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Lambeth Larder

Advice and support
Food
Mental health
Money

CONNECTING PEOPLE, FOOD, & SUPPORT. They help connect local people in financial need to emergency food and other services like advice, debt, and mental health support. Please use this website to find help nearby.

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Tulse Hill Community Advice

Advice and support
Money

Free, in person, debt and benefits support. Appointments available on Mondays and Tuesdays, phone for an appointment.

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Citizen’s Advice Kennington Hub

Advice and support
Food
Money

Telephone and in person support. They offer pre-booked, in person appointments. They can issue food bank vouchers.

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Centre 70

Advice and support
Food
Mental health
Money

Face to face, telephone, and email support. Open door sessions Tuesdays & Thursdays 10-1pm (last entry 12.45pm). Email and online form are the quickest way to make an appointment to speak an adviser Monday to Friday. They can issue food bank vouchers.

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Specialist SEND support services

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Here you can find out how the Education Psychology service, the Autism Pathway, sensory support, occupational therapy and other specialists services, can support children and young people.

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Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities

Being a parent
Dads

Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities is a 13 week group programme offered to parents/​carers of young people aged from 11 to 18 years old. The course supports you to achieve positive change for your family by promoting your child’s social skills and self-discipline, helping you to develop strategies to deal with challenges at home and increasing your confidence and competence.

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Healthy Relationships Matter

Being a parent
Dads

See what conflict can look like in relationships, get advice on how to manage it, and access helpful tools and information for further support. Get parenting advice for adults sharing parenting of a child, whether it's with a current or former partner or another family member.

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Stronger Relationships

Being a parent
Dads

Stronger Relationships programmes offer a comprehensive approach, combining online sessions, engaging workshops, and valuable resources for anyone co-parenting children. Co-parents can expect to learn effective communication styles, problem-solving skills, and conflict-resolution techniques.

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Online Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities

Being a parent
Dads

Online Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities is a virtual 6 week group programme which introduces the key concepts of the full Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities programme. These key concepts include healthy relationships, understanding and managing behaviour and enhancing children’s self-esteem.

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Living with Teenagers

Being a parent
Dads
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Living with Teenagers is an 8 week group programme offered to parents/​carers of young people aged from 12 to 16 years old. The course is led by trained EPEC (Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities) parent facilitators and aims to support you to manage both your and your teen's feelings, communicate and interact positively with your teen, use positive behaviour management strategies and manage parental stress.

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Being a Parent ASD

Being a parent
Dads
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Being a Parent Autism is a 10-week group programme offered to parents/carers of children with Autism aged from 5 to 12 years old. The group aims to support children and families to get the best start in life by supporting you to manage your and your child's feelings, communicate and interact positively with your child, use positive behaviour management strategies, and manage parental stress.

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Being a Parent ADHD

Being a parent
Dads
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Being a Parent ADHD is a 10 week group programme offered to parents/​carers of children affected by ADHD aged from 5 to 12 years old. The group aims to help children and families get the very best start in life by supporting you to manage yours and your child's feelings, communicate and interact positively with your child, use positive behaviour management strategies and manage parental stress.

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Being a Parent 2-11

Being a parent
Dads

Being a Parent is a 9-week group programme offered to parents/​carers of children aged from 2 to 11 years old. The course aims to help children and families get the very best start in life by supporting you to manage your and your child's feelings, communicate and interact positively with your child, use positive behaviour management strategies, and manage parental stress.

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Teen Life

Being a parent
Dads
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Teen Life is a 6 session programme offered to parents/carers of young people aged from 10 to 16 years old with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Topics covered include self-esteem, spending time with other people, stress and anxiety, behaviour, puberty, independence skills, education strategies and planning for the future.

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EarlyBird Plus

Being a parent
Dads
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

EarlyBird Plus is a 3 month group programme offered to parents/carers of children aged from 4 to 9 years old with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis. The programme will help you to understand your child’s behaviour and develop strategies to strengthen communication and interaction.

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Parenting Support Service

Advice and support
Being a parent
Dads

The Parenting Support Service offers a range of group based or online parenting courses for families living in Lambeth.

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IRMO

Advice and support
Employability
Money

IRMO work to enable the development, agency, and participation of Latin Americans and other Spanish and Portuguese speakers, by responding to both immediate needs and structural inequalities. They offer high-quality information and advice services, opportunities for development and training, support for children and young people and a platform to seek social and systemic change.

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Breastfeeding Peer Support Network

Advice and support
Being a parent
Dads

BFN offer advice and support from fellow parents with breastfeeding experience. Support groups, social activities and 121s if you need it.

