Community Advice and Well-Being

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Newham Families Information Service and Local Offer

An inclusive local family directory and service guide for families with children and young people aged 0-25 years with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability.

Food Banks

Food Banks in Newham

Emergency Assistance (i.e. food parcels, clothing etc)

• FairShare
• Salvation Army

Support Services

• Family Lives – provides information, advice, guidance and support on any aspect of parenting and family life. Their helpline number is 0808 800 2222
• Gingerbread – provides single parents with advice and practical support. You can call the Gingerbread Single Parent Helpline on 0808 802 0925
• Relate – provides relationship support, including help for children and young people and help with family life and parenting
• Single Parents – provides single parents with help, advice and support
• YoungMinds for Parents – provides advice about mental health and behaviour problems in children and young people. You can call the parents’ helpline on 0808 802 5544
• Family Rights Group – provides parents or other relatives with advice about their rights and options when social workers or courts make decisions about their children’s welfare. Their advice line number is 0808 801 0366

Maternity Support

• Newham NCT – (includes breastfeeding support) and Parents in Mind PND support
• Maternity Voices Partnership Newham – Social Action for Health
• Alternatives – Pregnancy and family support particularly those with no access to public funds.

Helplines

• Chathealth (11-19 year olds)
• Kooth Online Counselling (10-16 year olds)
• Childline – 0800 11 11
• Newham Talking Therapies (self-referral) – 0208 475 8080
• NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
• Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
• Runaway Free – 116 000
• Young Minds Parent Helpline – 0808 802 5544
• Gangsline – 0800 032 9538
• Crimestoppers – 0800 555 111

Benefits Advice

• Coronavirus and claiming benefits
• Newham Community and Crisis Support

Community Based Support Groups

• The Magpie Project
• BDCA Community Association
• Ascension Community Trust
• Newham Community Links

Debt Management

• MoneyWorks
  Newham MoneyWorks
  112 – 118 The Grove
  E15 1NS
  Monday to Friday 9am-5pm
  Tel: 020 8430 2041
  Email: moneyworks@newham.gov.uk

Social Media Apps and Support Groups

• A Facebook group for Newham has been set up where people have been posting information for residents in need of support
• OLIO App – Olio is a mobile app for food-sharing, aiming to reduce food waste. It does this by connecting those with surplus food to those who need or wish to consume such food.

 

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