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Aims to prevent abuse of older people by raising awareness, and by education, promotion, research, collection and dissemination of information.
Provides legal and practical advice to squatters and those interested in squatting, and information on local squatting groups.
Age UK Westminster is the local branch of Age UK, the national charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.
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Alzheimer’s Society is a membership organisation which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by
Support and information for parents through antenatal testing, waiting for results, diagnosis of fetal abnormality, and decisions about continuing or ending the pregnancy.
Ariel Bruce is a private consultant social worker who specialises in tracing missing family members and in adoption issues.
Offers support, and a search and intermediary service.
The Association was founded in 1968 to promote and maintain high standards of professional conduct and expertise within the sphere of genealogy, heraldry and record searching, and to safeguard the
Charity providing free advice and representation to refugees and asylum seekers, and campaigns for their rights in the UK.
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Charity providing free advice and representation to refugees and asylum seekers, and campaigns for their rights in the UK.
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This is a voluntary organisation established in 1974, for people in the armed forces. It is free, independent advice and information service.
Membership is open to all persons interested in astronomy.
Aims to encourage all aspects of amateur observational astronomy and the association of observers at all levels for mutual help.
Meets at: Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, WC1, on 4th Tuesday of each month (except July, August and December) at 6.00pm.
The object of the Buddhist Society is to publish and make known the principles of Buddhism and to encourage the practice of these principles.
The Canal & River Trust is a charity with responsibility for 2,000 miles of waterways in Britain, including London. The trust is an umbrella organisation with regional offices.
The Canal & River Trust is a charity with responsibility for 2,000 miles of waterways in Britain, including London. The trust is an umbrella organisation with regional offices.
The Chinese Information and Advice Centre (CIAC) offers free information, advice and support to disadvantaged Chinese people living in the UK.
The Cinnamon Trust is a nation charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets.
CLIC Sargent is a charity providing clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to children with cancer. Also supports the families of children with cancer.
Deafblind UK is a national charity which provides a range of support services to deafblind adults and their carers. It also campaigns on behalf of deafblind people.
The Disabled Living Foundation is a national charity providing information and advice on daily living equipment for people with disabilities.
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This is a national home education self-help organisation offering support and information to members who are practising or considering home education for their children.
Family Lives offers professional, non-judgmental support and advice in a way that all members of the family can freely access.
Fareshare is the national charity that redistributes quality surplus food from the food industry to organisations working with homeless and vulnerable people in the community.
FPRA is a not-for-profit advice, support and lobbying organisation for private residential leaseholders, tenants’ and residents’ associations, and residential management companies.
Offers a free, confidential, information, advice and counselling service about all aspects of drug use.
There are several ways to contact FRANK: text, email, phone or live chat.
Free, confidential advice and practical support for single parents. Expert advisers answer their helpline.
The Housing Ombudsman Service is set up by law to look at complaints about all housing associations and local housing authorities.
The Information Commissioner’s Office’s mission is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
The Institute website hosts a searchable register of British practitioners of complementary and natural medicine including several in Westminster offering a variety of therapies.
Jewish Women’s Aid is a national charity with a London base. It supports and advises victims of domestic abuse.
JCWI is an independent national organisation which exists to campaign for justice in immigration, nationality and refugee law and policy.
The Law Centres Federation is a charity that champions free legal advice and representation for the most disadvantaged in society by supporting and developing the national network of Law Centres.
The Legal Ombudsman services are available to service is open to all members of the public, very small businesses, charities, clubs and trusts.
Let’s Face It, and Junior Let’s Face It, is an international mutual help organisation dealing with facial disfigurement.
Liberty seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone. They are a cross party, non-party membership organisation campaigning for fundamental rights and freedoms in the UK.
Macmillan funds specialist Macmillan nurses and doctors, buildings for cancer treatment and care, and grants for patients in financial difficulties.