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Fathers and influential males (FAIM) Under 5s Stay & Play

Arts and crafts
Dads
Fitness fun
Music
Outdoor activities

This ‘Dads Stay and Play’ session takes place every Saturday morning, why not come and join in. The session runs term time only and is a great opportunity to meet other local dads, share fatherhood experiences and have fun learning through play. There’s also lots of opportunities to find out and share what is going on locally.

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Caring Dads

Advice and support
Dads

Caring Dads is a group intervention programme aiming to help fathers, of any age, improve their relationship with their children. It helps dads learn how to spend time with children in healthy ways, and to understand the impact on children of controlling, abusive and neglectful actions, which include witnessing domestic violence.

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Turn2Us

Advice and support
Money

Turn2us is a national charity providing practical information and support to end financial insecurity. Use their free Benefits Calculator and Grants Search to find out what help you can get.

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Brixton Advice Centre

Advice and support
Dads
Mental health
Money
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Brixton Advice offer free online, in person on phone call advice service. Including: Help with the cost of living, Housing, Benefits, Debt, Legal advice around Work, Family, Consumer, Support for Older people, Younger people, Domestic Violence, Immigration, Health and Care and Discrimination.

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East Africa Association

Advice and support
Dads
Fitness fun
Mental health
Money
Outdoor activities

The East African Association (EAA) supports Somali families - particularly lone parents and those from disadvantaged backgrounds experiencing economic poverty, isolation, and mental health issues. They connect them to wider services and help them reach their full potential. Their projects improve community cohesion and build confidence. Their football-focused programme for children and young people shows that embedding sports and fitness at an early stage can encourage life-long healthy choices.

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Sunshine International Arts

Arts and crafts
Music

Sunshine International Arts (S.i.A) is an artistic, educational and carnival production company. They are committed to inspiring the next generation through the art of carnival and traditional folklore. They run community outreach projects and workshops for school children and adults, including arts, crafts and culture workshops, creative dance, and holistic health workshops.

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Grove Playground

Dads
Outdoor activities
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

The playground in Gordon Grove has some of the most adventurous climbing structures in London. It is free to come along and normally for ages 6-14 but they also now have early years stay and play sessions. There is also a range of year around midweek after-school special needs and integrated play sessions.

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The Platform Café

Dads
Employment skills
Food
Mental health
Self-development
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Volunteering

The Platform Café is a community space in the heart of Loughborough Junction, providing healthy, nutritious food and a welcome space to feel at home. They prepare homemade lunches using freshly picked seasonal produce grown at their community garden, the Loughborough Farm, as well as surplus donations. They offer catering and local delivery.

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Loughborough Farm

Food
Outdoor activities
Volunteering

Loughborough Farm are a group of local people from a diverse range of backgrounds who grow, learn, work and have fun together. They also run a weekly nature group for parents, toddlers and babies for families to learn and get outside for play and exercise, growing food and healthy eating.

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Loughborough Junction Action Group

Food
Outdoor activities
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Volunteering

Loughborough Junction Action Group (LJAG) is a group of volunteers who live or work in Loughborough Junction. They share a passion for their neighbourhood and want to see it thrive even through challenging times. Their projects bring opportunities to talk to neighbours, make new friends, learn new skills, and develop innovative ideas.

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Besty’s Inspirational Guidance (BiG)

Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Fitness fun
Outdoor activities
Self-development
Volunteering

BiG run motivational programmes that enable children to enhance physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing, including their ABC Football Programme for 4 - 6-year-olds and their Dream BiG Young Parents’ Hub which is a place where young parents can enjoy self-care and self-development activities to enhance their health and physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing.

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Football programme

Dads
Fitness fun
Outdoor activities

BiG delivers a range of football services for 7 to 14-year olds designed to encourage health and fitness outside of school hours.

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Music sessions

Music

Brixton Wings offers an impactful music programme that provides after- school group keyboard/piano, guitar, and band workshop lessons. They create an engaging and caring atmosphere for individual and group development pathways, fostering both structured and improvised musical learning and playing.

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Community Support Activities

Building confidence
Employment skills
Food
Self-development

Find out more about the other support and activities Brixton Wings offer residents local to the Angell Town Estate including their Food Hub, Coding classes for 7-11 year olds and Saturday School.

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Brixton Wings Holiday Activity Programme

Arts and crafts
Fitness fun
Food
Music
Outdoor activities

Discover Brixton Wings diverse workshops enabling participants to explore and enhance talents. They offer engaging mid-term programmes catering to varied interests and skill sets. From creative writing to culinary arts, their supportive environment fosters personal growth.

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Rowing

Dads
Outdoor activities

Brixton Wings, in partnership with London Youth Rowing and Lambeth Sports, offers an exciting rowing programme for young people in Lambeth.. Through a range of indoor and outdoor activities, their rowers experience personal growth. They have achieved medals at the London youth games indoor rowing and have seen athletes join top clubs in the country.

