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Offers leisure and recreational activities to African families. Includes advice, information and health promotion. Interpreting and translation service.

Organisation which promotes the health of young African people (refugees and asylum seekers) by running a range of physical and sports activities. This includes football, wrestling, boxing, judo, karate and self-defence. Also promotes education. Supplementary school in English and maths for 7-15 year olds.

Offers advice, counselling, information and support to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants particularly in the fields of immigration, welfare rights, housing, health (HIV/AIDS, mental health, tropical diseases), education, training and employment. Swahili mother tongue classes for children aged 7-14. Outings for children and people from…

Specialist clinic dealing with female circumcision, especially in relation to pregnancy and family planning. Ante-natal, intrapartum (during birth) and post-natal treatment. First visit will include an assessment and liaison with an interpreter, counsellor and advisor if required. Non-pregnant women with female circumcision can also self-refer.…

Awareness raising campaign based in Islington. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Mutual support group for black disabled people and groups in Brent, Camden and Westminster. Advice and information given. Conducts research on independent living.

Self-help support services including counselling, to Black and immigrant women and other women of colour who are survivors of domestic violence, racist sexual assault and asylum seekers fleeing rape and other persecution.

Culturally sensitive, practical, social and emotional support. Staffed by workers from the communities they serve. Aim is to help people stay in their own homes in the community while they recover and prevent or reduce their re-admission to hospital for the treatment of their mental…

Local branch of national trade union, for Camden Council employees and employees of other organisations providing local services in Camden, including voluntary organisations, private companies and further education. Advice and help for members on all work related matters is provided in the first instance by…

Gives educational advice, information and support to black, minority ethnic (BME) and other disadvantaged parents in Camden on social, educational, training and other related issues that affect BME children and their families. Other services include: a range of training workshops for parents and the Mandela…

Working through a range of services and in alliance with others, the association seeks to empower those living in poverty and disadvantage, especially but not exclusively Ethiopian refugees and people of African origin, to enable them to take positive action themselves to improve the quality…

Londonwide charity providing a range of services for people with substance misuse problems. Based in Southwark. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

One to one help for drug and alcohol users and their families. Support, counselling and referrals. Workshops and education programmes. Runs sessions in health centres, community centres and mental health day services. Somali engagement group.

Drop-in sessions for vulnerable people. This is a dry centre; people who have had a drink or taken illicit drugs on the day will not be admitted. UK Online computer training sessions for people with mental health or ongoing health needs. Time-banking.

International student residence taking post-graduates, mature overseas students and their families. Emphasis is on the social and welfare needs of residents.

Classes run: Tue 4.30pm-7.30pm (ages 11-16), Sat 10am-1.15pm (ages 5-10) in term time only. Educational service to support children and raise achievement levels in statutory schools. Subjects covered: English, mathematics, African-Caribbean history.

Offers intercultural counselling and psychotherapy to people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, for people in mixed cultural relationships and for people whom cultural matters are an issue. Includes the Bengali and Somali Culturally Sensitive HIV/AIDS Counselling Project.

HIV/AIDS and sexual health support service for BME (South Asian, Middle Eastern, North African, Horn of Africa and Latin American) communities. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).

Housing association. Referrals accepted only from council housing departments.

Provides permanent accommodation for refugees from Africa and other parts of the developing world who believe in self-help. Also provides resettlement support and immigration advice. Access only via local authority homeless persons' unit registrations.