Gender Matters

Advice, support and counselling for members of the transsexual, transvestite and transgendered community.

Victim Support - West Midlands

If you’ve been affected by crime, call your local victim care team in the West Midlands on 0300 303 1977. Lines are open 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, and 9am-5pm on Saturday. Alternatively, you can contact us via live chat — our normal operating hours are from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. If you need support outside of our open hours, call our Supportline for free on 08 08 16 89 111 or request support via our website. We give emotional and practical help to people who have been affected by crime in the West Midlands. We’re an independent charity and you can contact us for support regardless of whether you’ve contacted the police, and no matter how long ago the crime took place. We’ll help you for as long as it takes to overcome the impact of crime. We have a number of community bases across the whole of the West Midlands, where we provide support to enable individuals and families to cope and recover following the impact of a crime. Our services are provided through trained community volunteers in the main, but are supported by dedicated Independent Victim Advocates working with our more vulnerable service users, particularly children and young people. The support we provide is based on an individual’s needs assessment and can vary from emotional support to advocacy and practical help, e.g. with Criminal Injuries Compensation claims we can assist you to gather the information required to submit a claim. We offer a range of one-to-one interventions (over the phone, face to face, and through home visits/ Community Outreach venues) to support people who need our help, whether you were referred to us from the police, through another agency or contacted us independently. Last year we offered immediate support to over 52,000 people affected by crime in the West Midlands, and gave in-depth support to more than 7,000 people.

Coventry Panahghar - Asian Women's Organisation

Emergency accommodation, advice, counselling and support for BME women who are homeless because of domestic violence or abuse within the home. Support groups for women, girls, young women. Leicester project for young women 16-25 who may be escaping forced marriage or other family problems. Outreach services, home visits. 24 hour telephone helpline.

Lighthouse Christian Care

Counselling service for anyone experiencing emotional and/or relationship problems including bereavement, depression, anxiety, anger and low self-esteem.

Access your Right to Care

We provide free legal advice and support to people in England to get the care they are entitled to.

LIFE Centre Debt Advice

Local Community service providing money/debt advice

L&H Homes (Longhurst Group)

L&H Homes manage over 8,600 homes across the East and West Midlands, and the East of England and we’re proud to be a positive factor in the lives of so many people. Our head office is in Boston, Lincolnshire and we also have three regional offices in Lincoln, Nottingham and Grimsby. Our housing stock covers over 30 local authority areas and we enjoy good working relationships with our partners. Affordable housing is our bread and butter but we’re also known for the diverse range of services we deliver to exceptionally high standards, including: affordable homes for rent / supported accommodation / a variety of homeownership options from shared ownership to rent to HomeBuy / high quality leasehold management services recognised by the Association for Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM) at retirement living schemes for the over 55s / specialist care and support services, including a ground breaking dementia unit at Cranwell Court care home in Grimsby

Changing Lives

Changing Lives is a registered charity that delivers specialist services for housing, employment, women and children and recovery. They support people facing some of the most challenging circumstances to enable them to transform their lives.

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Information service for the general public and health professionals. Provides information on smoking and health, tobacco, the law. Campaigns to reduce disease and premature death caused by smoking.

Smethwick Foodbank

Food Bank