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Brixton Wings

Advice and support
Building confidence
Dads
Fitness fun
Food
Money
Music
Outdoor activities
Self-development

Brixton Wings is a volunteer-led parent organisation which provides early intervention programmes for children and young people. They run term-time programmes including group classes, music, drama, chess club, cycling, rowing, Maths and English booster sessions, and a full range of other activities.

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Bilingual Support

Advice and support
Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Volunteering

Do you need advice or advocacy support? Do you need help applying for jobs or benefits? Would you like support with budgeting? Do you need other forms of support? Stockwell Partnership offers both general support and bilingual Portuguese/English advice.

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Stockwell Partnership

Advice and support
Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Volunteering

Stockwell Partnership undertake a range of activities in their own neighbourhood, Stockwell, including: bilingual advocacy – Portuguese / Spanish / Italian; community engagement and events; a public forum about neighbourhood issues; and Thriving Stockwell – forging links with the health sector and local community to reduce health inequalities.

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Online Art and wellbeing resources

Activities to try at home
Arts and crafts
Dads
Mental health
Self-development

Try out some of Art4Space's art and wellbeing activities at home. Lots of ieas to try out including making mosaics, creating natural dyes and mindfullness activities.

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Volunteer with Art4Space

Arts and crafts
Dads
Volunteering

Come and get involved by volunteering at Art4Space studios and experience an excellent way of gaining new skills and hands on experience. Creative Surgery: This is a weekly volunteer session held on Tuesdays between 1 and 5pm. Come when it suits you.

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Art4Space

Arts and crafts
Building confidence
Dads
Mental health
Self-development

Art4Space encourage's children, young people, and adults to appreciate art and creativity, through activities like drawing, crafts, and open discussion. Their programmes foster safe spaces to address mental health concerns and the impacts of social isolation. They specialise in mosaic, ceramic, and textiles to deliver projects, training courses, and classes in a range of education and community venues.

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Healthy Recipes

Activities to try at home
Food

Try out one of Healthy Living Platform's tasty recipes shared by parents and volunteers. Delicious recipes from around the world.

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Food pantry (Community shop)

Food

The Healthy Living Platform pantry is a low-cost, community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food for an affordable price. Food offered is a mix of fresh fruit and veg along with other food and cupboard staples.

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Become a Food Ambassador

Being a parent
Dads
Employment skills
Food
Self-development
Volunteering

Calling all Lambeth residents! Are you passionate about food and nutrition? Are you ready to make a positive impact on your community? Join Healthy Living Platform's Food Ambassadors course! Unlock Your Culinary Potential! Cook with Confidence! Make an Impact: Volunteer with HLP! Get into work! Free for Lambeth Residents!

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Healthy Living Platform

Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Food
Self-development
Volunteering

Healthy Living Platform offers activities which benefit the health and wellbeing of the whole community. We encourage healthy and sustainable lifestyles by giving practical training, education, information, and support on topics such as nutrition, cooking, food growing, health and wellbeing. Our food pantries offer weekly choices of healthy food for a pay-as-you-go modest cost.

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Whippersnappers

Activities to try at home
Dads
Fitness fun
Music
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Whippersnappers provides workshops and performances in music, dance, art, and theatre to schools, nurseries, one o’clock clubs and community organisations. Our ‘Choose what we do club’ is for pre-school children with SEND; children who are displaying early signs of additional needs (but are undiagnosed); and their family members.

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Free library of songs and videos for children and their families

Dads
Fitness fun
Music
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

You can watch your child’s favourite songs performed by Whippersnappers and enjoy our original animations made by local Camberwell Arts students. You can watch short single clips or enjoy a longer themed session. Check out Caroline’s Ghana clips for a more international vibe.

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Lambeth Family Hub Directory

Advice and support
Arts and crafts
Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Fitness fun
Food
Mental health
Money
Music
Outdoor activities
Self-development
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Volunteering

Find local activities, organisations and services using their directory of services for children and young people, including all Ofsted registered childcare available in Lambeth.

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Families Information Service

Advice and support
Arts and crafts
Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Employment skills
Fitness fun
Food
Mental health
Money
Music
Outdoor activities
Self-development
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Volunteering

Families information service provides free, reliable and impartial information and assistance to parents, carers, professionals and young people about local services and activities available to you and your family.

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Lambeth Children’s Centres

Being a parent
Building confidence
Dads
Fitness fun
Food
Music
Outdoor activities
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Children’s centres are the main base for the delivery of Better Start services for babies and children aged from 0-4 and their families in Lambeth. These include health services like: ante-natal and post-natal care; baby clinics; groups to support breastfeeding and infant feeding; support around children’s diet and nutrition; and stay and play sessions

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