Housing advice & support services and activities. View these on the map or scroll down the page to look at the list below. Currently displaying 44 services and activities
Advice and guidance
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Ethnicity focus: Polish, Eastern European
Providing a great quality accredited advice and guidance service.
Ethnicity focus: Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi
More detailsOur team of advisors are based at children’s centres and community centres around the area of Sandwell. They are multi-skilled aiming to provide one step services and can deal with queries relating to: general advice, benefit checks, welfare rights, immigration services and housing advice.
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The service supports individuals and families affected by the complexities of the Benefits system and are being impacted by recent welfare reforms.
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Free advice to people living in Sandwell.
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Ethnicity focus: Bangladeshi
Specialist Citizens Advice Bureau service for brain injury survivors and their close families.
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Brushstrokes mission statement, Welcome the Stranger, guides our work to help the most vulnerable members of our community as well as newly arrived families and individuals in Sandwell, West Birmingham and Dudley.
#SHIP
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Activities provided range from social, recreational, health activities to advice, training and focused interventions offering a holistic family approach.
Ethnicity focus: Bangladeshi
More detailsThe cost of living team are here to provide you with a wide range of information, advise and guidance.
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Ethnicity focus: Bangladeshi
Sandwell's adult drug and alcohol treatment service.
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Crossroads Accelerated Response Service (CARS) offers free support to adults who are unpaid carers or who have assessed care needs living in Sandwell.
Quality: CQC Registered
Good quality second hand donated furniture, and new goods, both domestic and commercial for sale. Avoiding landfill, reusing and recycling goods, helping the environment
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Sandwell Women’s Aid provides safe, secure and supportive accommodation which is available 24 hours a day for women and their children escaping domestic abuse. Our services are accessible for all women, regardless of age, culture, disability, ethnicity or sexuality.
Quality: Investors in People
- Welfare Services: Benefit applications; Housing application and issues; debt advise; individuals funding applications
- Digital skills for Business courses (L1 & 2) accredited by Ascentis Award body
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
- Homework & supplementary education for key stages 1, 2 , and 4
- Employment Support & Job Club
- Digital Studio streaming live shows and Podcasts
- Music tuition (Keyboard, Guitar, Drum)
- Recording Studio.
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Ethnicity focus: Indian, Pakistani, Congolese, Afro Caribbean
Falls Prevention - This service provides help and advice to stay safe at home and prevent falls occurring
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Free arts and crafts sessions every Saturday morning, use our craft equipment or bring your own project along, we welcome all crafts, such as latch hook, knitting, cross stitch, scrap book making etc. Free drinks and snacks available starting 10am - 12pm
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Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Afro Caribbean
free internet free mobile sim cards. support to get online.
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Home visits to conduct energy assessments. Green doctors will give advice around energy efficiency, support with fuel poverty and heating bills and install small energy saving measures.
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The YMCA provides a range of supported accommodation for young people across Sandwell.
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One-to-one support with housing.
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Ethnicity focus: Congolese
BID's Housing Support service aims to help vulnerable people and focuses on housing related support enabling them to live as independently as possible in their accommodation and to access the wider community.
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Age UK Sandwell is a trusted independent charity operating under the well-regarded Age UK brand. Our services are designed to meet the specific needs of people aged 50+ living in Sandwell. We offer a comprehensive range of support, including information and advice, support for those affected by dementia, social groups, physical activities, and a wills and lasting powers of attorney service
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Tenancy related support for vulnerable adults across the Sandwell area.
Supporting them to maintain independence and re-engage with community activities.
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Community Hub will be offering free, confidential and impartial advice and signposting with a free drink and snack in a warm and welcoming environment.
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Our Mobile Unit will be offering free, confidential and impartial advice with signposting to local and national support organisations over a hot drink and snack in a warm and welcoming environment.
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Whatever your pregnancy-related problem, help is just a click, text or call away.
If you’re late and worried about being pregnant, considering abortion or you’ve...
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Nicholl Grange is a 14 bed registered care home for people with mental health problems. It provides 24-hour staffing to help residents live comfortable and fulfilling lives.
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Room hire
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We are now part of the Sandwell Council Warm Spaces programme - providing a warm space to everyone on:
- Wednesday: 11am - 3pm
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Ethnicity focus: Polish, Eastern European
We provide pre entry and entry 1 ESOL through #SLN
Providing free basic language support
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We are heavily oversubscribed and working at full capacity. Members are welcome to apply but they will be placed on the waiting list and will be contacted once a place becomes available.
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Floating Support for residents of Sandwell suffering Mental Ill Health, with a Housing Related Need
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Specialist Debt Casework Service call 0121 726 6745 for appointment, appointments available across Sandwell & Walsall
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Day - to - day Support needs, Administration needs, and Befriending services are all provided at Best Choice Befreidning Services CIC
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SWEDA provides information, advice and guidance to individuals looking to get back into work (Employability) and those considering self-employment.
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Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more
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Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more
Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more
Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more
Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more
Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Independent one to one advocacy support for older people with long term health and accommodation issues.
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We provide a welcoming space with hot food & drinks. We have services that attend with information about cost of living, Energy advice etc.
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Enjoy a hot cuppa and toasted teacake. Chat with our friendly team or relax as you need.
Request a prayer on the prayer tree if you like.
All are welcome to this open hospitality!
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Every Monday, our women's group meets at Brushstrokes to provide friendship and activities to improve wellbeing and health knowledge. Themes include arts and crafts, physical activities such as walking and yoga, information services delivered by a range of health professional and well-being.
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