Resources

At Sycamore Trust UK, we offer a wide range of products and services designed to support families, educate the community and empower individuals of all ages to flourish and be valued members of society.

However, if we can’t help, there’s every chance that a different local service may be able to offer support on a wide range of issues.

Some of the local services available to families and individuals are listed here.

Local councils

London Borough of Barking & Dagenham local offer
https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/children-young-people-and-families/local-offer

London Borough of Havering local offer
https://familyserviceshub.havering.gov.uk/kb5/havering/directory/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0

London Borough of Redbridge local offer
https://find.redbridge.gov.uk/kb5/redbridge/fsd/localoffer.page?localofferchannel=0

Local & regional services

Add Up - a registered charity, support and action group run by parents of children with ADHD
https://www.addup.co.uk/

Ambitious About Autism - this is a website that provides lots of support and advice around Autism and has some useful toolkits.
https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

Avelon Road day centre
https://familyserviceshub.havering.gov.uk/kb5/havering/directory/service.page?id=0AT8DqW2w6M

B&D Progress Project
https://bdcollective.co.uk/partners/progress-project/

Help for people with learning disabilities and Autism
https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/help-for-people-with-learning-disabilities

Care Trade - supporting and preparing autistic people for employment
https://care-trade.org/

https://employmentautism.org.uk/

Contact - for families with disabled children
https://contact.org.uk/

DABD is a charity that offers various services to help people live an independent life, such as benefits advice, care at home, clubs and groups, personal help and equipment.
https://www.dabd.org.uk/

ERIC - children’s bowel & bladder charity – for help with toilet training and constipation issues
https://eric.org.uk/

Family Fund -  Families raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young adult, and living on a low income, can apply for a wide range of grant items.
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/

First Step - Providing support, advice and family sessions for preschool aged children
https://www.firststep.org.uk/

Havering Mind - a local mental health charity based in Havering providing services to people living in Havering, and the surrounding area who may be experiencing problems with their mental health
https://www.haveringmind.org.uk/

Home Start Havering -  a local charity offering free and confidential support to families with children under the age of 5 across the London Borough of Havering
https://homestarthavering.co.uk/

Just Say (Barking & Dagenham)
https://www.justsayforum.online/#about

Kooth - An online counselling service for young people that is anonymous
https://www.kooth.com/

Liliputs Farmhouse (residential care)
https://familyserviceshub.havering.gov.uk/kb5/havering/directory/service.page?id=Mn10qber9kM

The National Autistic Society
https://www.autism.org.uk/

NHS Easy Read

https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/about/get-involved/newsletters/

Redbridge CVS - promoting supporting and developing a strong, effective and independent voluntary and community sector in the London Borough of Redbridge
https://www.redbridgecvs.net/content/social-prescribing

RIASS – Redbridge information, advice and support service for Special Educational Needs & disability
https://redbridgeiass.org.uk/

SNAP - A charity based in Brentwood that support families with children with SEND and their siblings.
https://www.snapcharity.org/

Sunshine - Offer both free and paid for services around the legal aspects of SEND and offer a arrange of training around SEND
https://sunshine-support.org/

 

Havering One Stop Shop

In partnership with the voluntary and community sector, Local Area Co-ordinators have regular one-stop shops. The weekly one-stop shops will provide an opportunity to access a number of different service offerings to help establish a life in Havering. These are drop-in sessions so people can attend anytime throughout the events - there is no need to RSVP.

The following in person assistance will be provided at the one-stop shops.

• Help with GP registration
• Universal Credit queries
• Housing costs and child benefit queries
• Pension credit queries
• School admissions support
• Food vouchers
• Homes for Ukraine Sponsor briefing session
• BRP guidance
• Access to English speaking lessons
• Job seeking assistance
• Private rental sector assistance
• ASPEN and ARC card queries
• Find out more on work and volunteering opportunities
• Help to budget the costs involved in affording accommodation in the Private Rental Sector and social housing
• Immigration advice and support

The one-stop shops are at YMCA, 29 Rush Green Road RM7 0PH

Every Wednesday from 10am to 2pm.

Education

Mont Rose College – Gants Hill
https://mrcollege.ac.uk/

Barking & Dagenham College
https://barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk/find/careers/horizons

Coventry University - Dagenham
https://www.coventry.ac.uk/cul/life-at-cul/the-campus/

London School of Management Education
https://lsme.ac.uk/