced child protection.
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Behaviour Improvement Project (BIP)
To provide bespoke training and support for parents around particular issues. Free service. All staff are qualified within their field.
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Behaviour Support Development and Advisory Team (BSDAT)
Advice; support and training providers for working with school age children and young people with EBSD.
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Children's Information Service (CIS)
We provide free information for parents and carers about services for children aged 0-16 in Newham. This includes play and childcare and holiday playschemes. We also have information about childcare, training, and jobs in childcare.
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Conflict and Change
We will do work with children / young people on emotional literacy, anger management & self esteem; peer mediation; courses for school staff; a programme on Valuing Diversity for primary schools.
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DASL (Drug and Alcohol Service for London)
Young persons' counselling aims to work with young people in an age-appropriate way, on the impact of living in a family where there is parental substance misuse and domestic violence. This will include providing young people with alternative strategies to managing personal or relationship difficulties rather than misusing substances and using violence. Service is free to residents of Newham or attending school in Newham. Waiting list usually 3-4 weeks. Counsellors have a minimum counselling diploma and there is a specialist young persons' counsellor. Clinical specialisms in substance misuse and domestic violence.
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Harmony Family Centre
Therapeutic intervention for individuals and families through 1 to 1 counselling, group work, family support and workshops in schools.
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Hartley Centre
Youth Club for young people aged 10 to 20 years with activities including football, dance, table tennis and educational sessions; after school club for children 5 to 11 years, with sessions for special needs children and a homework club; Junior Hammers Football Club, who provide weekly coached sessions, competitive league play, and a schools holiday programme; Adult Education Courses in partnership with Newceys; Age Concern offering advice for the over 50s; Job Centre Plus, this service seeks to encourage adults back into employment, by offering help with job search, compiling CV’s and job applications as well as interview techniques; Community Groups, over 40 organisations use the centre offering a range of services from Pensioner Clubs, Martial Arts, Music, Dance and lots more.
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Hartley Primary School
Increase parental involvement in life of school, raise self-confidence of parents, share knowledge and skills
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Home Start Newham
We recruit and train volunteers who usually have parenting experience, offer emotional and practical support in families homes for between 2 to 3 hours a week. We also have a weekly Family Group.
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Language, communication and interaction team
The language, communication and interaction team is part of the learning support service and works in partnership with parents and carers as well as schools and early years settings to support parents or carers of children aged 0-4 with severe communication difficulties. Develop parents or carer skills to communicate confidently with their children; liaise with schools to ensure that young children with severe communication difficulties make a successful transfer into school or nursery; support children aged 5-16 who have severe and specific speech, language and communication difficulties so that they have positive experiences in school; liaise with schools to ensure that children and young people aged 5-16 on the autistic continuum have positive experiences in schools.
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NCY 'Right Here' pilot
Setting up of a young people's steering group to shape mental health services for young people.
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Newmartin Community Youth (NCY) Trust
Three full-time youth workers are supported by a team of volunteers to provide a range of lunch-time and after-school workshops to address incidences of school based anti-social behaviour. The project has also developed peer mentors, supporting the PSHE and citizenship agendas. The project links with Newham’s after-school partnership and will be active in six secondary and three primary schools clustered around the Green Street, Plaistow areas. Free service, with waiting list. Practitioners have training in psychology (BSc), Adavanced Diploma in Counselling - accredited centre, NNEB nursery nurse (distinction), bereavement training, child protection training.
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Powerhouse
Powerhouse is an organisation of women with learning difficulties. We are committed to women’s rights in providing advocacy, support, training, and raising awareness of issues which affect women with learning difficulties.
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Refugee and Migrant Project (RAMP)
Offer therapeutic intervention with young refugees and migrants who are experiencing difficulties dealing with changes in their life - culture, environment or relationships. Some group work. Clinical supervisors.
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Richard House Children's Hospice
Children's hospice for children and young people aged 0-19 years with life limiting conditions, planned and emergency respite. Family and sibling support
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