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The Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS) supports young people's social and personal development by offering a wide range of activities including accredited programmes such as AQA Units Awards, Arts Award, Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Food Hygiene, First Aid, CBT and information, advice, guidance and support…

Support and services for excluded, vulnerable and isolated Irish emigrants in Britain. Work with welfare advice agencies, local authorities, churches and other organisations. Projects include the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas, Traveller Equality Project, and Irish Chaplaincy Seniors. Volunteer outreach opportunities as befrienders, prison visitors,…

Information, support and advocacy for Irish nationals who are in prison in Britain. Support for their families. Volunteer opportunities as caseworkers and prison visitors (for prisons outside of London).

Local branch of national network which gives disabled people of any age assistance with computer problems, hardware or software. Volunteers visit people in their homes to give them help with their own computers.

Celebrates Jewish life, heritage, identity and cultural diversity as part of the wider story of British history, drawing connections with other communities. Exhibitions, education programmes and activities for people of all ages, backgrounds and faiths to explore Jewish culture. Talks, walks and tours. Holiday activities…

A community-run library and literary centre, opened in April 2012 by a registered charity. A purpose built library with over 25,000 items.  Run by volunteers for our community, we offer: A friendly place to visit, study or just relax Adult fiction and non-fiction lending and…

Organises social activities, weekend outings and holidays, including a social club on the 1st Thu and 2nd and 3rd Sat of the month, phone for details. The All Sorts Group meets on the last Thursday of the month, the Phab Club meets every Monday, and…

Matches volunteers with people over 60 to help them by visiting and befriending, or with tasks such as light shopping, using the library, going to the doctor, light gardening, minor DIY, assistance with forms. Events and trips organised.

Unaffiliated organisation encouraging general kindness. Organise mass 'random acts of kindness' via a mailing list on the website. Based in West Hampstead. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Organises a programme for older people including lunch club, bridge, tai chi, gentle exercise, hoy, bingo, day trips, older people's holidays. Also youth work; support for local Bangladeshi, Somalian and Chinese communities; holiday playschemes; health promotion projects; community festivals; and social outings.

Acts as a community centre with advice and activities for the Chinese and Somali communities. Youth centre in the evenings. The Centre is also available for evening and weekend hire. Victims of race/faith hate crime can report it on this number and the staff will…

Support services for advice agencies including: Welfare Benefits Training Team Phone: 020 7377 9981; Benefits advice line for advisers Phone: 020 7247 1735 (Mon-Tue 10.30am-12.30pm, Thu 2pm-4pm). Publish the Rightsnet website for advisers, and 'Review' (Phone: 020 7426 4483); produce the AIMS Case Management Software…

Registered charity and limited company, running community centre providing legal and social advice, outreach and classes in English, ESOL+ and computers. Citizenship courses. Saturday school (5 to 10 years old). Day nursery (2 to 5 years old) 8am-6pm. Restaurant and meeting rooms for hire. Cultural…

Free advice and information for Latin American women on welfare rights, housing, money, debt and domestic violence. Counselling service by qualified therapists. Psychological support for Latin American children. Volunteering project to introduce women to working in the UK. Business start-up workshops. ESOL classes. Does not…

Exhibitions, musical and theatrical events including cabaret and music hall, dance, poetry, arts and crafts demonstrations. Classes and workshops for children and adults. Available for private functions and concerts. Antiques fairs and crafts fairs, Saturday children’s shows. Available for hire for weddings, parties and funerals.…

Voluntary community service organisation with 60 branches throughout the country. Contact the headquarters for details of the North West End group which covers the Swiss Cottage, Hampstead, St John's Wood and Maida Vale area, and part of North West London.

Based in Islington. Offers a range of programmes for young people; training and consultancy for adult professionals and youth organisations and training publications. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Weekly food parcels that are culturally appropriate. Social prescriptions: debt advice, welfare rights, domestic violence support. Employability and additional support. Providing a community response in the St Pancras and Somers Town, King's Cross and Regent's Park wards.

Represents the 33 London councils. The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority are also members. London Councils fights for more resources for London and for a fair deal for London's councils.

London Councils invests over £28m a year in voluntary organisations on behalf of all the London councils. We fund more than 400 organisations, with individual grants ranging from between £5,000 and £500,000.