Sandwiches, hot and cold drinks and an opportunity to chat and relax for a few hours. Saturdays between 10.30 am to 2.30 pm in the Maison Pierre Chanel, Parish Centre (16 Leicester Square London WC2H 7NH)

Immigration and housing advice for refugees & asylum seekers. Immigration Advice Line available Wednesdays and Fridays, 10.30am to 1.30pm on 0207 440 2669. Housing Advice available Wednesday only 10.30-1.30pm on 0207 440 2669

Off Centre offers a range of free and confidential specialist services designed to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing. These include Off Centre, a therapeutic service for young people aged 16–25 with moderate to severe mental health needs; Project Indigo, which provides keyworking, therapeutic support, peer mentoring, and youth groups for LGBTQIA+ young people, delivered by staff with shared lived experience; and Growing Minds, a therapeutic service for African, Caribbean, and Mixed Heritage young people, also delivered by therapists with shared lived experience. To learn more please get in touch or make a referral on the website.

OK Rehab specialises in addiction treatment. Help is available via both inpatient and outpatient treatment providers. We also work with clinics that are able to facilitate treatment taking place in your own home, who are able to provide professional intervention and home detoxification. At OK Rehab, our aim is to help individuals break free from the shackles of addiction and find a treatment that’s ideally suited to their needs. This treatment is applicable for drug addiction, alcoholism and process/behavioural addictions. OK Rehab is able to locate addiction treatment that’s tailored to your needs. We work in partnership with over 140 treatment providers across the UK and abroad. When you contact us, you discover a wealth of knowledge about the potential pros and cons of each treatment type for your particular needs. Contact us today to find out how we can help. Below, we list a variety of ways we are able to assist you or your loved one in seeking out effective addiction treatment: - An over-the-phone assessment to determine if you require addiction treatment - Access to over 140+ clinics across the UK and abroad -Advice relating to outpatient, residential and home detox services - Access to detox clinics regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) - Fast access to emergency detox treatment, is appropriate - Access to professional interventionists across the UK - Advice by staff members who are themselves in recovery - Information on both private and statutory funded addiction treatment providers

Fridays at ODAC are One Roof Programme days, offering a morning and afternoon creative workshop every week, with a diverse and ever-evolving series of sessions. One Roof producers will be on hand for 1:1 mentoring and advice sessions, and an open-door approach to visitors who just want to pop in for a chat and a cuppa. You can sign up to the whole term or specific classes. Sign up for a term or a class on the website listed above.

Two-course hot meal every two weeks. See website for dates: www.sjtl.org/getinvolved/open-door-meal Doors open at 7pm but guests generally arrive from 6:30pm to avoid missing out.

Free food, care and conversation from 6.30 – 8.15pm on Mondays and Thursdays (except public holidays).

Soup kitchen locations in Tower Hamlets and Finsbury Park. Tower Hamlets Every Thursday from 5pm outside Toynbee Hall E1. COME EARLY to avoid disappointment. ​Finsbury Park Every Friday from 2pm to 4pm next to LIDL and the entrance to Finsbury Park. COME EARLY to avoid disappointment. ​

Parish church serving the people of Camden.

Breakfast every Wednesday served from 6am in the Challoner Hall. Showers also available

Free advice, casework & representation for welfare benefits, employment and immigration matters for people who live, work or study in Greenwich. Works closely with other local social welfare agencies. Outreach services at other venues. To access the service submit an enquiry form online: www.pclc.org.uk/our-services

Free advice clinics. Covers debt, employment, housing, benefits etc. Initial advice, written advice and form-filling. For residents of Tower Hamlets and surrounding boroughs. More info from the website: www.ideastore.co.uk/visit-us/idea-store-chrisp-street Clinics are drop-in so an appointment is not required. In addition, PopLaw provide a remote service by email and by telephone. Every second Tuesday, 6.15 to 8.15pm. See schedule on the website, by email, or on the phone.

