Berkshire Carers Service

Advice, information and support for unpaid carers. Information about benefits and grants, health and social care services, planning a break, working and caring. Meeting other carers. Quarterly newsletter. Events, activities and support groups. Information for professionals

Citizens Advice Wokingham

Advice and information on a range of issues, including housing rights, welfare rights and benefits, money and debt, consumer rights and employment rights.

Earley Crescent Resource Centre

Community Resource Centre offering access to a wide range of community information for the general public. Room hire for Voluntary and community groups. Community Learning Centre for courses and workshops.

Autism Berkshire

Information and support for autistic adults and the parents and carers of autistic children and adults, autistic-related issues or challenging behaviour. Telephone advice on all issues affecting the rights of people with autism, including health and social services, education and respite care. Organise leisure activities and social and activity groups for autistic children and adults. Manages the Thames Valley Autism Alert Card scheme.

Wokingham and West Berkshire Mental Health Association

Services for people with mental health problems run entirely by service users and carers. Professionals are not involved at any level. Drop-in centre, 10.30am to 4.30pm, Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, befriending scheme, advocacy service, mental health library.

Wokingham Council Housing Needs

Advice and assistance to those who may be or are homeless/threatened with homelessness. Also offers general housing advice and information to private and council tenants, and homeless people. Out of Hours phone 0800 212 111

Connecting Communities in Berkshire (CCB)

Connecting Communities in Berkshire (CCB) is an independent charity with 50 years experience in community development work, originally found in 1973 as a Rural Community Council. We are an active member of Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) the national body for 38 charitable local development agencies. Our vision is for all communities in Berkshire to be strong, resilient, sustainable and able to take control of their own futures. CCB’s purpose is to inspire action at a community level that improves people’s quality of life. We work across Berkshire, with a particular focus on rural areas. We run projects that provide advice, support and training that: reduces poverty & rural disadvantage / improves rural health & wellbeing / increases digital inclusion & social connectedness.

Wokingham Borough Council Customer Services

Information and advice for parents and carers on services for children and young people aged up to 19, including childcare, early years education, leisure activities, support for children and young people with additional needs and more. A searchable directory of services at www.wokingham.gov.uk/services-directory. The Local Offer giving children and young people up to the age of 25 with special educational needs or disabilities and their families information about what support is available in the local area: Go to www.wokingham.gov.uk/lo to find out more.

Wokingham SENDIASS

The Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) is a statutory service which is run at ‘arm’s length’ from the Special Educational Needs decision makers and aims to provide free, confidential, impartial advice, guidance and support to children and young people and the parents of children and young people with special educational needs up to the age of 25. It aims to promote good working relationships between parents, education settings and the LA, whilst seeking to empower parents to play an active and informed role in their child’s education.

ARC Youth Counselling and Information Service

Free and confidential youth counselling service, in many secondary schools, 5 GP surgeries and the Oakwood Centre Woodley. Also a low cost adult counselling service at Wokingham site.