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An organisation giving food to families who are struggling to buy food. Services should contact if they would like to be voucher holders for families. There are several foodbanks located throughout the borough. Service that is supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.

Free and independent legal advice for tenants and homeowners on a wide range of housing issues.  We assist those facing possession or eviction processes, those who are homeless or in unsuitable or unsafe housing, those wishing to be rehoused, those with problems with their housing benefit claim and with many other housing and related problems. All advice is confidential.

Bringing services to you Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB) brings its services to residents in their own local communities. Support and advice on jobs and skills Services available include: confidential one-to-one assessment of your skills and training development needs a personal advisor to help you produce a Personal Development Plan that establishes the process for achieving your work aim specific and relevant training and work experience opportunities, where…

Greenwich Mencap Information and Guidance Service is for adults with a learning disability and/or autism over the age of 18 and their families. The Information and Guidance Service can help you make informed choices around health and welfare, benefits, personal finance, activities, employment, housing and education.   We also support people with form filling, benefit applications, PIP and ESA health assessments, and we provide information about other services in the local community. Greenwich Mencap Information and Guidance Service provides…

The Migrant Hub is a drop-in service offering free advice and practical support to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. What We Do The Migrant Hub is a weekly drop-in open every Tuesday 10:30-13:30 - we offer: Immigration advice Housing advice Support for survivors of domestic violence Food parcels A shared hot lunch  On a rotating basis the Hub hosts outreach workers offering: Support for families facing destitution Support for survivors of…

Greenwich Money Advice Service is a specialist unit that helps people who are in financial difficulty and have debt problems. You can get help with: Budgeting Debt Relief Orders Negotiating with creditors & advice on other options Court procedures such as Claim Forms, possession, bailiffs & Council Tax

The Greenwich Pensioners Forum meets on the last Friday of each month from 10am to 12 noon at the Woolwich Town Hall and open for free to all the over-60s residents living within the borough. The forum is run by Greenwich pensioners on behalf of Greenwich pensioners and  is affiliated to the National Pensioners Convention (NPC). As one of the few organisations that represents the authentic ‘voice’ of older Greenwich residents, we are often called upon to feed back our views on various subjects including transport, housing, age-related benefits, health and…

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk. If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. We’ll add your benefit onto this card every 4 weeks. You can use your card to buy: plain liquid cow’s milk fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables fresh, dried, and tinned pulses infant formula milk based on cow’s milk You can also use your card to…

Advice and support agency for women in Greenwich, providing crisis support for women experiencing domestic and sexual abuse, or for women needing urgent practical advice, as well as support groups, counselling and training. All our services are free. They  offer free and confidential advocacy, counselling, weekly drop in, advice and training in the following areas: Domestic abuse & violence Rape & sexual abuse Young women’s relationship abuse Legal issues (signpost) Health and…

Her Centre, a women’s advice service based in Greenwich, provides advocacy for women who have experienced domestic/sexual violence. We are seeking a one day a week volunteer ESOL Teacher to work with our growing women only classes in Woolwich Dockyard. Would you like to help our women’s only adult classes to learn English? Can you spare a couple of hours a week? Are you passionate about empowering people to develop themselves? Would you like to work with a group of lively, enthusiastic, and keen to…