A comprehensive and holistic range of support services for people living with and affected by HIV as well as HIV and STI testing, prevention and outreach. Practical and emotional support and advice by HELPLINE (020 7791 2855) for people living with or affected by HIV. Peer support, social/support groups, psychology services for women, creative classes and counselling available. To access the service fill a self-referral online here: www.positiveeast.org.uk/our-services/self-referral-portal

Praxis provides expert support to migrants and refugees in the UK. Its mission is to deliver direct services, i.e. legal advice and holistic welfare support; work together with other services in the UK to support service users; campaign for systemic change. You can visit the drop-in clinic at the above address for free immigration advice. To visit you must be experiencing homelessness or on a very low income living in Tower Hamlets or Hackney (or you have no fixed address). Drop-in clinics run on the second Wednesday of the month.

Helps people of all backgrounds to an independent and fulfilled life away from homelessness & exclusion. They address not only users' immediate needs, but also the underlying issues and causes of their homelessness and exclusion. Most of their facilities are step-free. Services in Romanian and Polish. Providence runs a number of services, including a day centre. Visit the day centre between 9.30am - 2pm at The Dellow Centre, 82 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA . You can call on: 020 7422 6752. At the day centre you can get a hot drink, breakfast and lunch, a shower as well as access to the internet and phone charging facilities. Providence Row also has support for health & wellbeing (including a gardening project), as well as training and employment schemes. Learn more on the website: https://www.providencerow.org.uk/pages/9-our-services

Quaker Social Action run a community library and the Cook Up project, providing people with kitchen space to prepare and cook meals. The community library is called Turn a Corner and you can find full details in the List under Turn a Corner Library. It can be found in three separate location on three days of the week: The American Church, near Goodge Street, on Tuesdays 8.30am to 12.30pm Lincoln’s Inn Fields, near Holborn, on Wednesdays on 5.00pm to 8.00pm St Giles in the Fields, near Tottenham Court Road, on Saturdays at 9.00am to 12.30pm Providing books to everyone for free (no need to return) as well as reading glasses. Call 07824 038 807 for more info Cook Up provides: Access to a fully equipped kitchen in east or central London Ingredients of your choice – you can bring your own or let us know what you need Tupperware to take food away in A space to enjoy your meal at the end of the session To book a kitchen space please email or call 074 6213 2824

By appointment only; term-time only, please email to enquire about an appointment. Asylum, domestic violence, employment, family issues, immigration, LGBTIQA+ hate crime etc. Pink law gives free advice to the LGBTIQA+ community. For a complete list of what the centre can help you with, see here: =www.qmul.ac.uk/lac/clients/advice

Get help and advice with practical and peer support following a period of homelessness. Support with bills, house search and settling into a new environment.

RCSL provides confidential support, counselling, legal advocacy, crisis intervention and more for survivors of rape and sexual violence. Services are available to women and girls who reside or work within South London, who have experienced sexual violence at any point in their lives. Welcome survivors of all ethnicities, religions, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds. To enquire about a referral, please call 0808 801 0860 For immediate help, call the national helpline on 0808 500 2222

Free and confidential service for people in Ealing. RISE provides assessment and short-term treatment and helps individuals to access other support services. It includes helping people break a cycle of addiction to substances such as heroin, cocaine, and new psychoactive substance as well as long term alcohol addiction. Referral by health professional required (GP, social worker or other). RISE is next door to The Saluja GP Surgery

Dental health adviser once a month Community Counselling Psychotherapy Service (CCPS): CCPS provides free face-to-face individual counselling and psychotherapy. This is available through internal referral.

Refuge Network UK runs a weekly community soup kitchen at Charing Cross from where it distributes free food, toiletries, clothing and survival packs to rough sleepers, homeless people and impoverished individuals from various parts of London.

Offers assistance for free to disadvantaged people and individuals suffering from drug or alcoholic addiction. Remar aims to: Take people off the street; Assist people in coming off drugs or other addictions; Provide practical help and an environment where they can recover, gain their dignity and self-esteem back; Guide recovering addicts back to independence.

Reset Outreach and Referral Service offers linkage to substance misuse treatment, training and education about drugs and overdose and a harm reduction programme which provides one on one advice and supplies to people who use various substances, from opioids to performance enhancing drugs (steroids) to hormones. Make a self-referral on the website. Call 0800 802 1860 for more info.