St Christopher’s Candle Children and Young People’s Bereavement Service

Bereavement counselling for children, young people and families. Individual and group counselling. Information sessions and support groups for parent and carers. Training and consultancy for parent/carers and professionals around bereavement issues. Telephone support to anyone who is supporting a child or young person who has been bereaved.

Carers Support Centre

The Carers’ Information Service provides information, advice, training, and activities for carers who live, work or study in Croydon, or care for someone living in the borough. All services are free of charge, but some are only available to Croydon residents.

African Advocacy Foundation

Advocacy, education and support for African refugees and asylum seekers. Family support. Education and mentoring for young people, including CV preparation, help with job applications, interview skills, jobsearch. IT courses, literacy and numeracy classes.

Waterloo Community Counselling

The Affordable & Accessible Counselling service offers low and no cost counselling services to ensure that everyone can access the support they need. Fees are reduced to make therapy affordable and accessible for individuals from all backgrounds. The Multilingual Counselling for Refugees & Asylum-Seekers service provides free mother-tongue counselling to migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Please note that they are currently only able to offer this service to refugees and asylum-seekers who are living in Lambeth. See their website for a list of the languages that they can offer support in currently. WCC also runs various social activity groups for its isolated service users, including regular meetups for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers. These activities range from cultural excursions to hands-on workshops, designed to bring refugees and asylum-seekers together.

Sanderstead Neighbourhood Care

Shopping and transport to medical appointments and other transport for elderly that cannot get themselves to the shop or doctor etc. Also hold a fortnightly social club on a Friday

South West London Law Centres - Croydon

Legal advice and representation in the areas of housing (possession, homelessness, severe disrepair, unlawful eviction, landlord harassment), debt, asylum, employment (1 hour of initial free advice), community care, welfare benefits (2nd tier tribunal hearings only). Also provide one-off appointments on family and personal injury law.

Croydon People First

Supporting people with learning disabilities. Meets monthly to discuss issues in the community which concern us. Self Advocacy

Croydon Talking Therapies

Croydon NHS Talking Therapies Service (formerly Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service (IAPT)) is free and confidential and available to anyone 17 years and older registered with a Croydon GP or living in the borough of Croydon. We offer talking therapies for people experiencing mild to moderate depression, general anxiety and worry, panic attacks, social anxiety, specific phobias, traumatic memories and obsessive compulsive disorder. We also offer help and support for people experiencing stress due to living with a long term health condition as well as talking therapies for relationship difficulties.

Croydon Drop In (CDI) - Support for Young People & Families

Croydon Drop In (CDI) is a Youth Information Advice & Counselling Service founded in 1978 and deeply embedded in and trusted by the local community.We work with children, young people and families from pre-birth parents up to young people aged 10-25 as well as with your friends, parents/carers, guardians and grandparents.From under one roof we offer advice & advocacy support, C4CC workforce webinars, counselling, Health Education workshops, Mental Health Support Teams in educational settings, Outreach, Parent & Infant Relationship Service, Parent/Carer phoneline, psychotherapy, Talkbus and our Young People’s Team.

Croham Hurst Good Neighbours

Practical help for people in need in the local community. Visiting and befriending. occasional transport to and from appointments. Shopping, Gardening, minor DIY.