SEND kids
Free activities and support for parents with special needs and learning disability children aged 5 and over in Lambeth. Helping you and your little ones meet your daily activities. See what’s on offer.
Myatt’s Field Pantry
Myatt’s Field Centre 24 Crawshay RoadA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Jubilee Hall Pantry
Jubilee Hall Tulse HillA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Moorlands Pantry
Moorlands Community Centre 50a Corry DriveA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Myatt’s Field Pantry
Myatt’s Field Centre 24 Crawshay RoadA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Jubilee Hall Pantry
Jubilee Hall Tulse HillA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Moorlands Pantry
Moorlands Community Centre 50a Corry DriveA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Myatt’s Field Pantry
Myatt’s Field Centre 24 Crawshay RoadA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Jubilee Hall Pantry
Jubilee Hall Tulse HillA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Moorlands Pantry
Moorlands Community Centre 50a Corry DriveA pantry is a community shop offering members a weekly choice of healthy food. Each visit you pay just £2.50 or £5 […]
Free After-School Art Club
Arts4space studio 31 Jeffreys RoadFree family art workshops. Drop-in every Thursday from 9th January until 13th February 2025. Parents/Carers - stay too. Come when you can […]
Crafternoon
Arts4space studio 31 Jeffreys RoadThe doors are open for a visit. See the Art4Space studio, meet the team, get creative with a range of craft […]
Crafternoon
Arts4space studio 31 Jeffreys RoadThe doors are open for a visit. See the Art4Space studio, meet the team, get creative with a range of craft […]
Support available
Lambeth Larder
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.
Visit WebsiteTulse Hill Community Advice
Free, in person, debt and benefits support. Appointments available on Mondays and Tuesdays, phone for an appointment.
Visit WebsiteCitizen’s Advice Kennington Hub
Telephone and in person support. They offer pre-booked, in person appointments. They can issue food bank vouchers.
Visit WebsiteCentre 70
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.
Visit WebsiteSpecialist SEND support services
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.
Visit WebsiteStrengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
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.
Visit WebsiteHealthy Relationships Matter
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.
Visit WebsiteStronger Relationships
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.
Visit WebsiteOnline Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
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.
Visit WebsiteLiving with Teenagers
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.
Visit WebsiteBeing a Parent ASD
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.
Visit WebsiteBeing a Parent ADHD
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.
Visit WebsiteBeing a Parent 2-11
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.
Visit WebsiteTeen Life
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.
Visit WebsiteEarlyBird Plus
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.
Visit WebsiteParenting Support Service
The Parenting Support Service offers a range of group based or online parenting courses for families living in Lambeth.
Visit WebsiteIRMO
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.
Visit WebsiteBreastfeeding Peer Support Network
BFN offer advice and support from fellow parents with breastfeeding experience. Support groups, social activities and 121s if you need it.
Visit WebsiteFathers and influential males (FAIM) Under 5s Stay & Play
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.
Visit WebsiteCaring 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.
Visit WebsiteTurn2Us
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.
Visit WebsiteBrixton Advice Centre
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.
Visit WebsiteEast Africa Association
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.
Visit WebsiteSunshine International Arts
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.
Visit WebsiteGrove Playground
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.
Visit WebsiteThe Platform Café
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.
Visit WebsiteLoughborough Farm
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.
Visit WebsiteLoughborough Junction Action Group
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.
Visit WebsiteBesty’s Inspirational Guidance (BiG)
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.
Visit WebsiteFootball programme
BiG delivers a range of football services for 7 to 14-year olds designed to encourage health and fitness outside of school hours.
Visit WebsiteMusic sessions
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.
Visit WebsiteCommunity Support Activities
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.
Visit WebsiteBrixton Wings Holiday Activity Programme
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.
Visit WebsiteRowing
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.
Visit WebsiteBrixton Wings
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.
Visit WebsiteBilingual Support
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.
Visit WebsiteStockwell Partnership
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.
Visit WebsiteOnline Art and wellbeing resources
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.
Visit WebsiteVolunteer with Art4Space
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.
Visit WebsiteArt4Space
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.
Visit WebsiteHealthy Recipes
Try out one of Healthy Living Platform's tasty recipes shared by parents and volunteers. Delicious recipes from around the world.
Visit WebsiteFood pantry (Community shop)
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.
Visit WebsiteBecome a Food Ambassador
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!
Visit WebsiteHealthy Living Platform
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.
Visit WebsiteWhippersnappers
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.
Visit WebsiteFree library of songs and videos for children and their families
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.
Visit WebsiteLambeth Family Hub Directory
Find local activities, organisations and services using their directory of services for children and young people, including all Ofsted registered childcare available in Lambeth.
Visit WebsiteFamilies Information Service
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.
Visit WebsiteLambeth Children’s Centres
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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