We aim to:
- To relieve poverty and prevent social exclusion by developing and implementing community-level social development and advocacy initiatives on issues and conditions relating socio-economic disadvantaged communities; in particular people with disability, women, children, the minority and other marginalized and vulnerable groups.
- To eliminate discrimination towards asylum seekers, migrants, refugees and people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities.
- To promote social and cultural integration, equality, inclusion and diversity.
Legal Advice Service:
- We provide legal advice and support in a range of issues including welfare rights, debt, health, benefits, housing, employment, consumer issues, education, discrimination, immigration and the law.
- We provide advice and guidance, information and practical help so that our service users can access rights they are entitled to.
- We organise training and other community learning opportunities that provide new skills, increase confidence and motivation to accessing employment t opportunities.
- We support our service users to overcome barriers to learning, employment and training.
- We provide information and training about rights, entitlements and the availability of legal representation.
Children and Young People Service:
We work to:
- Support young people (NEET ) to reintegrate into mainstream education, training and employment.
- Improve the relationship between families, schools/providers and young people by working directly with them.
- Promote equal education by providing support to disadvantaged young people with their education, training, confidence building, employment and social needs.
- Support BME youth in their educational progress (through supplementary education, homework guidance, tutoring, etc.)
- Provide advice and signposting for parents/carers/the community and assist in accessing multi-agency services and support.
Our Service:
- We work with parents to support the educational attainment of their children
- We support young people to engage in further education and vocational training
- We provide mentoring for young people at risk to raise their educational attainment
- We help young people access specialist services, study support and counselling services
- We have a youth resource centre to provide revision sessions, supplementary teaching support, homework classes and workshops after school and Saturdays
- We proved basic skills training (English, Maths and Science)
- We identify, refer, and engage children and young people most at risk of offending, anti-social behaviour, social and educational exclusion
- We help young people access community sports, arts, and learning and ICT activities
Contact us
Edmonton Shopping Centre
1st Floor
36 The Market Square
London
N9 0TZ
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Telephone: 02088036161
How to reach us:
By car: 5 minutes from the North Circular Road (A406), Great Cambridge Road (A10) or Mollison Avenue (A5005)
By bus: Numbers 149, 191, 192, 259, 279, 359, 491, W6, W8. Bus 279, 349, 259 is available from Seven Sisters to Edmonton Green Shopping Centre.
By train: Edmonton Green station, only 20-25 minutes from Liverpool Street, Cheshunt or Enfield Town ‘National Express’ mainline stations.
By tube: Victoria Line to Seven Sisters, then take ‘National Express’ train service which runs every 10-15 minutes from Seven Sisters mainline station to Edmonton Green.
