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Do you need legal advice or other support? Here are some places that can help.
Temporarily closed to walk in visitors due to building works. The telephone advice line, direct messaging the team using Online Forms, advice at local foodbanks and other outreach, as well as their advisers on the Lambeth Health and Wellbeing bus, will all carry on as normal. Due to reopen to in person visitors end of November 2024.
Provides free legal advice with on, employment, discrimination and welfare benefits to help people protect their home, job and family.
Face to face, telephone, and email support. Email and online form are the quickest way to make an appointment to speak an adviser. They can issue food bank vouchers.
Telephone and in person support. They offer pre-booked, in person appointments. They can issue food bank vouchers.
Free, in person, debt and benefits support. Appointments available on Mondays and Tuesdays, phone for an appointment.
Advice centres offer free legal advice and other support.
Supports homeless people. Take away and dine-in lunch served (£1 contribution encouraged). Just turn up.
Ace of Clubs can link people to accommodation, welfare, rehab, training, healthcare, etc. Advice service by appointment.
COIN Community Information Network is for Lambeth adults with long term health conditions who are looking for paid work, to move closer to their vocational goals, or to find social and leisure activities to enjoy.
Age UK Lambeth and Carers’ Hub Lambeth are working in partnership to support to unpaid carers, while the person they care for is in hospital, and after their discharge. They will ensure you are connected to essential information and support for your caring role. The service is for unpaid carers, who either live in Lambeth or care for someone who does.
DASL is led by Disabled people in Lambeth. They work and campaign with Disabled residents to achieve their legal rights, be in control of their lives, be active in their communities. Help includes advice, advocacy, Direct Payments support.
Lambeth Mutual Aid is a volunteer-led group supporting Lambeth residents. Their monthly Solidarity Fund offers people in financial need £30 for essentials like food and fuel. Sign up on their website. They also provide other practical support.
Telephone suppport and sign-posting for Portuguese people facing language barriers. Portuguese speaking.
Supports homeless people. Free breakfast, lunch and other services available. Just turn up.
Free, independent debt, advice, and immigration support. Complete online form for support or call. Free, in-person immigration drop-in session on Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm.
Anyone is welcome to drop to meet a Norwood & Brixton Foodbank advisor for expert help, including: benefits advice, help with forms, including PIP forms, money management tips or debt advice, etc.
Plus, free tea, coffee and cake 11am-2pm, and free hot lunch 12.30pm-1.30pm.
Shelter, the housing charity, has up-to-date information on housing issues during the Cost-of-Living crisis.
Supports homeless people. Rough sleeper drop-in with free breakfast, etc.
Supports homeless people: Rough sleeper drop-In with free breakfast, etc.
Free, weekly, one-to-one support with benefits, grants, debt, food bank referrals, etc. Email to book an appointment.
Help Through Hardship can do benefits and grants checks, so you can find out what you are eligible for. They can also guide you through any claims and help you with emergency issues.
Legal advice by appointment only. Online, telephone, and limited in person appointments. New clients can make an appointment using the online form. No advice on debt, welfare benefits, parking or Council Tax disputes.
Are you an older person living in Lambeth and needing help? Here are some organisations that can help with social and practical support.
Age UK Lambeth: Support includes handy fix service, befriending, hospital services, and much more. Visit website or email info@ageuklambeth.org.
Independent Age: Helpline and expert advisers offer free, practical support to older people without enough money to live on. They offer free, online training. Call helpline on 0800 312 6789, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.
ClearCommunityWeb: Free in-person digital sessions across Lambeth to help you get online. Visit website for details.
Supports women, girls, and young people in Southwest London who have experienced domestic abuse. Offers free 1-2-1 counselling.
Let's Grow aid survivors of abuse to process the past, heal the present, and grow in the future. They offer local, in-person workshops, online sessions, courses, and healing.
Telephone, email and online support for people from Portuguese speaking communties experiencing domestic abuse. Portuguese speaking.
Supports people of all genders experiencing gender based violence, including domestic and sexual violence in Lambeth. Including advocacy and peer support work.
Provides help and support to those experiencing domestic violence and abuse. 24-hour, free helpline.
Women's Aid supports women and children experiencing domestic violence. Live chat and email support.
Breadwinners supports young asylum seekers and refugees with training and work opportunities through its social bakery business. Visit website for more information about using the service or buying bread.
Breaking Barriers offers free support to refugees and migrants to help them find paid work. They will help with CV writing, applying for jobs and preparing for interviews. They also offer training in English, IT, numeracy, etc. Visit website for online enquiry form.
Free legal advice and support for Latin American communities. Email or in person support. Spanish and Portuguese speaking.
Call the advice line to discuss your asylum, nationality, and immigration matters with a caseworker.
NRPF Network is a national network safeguarding the welfare of destitute families, adults, and care leavers who are unable to access benefits due to their immigration status. Visit their website for information and resources for people with NRPF status.
Free, independent debt, advice, and immigration support. Complete online form for support or call. Free, in-person immigration drop-in session on Tuesdays 1.30-3.30pm.
Project 17 supports families with children that face financial hardship or homelessness due to No Recourse To Public Funds status. Telephone and online support available.
Right to Remain works with communities, groups and organisations across the UK. They provide information, resources, training, and assistance to help people to establish their right to remain in the UK. They challenge injustice in the immigration and asylum system.
Offers free advice for Roma communities. One-to-one appointments in person, by phone and online. Support with debt, welfare benefits, EU Settlement Scheme, and more.
Advice service for people at risk of, or experiencing, destitution or homelessness.
Contact them if you are an asylum seeker, someone who has irregular immigration status or a new refugee and you are struggling. Or if you are concerned about someone in this situation contact them for advice.
They also offer hardship support, social activities includings English language classes, weekly women's group, counselling, and youth club.
Low-cost counselling for anyone with a London postcode. Multi-Ethnic Counselling Service for refugees and asylum-seekers. You can self-refer or an agency can refer you via the website, or via Lambeth Talking Therapies.
Offers advice, training, and support for Traveller and Gypsy communities.
Free advice and support in making end of life decisions including power of attorney, living wills, etc.
Down to Earth is a service from Quaker Social Action. They can help you plan an affordable and meaningful funeral, if you are on a low income. You must contact them before the funeral has taken place.
Free support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies. Calls returned within 48 hours.
Winston's Wish offers free emotional and practical bereavement support to children and young people up to the age of 25, their families, and those who care for them. Freephone helpline.