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The Welfare Rights Service advises Royal Greenwich residents on tax credits and benefits. You can find advice and information on a range of benefits and other forms of financial support on this website, and also download advice leaflets. If you are a Royal Greenwich resident and need further information, you can contact the Welfare Rights Service to: Get a free benefit check to make sure you are not missing out on benefits and tax credits Order advice leaflets. If you do not live or work in Royal Greenwich, you can find…

The Happy Baby Community provide a friendly and caring community that is online, over the phone and where possible, in person. With group meetings that have activities for both children, babies and adults, English lessons, emotional and welfare support, yoga classes, education and support around birth and infant feeding, baby massage classes, wellbeing and welfare support, including social phone calls for company.  We are a friendly, family centred community. If you live in London and would like to refer yourself or you are supporting someone…

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…

Half an hour of an extra-curricular activity such as gardening, boxing, or cooking  An hour of supervised quiet time to allow children to get their homework done with assistance if needed  A hot meal before heading home   The aims of this initiative are:  · To help children by giving them a quiet and warm space to get their homework done. A space that doesn’t have the pressure of the school walls, nor the distractions of the home ones  · To expand children’s horizons by providing…

The Housing Aid Centre helps people to resolve disputes with landlords or mortgage lenders, including problems with arrears, maintenance issues, harassment and illegal eviction. They can offer advice and assistance to: Private rented tenants. Housing association tenants. Homeowners with mortgage arrears and other problems.

Floating support to vulnerable families at risk of eviciton to prevent homelessness.

The Housing Options service provides advice and assistance for Royal Greenwich residents aged 18 or over who are in housing need or at risk of homelessness. Caseworkers will discuss your circumstances and explore the different options that are available to you. There is a separate advisory service, 1st Base, for under 18s.

  We can provide clothing and shoes (up to age 5), essential baby equipment — including a safe place to sleep for your baby/child, bedding, a sling, a buggy, feeding and bathing equipment, toys and books, nappies & wipes. All these items are delivered safely and directly to the family’s home or families can chose their items from one of our family shops, depending on their location. We accept referrals for families with children up to the age of 5 years or pregnant mums 30+ weeks pregnancy who live in Greenwich…

Mama2Mama provides equipment, clothes and toys to families with children up to the age of 3. Everything we provide is donated by other families — we talk about items being ‘a gift from one mother to another. ’Our work has been affected by the pandemic, and we are currently able to only offer support to families who meet the following criteria: If you live in Greenwich borough and are either: 26 weeks or more pregnant, or have a baby under 3 months old are in an emergency situation and have nothing for your children We can provide…

MammaKind is a baby bank, collecting pre-loved clothing and equipment, toiletries and nappies for babies and children up to the age 5 in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham. We support mothers facing poverty, through professional referrals. If you require a referral please speak to your local childrens Centre details can be found here  https://www.greenwichcommunitydirectory.org.uk/kb5/greenwich/directory/service.page?id=xApnvOKom9k