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Citizens Advice Basildon Borough
Suitable for All Ages
Citizens Advice Basildon Borough
Suitable for All Ages
Services provided
Providing free, confidential and impartial advice that people need for the problems they face and to improve their lives. We have experience in providing non-medical advice to people who suffer from mental health issues including benefits, debt, employment, housing, relationship advice.
Citizens Advice Braintree and South Essex
18+ years
Citizens Advice Braintree and South Essex
18+ years
Services provided
We’re here to help!
Our service is free, confidential and open to everyone in the community. We can help with many issues, including:
We will give you the facts and possible outcomes. That way you can make the decision that’s right for you. If needed, we can also offer practical support such as help with form filling, writing letters or negotiating with third parties. Sometimes we might direct you to a different organisation that is better placed to help.
We're here for everyone.
Families InFocus (Essex)
Children 0 to 25 years and their Parent Carers
Families InFocus (Essex)
Children 0 to 25 years and their Parent Carers
Services provided
We are an independent, parent-led charity, providing specialist and person-centred support to families who have a child or young person with any special educational need or disability (SEND). We can offer:
We give parents and their children a voice, and help families to navigate the system and access exactly what they are entitled to. We work alongside families, to empower and give confidence.
“I honestly believe the support and guidance you provide is invaluable. I can’t thank you enough. I felt so supported and understood. When I couldn’t turn to others I could to Families InFocus.”
Our service is free to access, and anyone from Essex who has a child or young person with any SEND can get in touch.
Peabody Trust
18+ years
Peabody Trust
18+ years
Services provided
A support service for vulnerable adults. Offering assistance with accessing housing needs, maximising income, managing debt/ budgeting advice, social isolation, court and eviction notices.
Volunteering Matters
All families
Volunteering Matters
All families
Awaiting Showreel
Services provided
Become a Family Mentor!
Do you have an interest in helping people & supporting your local community of Southend-On-Sea? Do you think you can spare some time in your week to support a family as a volunteer?
Volunteering Matters, the Family Mentors project in Southend, recruits and trains their volunteers to help support families. (Volunteers from outside of the Southend area would have to travel to to Southend where our project is based)
Our Volunteers act as trusted mentors, providing consistent emotional and practical support to families in their homes every week. Volunteers tailor their support to the unique needs of each family, building on strengths, and promoting resilience.
We do not require you to have previous experience, as we feel our volunteers can make use of their life experiences and relevant skills to support our families, as well as the training provided.
This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to increase their experience in mentoring and may wish to have a career in Social Work, support work or counselling.
This opportunity fits around your availability – you will need to commit to 1 – 2 hours per week for 6 – 12 months. Usually a year’s support is required.
Some of our volunteers can also offer telephone support for the family, if this is preferred by the volunteer, and the family being supported.
Aim of project……..
What Volunteering Matters will give you……
What you will get from the role….
Role requirements:
Commitment
This opportunity fits around your availability - you only need to commit to between 1 – 2 hours per week for 6 - 12 months. Usually a year's support is required. Please note: Due to current safeguarding procedures, volunteer support will only be over the telephone although some support is returning to face to face.
Women Together
18+ years
Women Together
18+ years
Awaiting Showreel
Services provided
Women Together is a voluntary organisation which aims to integrate vulnerable women from different backgrounds into the community. Coffee mornings are organised to provide fun activities such as art and craft, sewing, jewellery making, talent shows and health and fitness activities. Outside agencies are invited to deliver lectures on topics related to interfaith, educational matters and mental health. A few topics covered in the past include Special Educational Needs in Children including Neurological disorders like ADHD, OCD, Autism and Dyslexia, Science of Stress and Actions for Anxiety, Dementia and Domestic Violence, Bereavement, Mental Health and CBT.
We also bring a dish to share to eat lunch together and exchange recipes!
Socialising with the women who are part of Women Together in a friendly manner, allows us to listen to their personal problems; consequently providing advice and help. Women Together has participated in two “International Women’s Day” events, raising self-confidence of women from vulnerable backgrounds.
Women Together is FREE to attend
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