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Ethnicity LinksThe Commission for Racial EqualitySt Dunstan's House 201-211 Borough High Street London SE1 1GZ Tel: 020 7939 0000 Fax: 020 7939 0001 info@cre.gov.uk www.cre.gov.uk What is the CRE?The Commission for Racial Equality was set up under the 1976 Race Relations Act. It receives a grant from the Department for Communities and Local Government, but works independently of government. What are the CRE's duties?The CRE has three main duties:
The CRE can provide legal advice and assistance to people who think they have been discriminated against. It should be noted that the CRE does not rule on whether or not discrimination has occurred: this is for an employment tribunal or a court to decide. The CRE also has powers under the Race Relations Act to investigate companies or organisations where there is evidence of possible discrimination, and require them to make changes to their policies and practices. It can also take legal action against companies or organisations in certain specific circumstances (for example, if they have published a discriminatory advertisement). National and local groups for Black and minority ethnic communitiesAfrican and Afro-Caribbean Mental Health Advocacy ProjectMind in Haringey Station House 73c Stapleton Hall Road Stroud Green N4 3QF Tel: 020 8340 2474 Advocacy and advice for people of African and Caribbean heritage. Antenna Outreach Service Excel House 312 High Road Tottenham N15 4BN Tel: 020 8365 9537 The Antenna Outreach Service is a culturally specific mental health service for young black people (between the ages of 16 and 25 years) of African and African-Caribbean descent. Black and Minority Ethnic Counselling Service Mind in Haringey Station House 73c Stapleton Hall Road Stroud Green N4 3QF Tel: 020 8347 8507 Mind operates a counselling service for people from BME communities in Haringey. After an initial assessment and if Mind can help you, the counselling co-ordinator will place you on a waiting list to see a counsellor, which can take place in a number of locations across the borough. Cabinda Community Association North Block, I St Floor Selby Centre Selby Road Tottenham NI7 8JL Tel: 020 8808 6115 Fax: 020 8808 7226 info@cabinda.co.uk www.cabinda.co.uk Advice and guidance on mental health, drug use and immigration. Advocacy for people with HIV and mental health issues. CHIZUK 91-93 Stamford Hill Stamford Hill N16 5TP Tel: 020 8800 7494 (24-hour helpline) Fax: 020 8802 5677 info@chizuk.org.uk Service: Chizuk is the mental health organisation of the orthodox Jewish community. Chizuk provides a wide range of programmes and activities to assist those mental health problems, as well as pioneering work in educational and preventative programmes. People can refer themselves or through their local Rabbi, family doctor mental health pmfessional or community mental health teams. Chizuk also pmvides an emergency service. Cypriot Community Centre Earlham Grove Wood Green N22 5HJ Tel: 020 8881 2329 Fax: 020 8881 6687 cypedg@yahoo.com www.cedg.org.uk Advice and counselling, welfare rights, social and cultural activities and services for the elderly. Derman Counselling Service Laurels Healthy Living Centre St Ann's Road Tottenham N15 3TH Tel: 020 8442 5631 services@derman.org.uk www.derman.org.uk Offers a bilingual and culturally sensitive counselling service for Turkish, Kurdish (from Turkey) and Cypriot Turkish clients. The majority of its clients are asylum seekers/refugees. Referrals are accepted from family doctors and other health professionals. Ethiopian Community Centre Selby Centre Selby Road Tottenham N17 8JN Tel: 020 8801 9224 Fax: 020 8801 0244 post@eccuk.org www.eccuk.org In formation and advice on immigration, welfare and health related issues including mental health and HIV. Languages spoken other than English: Amharic. Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy 79 l/2 Tollington Park Finsbury Park N4 3AG Tel: 020 7272 7906 Fax: 020 7272 6920 info@icap.org.uk wvvw.icap.co.uk National organisation providing culturally sensitive psychotherapy mainly for Irish immigrants. Group therapy also available. Jewish Care 91-93 Stamford Hill Stamford Hill N16 5TP Tel: 020 8442 7750 Fax: 020 8880 2425 rjacobs@jcare.org.uk Day care for the elderly, people with mental health problems including Alzheimer's and dementia. Transport provided. Kurdish Housing Association South Block, 1st Floor Selby Centre Selby Road Tottenham N17 8JL Tel: 020 8808 9954 Fax: 020 8493 0163 info@kurdishhousing.org www.kurdishhousing.org Housing, advice on welfare and counselling. Language spoken other than English: Kurdish, Arabic, Farsi, and Turkish. London Irish Women's Centre 59 Stoke Newington Church High Street Stoke Newington N16 0AR Tel: 020 7249 7318 Fax:020 7923 9599 info@liwc.co.uk Advice and advocacy for Irish women and women of Irish descent. Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre 262 Holloway Road Holloway N7 6NE Tel: 020 7686 8666 Fax: 020 7686 8667 admin@nafsiyat.org.uk www.nafsiyat.org.uk Psychotherapy for individuals, couples and families and groups. Languages spoken other than English: Aramaic, Arabic, Bengali, Greelc Forsi, Turkish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Pyramid Health and Social Care Association (PHASCA) 280 St Ann's Road Tottenham N15 5BN Tel: 020 8809 7651 Fax: 020 8800 0227 info@phasca.com www.phasca.com Family and individual psychotherapy and counselling service. Languages spoken other than English: Turkish, Egyptian and African languages. APDA Old Refectory Central Middlesex Hospital Disability Allowance Centre, Acton Lane London NW1O 7NS Tel: 020 8961 6773 Fax: 020 8838 0594 Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm Day care for