October 30, 2020

A charity with the aim of breaking cycles of disadvantage and social exclusion, promoting family cohesion, well-being and achievement. Provides family support solutions for a wide range of issues by means of volunteer befriending, mentoring and advocacy, support and professionally led recreational activities.

Westminster Befriend A Family offers services for families living in Westminster with children aged 0 – 18 years.

They recruit, train and support volunteers to befriend individual families and visit them regularly in their homes. The volunteers can help families where a parent is disabled or has mental health problems, or a child has special needs.

For children who have caring responsibilities, befriending by a volunteer can provide regular time (usually visiting once a week) to go out and have fun and pursue learning activities, such as playing football, martial arts, swimming, going to a museum or library.

Provides weekly drop-in and advice services covering areas such as:

Debt
Benefits
Training
Housing
Health
Improving confidence and self-esteem
Communication skills
Completing forms
Positive thinking
Business skills
Life coaching
Motivational talks

We work with families who are homeless or in temporary accommodation, refugees, asylum seekers and recent migrants.

Families can refer themselves directly to the service.

Westminster Befriend a Family | Westminster Community Information