Marie Stopes is a private medical charity offering sexual health support and treatments. Services include:
Maternity Action is a national charity aiming to end inequality and improve the health and well-being of pregnant women, partners and young children.
Missing People is an independent charity funded by donations. They search on behalf of those left behind and provide specialised support.
Missing People is an independent charity funded by donations. They search on behalf of those left behind and provide specialised support.
NASS offers support and advocates for those suffering from AS.
The nearest London branch is based at the Royal Free in Hampstead; NASS London – Camden.
NASS offers support and advocates for those suffering from AS.
The nearest London branch is based at the Royal Free in Hampstead; NASS London – Camden.
NCVO support and enable volunteering in all its diversity. Their work links policy, research, innovation, good practice and programme management in the involvement of volunteers.
Phab is a national charity which promotes and encourages people of all abilities to come together with the aim of complete inclusion within the wider community.
Phab is a national charity which promotes and encourages people of all abilities to come together with the aim of complete inclusion within the wider community.
Phab is a national charity which promotes and encourages people of all abilities to come together with the aim of complete inclusion within the wider community.
PhonepayPlus (previously known as ICSTIS) regulates premium rate (or phone-paid) services in the UK on behalf of OFCOM.
Prostate Cancer UK works to help more men survive prostate cancer and enjoy a better quality of life.
Railfuture is the UK’s leading independent organisation campaigning for better rail services for passengers and freight.
REACH Finds part-time, expenses only opportunities for experienced managers and professional people of all ages and backgrounds who want to use their skills working as part-time volunteers to help
Refuge works to support and advise women and children escaping domestic violence. Its 24-hour national domestic violence helpline offers emotional support, general, housing and welfare advice.
Refugee Action is a national charity with over 28 years experience in the reception, resettlement, development and integration of asylum seekers and refugees.
Provides direct advice and support services to newly arrived asylum seekers and refugees.
Advice sessions covering:
The Relatives & Residents Association is a national charity which exists for the benefit of older people in residential care, as well as their families and friends left behind at home.
Revitalise (formerly Winged Fellowship Trust) is a national charity providing services for disabled and visually impaired people.
Aims to provide disabled people with the opportunity to ride and/or to carriage-drive to benefit their health and well-being.
The Royal Society of Literature celebrates and nurtures all that is best in British literature, past and present.
Sense is a national charity supporting deafblind children and adults offering:
The Society for Theatre Research is a membership society for those interested in the history and techniques of the British theatre.
Speakability is a national charity supporting those whose understanding and use of language are impaired by stroke, head injury, etc.
TAROE is a tenant led national organisation that is open to all tenants in the regulated housing sector.
Founded in 1985 to celebrate the life and work of William Blake, engraver, painter, poet and prophet.
Compassionate Friends is a nationwide organisation of bereaved parents offering friendship and understanding to other bereaved parents after the death of a son or daughter of any age from any cause
The Poetry Book Society was set up by T. S. Eliot and friends. It provides information, reviews and discounts on the best contemporary poetry for an international community of readers.
The Property Ombudsman: Christopher Hamer.
The Property Ombudsman has jurisdiction in relation to complaints about sales, lettings, commercial and overseas property issues.
The Retreat Association is an ecumenical organisation comprising six christian retreat groups, providing resources and information about all aspects of retreats.
Campaigns on behalf of international students. Offers general advice to UK students wishing to study abroad and to international students wishing to study in the UK.
West London SANDS is available to support anyone that has been affected by the death of a baby, this extends to grandparents, aunties, uncles, any family member or friends.
Whizz-Kidz provide customised wheelchairs, tricycles and other specialised mobility equipment, wheelchair training, information and advice to disabled children across the UK.
WWOOF works on an exchange basis – in return for help on organic farms, gardens and small-holdings volunteers are given meals and a place to sleep.
Run by young people, the UK Youth Parliament provides opportunities for 11-18 year-olds to use their voice in creative ways to bring about social change.