Advocacy
- Advocacy - introduction
- Advocacy services for adults
- Advocacy services for children and young people
Croydon Drop In - Support for Young People offers free, confidential information and short-term counselling for young people aged 11-25 years. Also offers advocacy and advice for justice and equality, housing and benefits. Outreach services also cover sexual health, mental health and substance misuse.
Croydon Welcare offers a family support advice service, as well as advocacy, an informal counselling service and practical support to individual families and a parenting group programme.
Housing Advice Project for Young People (HAP<25) provides housing advice, family mediation and homelessness prevention, individual advocacy and support to around 1,100 vulnerable young people every year.
National Deaf Children’s Society provides support, advice, information, equipment, advocacy and courses on education, health and benefits for deaf children, their families and professionals.
NCH Rightfully Yours is a free service for young people in or from Croydon between the ages of 0 and 25. It is for children and young people who are in care, entering and leaving care, or in need. It is part of the children's charity NCH. It takes referrals from children and young people directly or from someone on their behalf. Please see NCH Rightfully Yours for more information.
Off The Record Young Carers Support Project is for young people from the age of six (maximum of 18 at point of referral) who look after or help to look after a family member with an illness, disability or a drug, alcohol or mental health problem. It offers home visits, information, advice, advocacy, holiday grants, a volunteer befriending scheme and help with school issues. There are regular activities, outings and holidays, a weekly youth club and a learning support club.
As part of our services for people with sight disabilities we offer an advocacy service, see also Sight or Hearing Disabilities.
For a number of support organisations for children and young people with learning disabilities, physical, sight or hearing disabilities, mental health or substance misuse problems, and carers, please see Children and Families.
Contact Details
- Contact name
- Children, youth, families and schools
- Telephone
- 020 8726 6400
- Minicom
- 020 8760 5797
- Address
- Taberner House
Park Lane
Croydon CR9 3JS
- Contact name
- Housing Advice Project for Young People (HAP<25)
- Telephone
- 020 8667 0500
- Address
- 32a Dingwall Road
Croydon
CR9 3LG
- Contact name
- NCH Rightfully Yours
- Telephone
- 020 8681 8670
- Mobile
- 07725 782 114
- Fax
- 020 8686 6084
- rightfully.yours@nch.org.uk
- Address
- 18-20 Ramsey Court
122 Church Street
Croydon
CR0 1FR
- Contact name
- Off The Record Young Carers Support Project
- Telephone
- 020 8649 9339
- Fax
- 020 8686 3472
- jonathanandrew@carerscontactline.co.uk
- Address
- Courtyard House
1d Church Road
Croydon CR0 1SG - Website
- www.carerscontactline.co.uk
- Contact name
- Croydon Welcare - Family Support Service
- Telephone
- 020 8688 5151
- Fax
- 020 8686 9741
- croydonwelcare@fsmail.net
- Address
- 56a Mitcham Road
Croydon CR0 3RG
- Contact name
- Croydon Drop In - Support for Young People
- Telephone
- 020 8680 0404
- Fax
- 020 8681 0494
- enquiries@croydondropin.org.uk
- Address
- 132 Church Street
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 1RF - Website
- www.croydondropin.org.uk
- Contact name
- National Deaf Children's Society
- Telephone
- 020 7490 8656
- Minicom
- 020 7251 5020
- ndcs@ndcs.org.uk
- Address
- National Office
15 Dufferin Street
London EC1 8UR - Website
- www.ndcs.org.uk
