Family

The Little Village: Little Village is like a food bank, but for clothes, toys and equipment for babies and children up to the age of 5. They accept donations of excellent-condition, pre-loved items, which are passed on to families who need support. Email me with your child’s age, and clothes size, and if they want books and toys as well, and I can make a referral on your behalf.

National Childbirth Trust: Provides free advice and guidance for expecting mothers or new mothers.

If your child has free school meals, you can receive help with purchasing school uniform with Wandsworth Council’s new initiative: https://fis.wandsworth.gov.uk/kb5/wandsworth/fsd/advice.page?id=LM7S9VTRNKM  

Family problems and/or Domestic Violence 

Citizens Advice Wandsworth have launched a new family law and domestic abuse advice service. The service entitles the client to 30 minutes of free family law advice from a very experienced lawyer, via a virtual appointment (or phone if the client prefers). The law firm doing the work is booked via Citizens Advice Wandsworth, and CAW want clients to use the form set out below this email to book the appointment so that the client is properly logged into their system. https://cawandsworth.org/contact-us/  

National Centre for Domestic Violence: Provides free legal advice. Helpline: 0800 970 2070 

Rights of Women: Provides free legal advice. Helpline: 020 7251 6577 

Hestia provides Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (IDVA) support and refuge accommodation for victims and their children suffering from domestic abuse. They offer both emotional and practical support to ensure that every service user has an up to date risk assessment and support plan tailored to their individual needs.
Phone: 0203 879 3544 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) Email: richwan.idva@hestia.org
Referrals: Complete the referral form Refuge accommodation: Contact referral line 0808 169 9975 Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm 

National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247. This Freephone 24 hour helpline, run in partnership between Women’s Aid and Refuge, is a national service for women experiencing domestic violence. The Helpline can give support, help and information over the telephone. All calls are completely confidential. It offers translation facilities for callers whose first language is not English, and a service for callers who are deaf or hard of hearing is available.   

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300 – provides advice and advocacy support to victims of stalking 

Women and Girls Network: 0808 801 0660 – offers free and confidential specialist emotional support for women and girls who have experienced recent or historic sexual violence and abuse. Sexual Violence Helpline 0808 801 0770. 

Southall Black Sisters: We run an; advice, advocacy and resource centre in West London which provides a comprehensive service to women experiencing violence and abuse and other forms of inequality. We offer specialist advice, information, casework, advocacy, counselling and self-help support services in several community languages, especially South Asian languages. Whilst our focus is on the needs of black and minority women, we will not turn any woman away who needs emergency help.  

People at risk of forced marriage or ‘so-called’ honour-based violence
Al-Aman 020 8563 2250 – supports women and girls who have experienced or who are at risk of any of the following forms of abuse perpetrated by partners, ex-partners, or a family members:  Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), Forced Marriage (FM) and Honour-Based Violence (HBV) 

Asian Women’s Resource Centre: 020 8961 6549/5701 

Association of Somali Women and Children (ASWAC) (Based in Battersea) 020 7622 1086 – advice and advocacy for Somali women and children 

Forced Marriage Unit: 020 7008 0151 

Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation: 020 7920 6460 – support for Middle Eastern and Afghan women and girls who are living in the UK. Farsi, Kurdish, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, Turkish and English spoken  

Karma Nirvana: 0800 5999 247

Latin American Women’s Rights Service: advice, advocacy and practical support to Latin American women. Call the helpline 0808 145 4909 (Monday to Friday 11am to 1pm), or email referrals@lawrs.org.uk 

Support for Male Victims of Domestic Violence 

Men’s Advice Line: 080 8801 0327 – a free confidential helpline for any man experiencing domestic violence and abuse from a partner, ex-partner or other family member Telephone:  

Survivors UK: 020 3598 3898 – provides information, support and counselling for men who have been raped or sexually abused Telephone:  

The Mankind National Initiative Helpline: 01823 334244 – a confidential helpline is available for male victims of domestic abuse and male victims of domestic violence across the UK