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Basic Needs Assistance
Family and Parenting
Special Needs and Disability
Mental Health, Sexual Health, Relationships
Advice and Support Citizens Advice Richmond
Basic Needs Assistance Debt
Housing
Legal
Benefits
Advice on a wide range of issues to anyone living or working in the London Borough of Richmond. citizensadvicerichmond.org
Online Enquiry Form
Learn English at Home (LEAH)
0808 278 7873 English as additional language
English language support to help asylum seekers, refugees and migrants at home, in small groups and in the community. learnenglishathome.org.uk
020 8755 4665
info@leah.org.uk
TW Money Advice Service
Debt
Benefits
Wrap-around debt advice and money education in the London Borough of Richmond. In partnership with Crosslight Advice. crosslightadvice.org/twmas
Vineyard Community and Richmond Foodbank
info@crosslightadvice.org Domestic violence Mental health
Refugees
Housing Foodbank
info@vineyardcommunity.org
020 8439 9375
Household items
Kitchen items and second-hand furniture. They offer a grants scheme for clients to buy household essentials. rfsonline.co.uk
admin@rfsonline.co.uk
The Real Junk Food Project
020 8755 4665 Drop-in café
Foodbank
Healthy and affordable food using food surplus with cafés in Ham, Richmond and Twickenham. trjfptwickenham.com
trjfp.twickenham@gmail.com
Vineyard Community and Richmond Foodbank
Foodbank
Housing
Operating seven foodbank sites across the Borough of Richmond. They also provide support for those experiencing complex crises. vineyardcommunity.org
Support for residents experiencing complex crises, including homelessness, food poverty, addiction, loneliness and mental health. vineyardcommunity.org
Richmond Furniture Scheme
foodbank@vineyardcommunity.org
07516 935655
Family and Parenting Home-Start
Special Needs and Disability Young families
Practical and emotional support to families with children under five during challenging times. homestart-rkh.org.uk
info@homestart-rkh.org.uk
Riverbank Trust
020 8487 8500 Single mothers
Supporting single mothers with emotional and practical ongoing support. riverbanktrust.org
contact@riverbanktrust.org
Richmond Carers Centre
Carers and Young Carers
info@richmondcarers.org
Welcare
020 8867 2380 Parenting skills
Parenting courses and support to improve practical and emotional parenting skills. welcare.org
info@welcare.org
020 8893 9123
ADHD
Support and information for professionals, parents and carers who live and work with children and young people with ADHD. adhdembrace.org
RUILS: Family Matters
info@adhdembrace.org Disability
SEND
Wellbeing
Practical support, advice and information to families with disabled children and/or young people with additional needs. ruils.co.uk | Family Matters
Support for unpaid carers and young carers to access respite, to improve emotional wellbeing, develop relationships with others and have fun. richmondcarers.org
ADHD Embrace
info@ruils.co.uk
Skylarks
020 8831 6083 SEND
Activities, therapies, advice and career and employability programmes to support children and young people with additional needs, and their families. skylarks.charity
info@skylarks.charity
07946 646033
Mental Health, Sexual Health, Relationships LVA Trust
Relationships
Sexual Health
Mentoring
Inclusive relationship, sex and health education workshops; small group work and 1:1 mentoring. lvatrust.org
info@lvatrust.org
MiD Mediation and Counselling
Counselling
Relationship Mediation
020 8891 6860
admin@midmediation.org.uk
Richmond Borough Mind
Single mothers
Support for young people and adults experiencing mental health issues, as well as their carers. rbmind.org
RUILS: Family Matters
020 8948 7652
info@rbmind.org Disability
SEND
Wellbeing
Practical support, advice and information to families with disabled children and/or young people with additional needs. ruils.co.uk | Family Matters
info@ruils.co.uk
020 8831 6083
Bereavement
Confidential one-to-one bereavement support to people teachers, parents and children living in the London Borough of Richmond. space2grieve.org.uk
Mediation for separating and divorced couples, and counselling for children and young people midmediation.org.uk
Space2Grieve
The Purple Elephant Project
support@space2grieve.org.uk ELSA
Mental Health
0751 937 6363 Play therapy
Play therapy for children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties. thepurpleelephantproject.org
020 8744 1733
info@thepurpleelephantproject.org
Counselling
Off The Record
Sexual Health
General counselling, crisis counselling, a sexual health clinic and a dropin for young people. otrtwickenham.com
counselling@otrtwickenham.com
020 8744 1644