elderly and disabled Asian people. Befriending by Asian volunteers. Asian Family Counselling Service Suite 51 Windmill Place 2-4 Windmill Lane Southall Middlesex UB2 4NJ Tel: 020 8571 3933 afcs99@hotmail.com Hours of opening: 9.00am-4.00pm Provides marital, family and individual counselling for the Asian community. Chinese Mental Health Association 2/F Zenith House 155 Curtain Road London EC2A 3QY Tel: 020 76131008 Fax: 020 7739 6577 info@cmha.org.uk www.cmha.org.uk Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm (Mon to Fri) Chinese Mental Health Association is a specialised charity for the Chinese community in the UK. It's aims are to preserve and safeguard the mental well-being of Chinese people and to improve the quality of life of Chinese mental health sufferers and their carers. It does this by direct services such as adovocacy, counselling and family therapy, housing and information advice, user social groups, and carers' support to combat isolation and encourage integration back to everyday life. The Association also runs health education and awareness campaign to breaking down stigma and encourage early treatment and help-seeking. Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill (JAM I) 16A North End Road London NW11 7PH Tel: 020 8458 2223 Fax: 020 8458 1117 ruth.jami@btopenworld.com www.mentalhealth-jami.org.uk JAMI offers services and support to younger sufferers from servere mental illness, their carers and families. JAMI House Day Centre is open Sun-Thurs providing social and cultural activities in a traditional Jewish atmosphere. Jewish Care Stuart Young House 221 Golders Green Road London NW11 9DQ Tel: 020 B922 2222 (Helpline) Fax:020 8922 1998 info@jcare.org www.jewishcare.org Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm Mon-Fri) Jewish Care, the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK helps over 7,000 people every week. More than 70 Jewish Care centres and specialist services in London and the South East, provide high quality care, which is delivered with dignity and compassion and is sensitive to Jewish values. Services include care for older people, people with mental health problems, physical disabilities or visual impairments, as well as people suffering from strokes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Services are also available for unemployed people, Holocaust survivors and refugees, as well as carers of people who have been bereaved, recently seperated or divorced. Programmes are also offered in community centres for children and younger people. Leeds Black Health Forum (LBHF) Resource Centre Bushberry House 4 Laurel Mount St Marys Road Leeds LS7 3JX Tel: 0113 237 4229 Fax: 0113 237 4230 Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm (Mon-Fri). We provide culturally sensitive mental services appropriate and responsive to the needs of Black African-Caribbean and Asian people in Leeds, such as advocacy, counselling, befriending, practical and emotional support, information about mental health legislation and treatment. Mental Health Shop 40 Chandos Street Leicester LE2 1BL Tel: 0116 247 1525 Fax: 0116 255 3625 Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm (Mon-Thur) 9.00am-5.00pm (Fri) Our organisation provides an advocacy service via information, advice and support to people experiencing mental health problems and to carers. Priority is given to African, African-Caribbean and Asian people. Limited training is provided - mainly on Black mental health issues. Refugee Council 3 Bondway London SW8 1SJ Tel: 020 7820 3000 Fax: 020 7582 9929 info@refugeecouncil.org.uk www.refugeecouncil.org.uk Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm Direct services to asylum seekers and refugees with no recourse to other services. Advice on their rights, health access and other information or problems on the spot with our one-stop service based in Brixton. Refugee Support Centre 47 South Lambeth Road London SW8 1RH Tel: 020 7820 3606 Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm (appointments needed) The Refugee Support Centre operates in London and provides free services in counselling and psychotherapy to refugees in their language of choice, activity groups for refugees who are 50+ and live in the boroughs of Larmbeth, Lewisham and Southwark, family therapy for refugee families or couples. Clients may be self-referred. Training: This is geared to professionals who work with refugees, especially those working within community organisations. Somali Mental Health Project Volserve House West Bar Green Sheffield S1 2DA Fax: 0114 275 8556 Hours of opening: 10.00am-4.00pm (Mon-Fri) Serving the mental health needs of the Somali Community in Sheffield. Referral, care and support in hospital and in the community. Ensuring the smooth delivery of appropriate, culturally sensitive services to the community. Raising awareness both in the community and in health authorities. Vietnamese Mental Health Services Thomas Calton Centre Alpha Street Peckham London SE15 4NX Tel: 020 7639 2288 Fax O20 7639 0008 vietnamese.mhs@aol.com Hours of opening: 9.00am-5.00pm (Mon-Fri) Vietnamese Mental Health Services is a charitable organisation. We provide services and support to Vietnamese people in London and beyond who are suffering from mental health problems, and to their families. We are working in partnership with health and social care agencies. We provide outreach and counselling services, drop in day care centres and supported accommodation. We also provide training and education about mental health issues, about health/social care systems for people from Vietnam about Vietnamese culture and beliefs in mental health to health/social care professionals. |
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