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Work & training
Ania's Poland Recruitment Agency
Careers advice
Ring for appointment.
Bikeworks
Education & training
Train as a bike mechanic - excellent organisation. See the article in issue 40.
Dress for Success
Clothing
Smart clothing for women for job interviews.
East European Advice Centre/Biuro Porad dla obywateli z panstw Europy Wschodniej
Thursday–Tuesday:
10am–12am
Thursday–Tuesday:
2pm–3pm
Benefits advice
Education & training
Housing advice
Ring for an appointment.
Holy Cross Centre
Monday:
2pm–5pm
Tuesday & Wednesday:
6am–9pm
Thursday:
5pm–8pm
(Italian speakers' session)
Friday:
12am–3pm
(refugee and asylum seekers' session)
Accommodation advice
Alcohol workers
Art classes
Benefits advice
Drugs workers
Education & training
Free food
Housing advice
Internet access
Leisure activities
Leisure facilities
Mental health
Mental health
Tenancy support
A huge range of services, and they work in partnership with the City Lit and Westminster Kingsway Adult Education Colleges to provide vocational and therapeutic courses.
LORECA (London Refugee Economic Action)
020 7593 8000
London Development Agency
Palestra
197 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8AA
Website: tinyurl.com/qza8k6
Careers advice
Education & training
Aims to support London's refugees and asylum seekers to become economically active and fully use their skills. Excellent directory of employment, training and business support.
New Hanbury Project (Spitalfields Crypt Trust)
Art classes
Education & training
Leisure activities
Music classes
Courses in personal development, life skills, woodwork, DIY, art, IT, guitar, Spanish, cooking. Please phone for times. There is no drop-in.
OSW (London Bridge)
Careers advice
Education & training
Internet access
Tackles homelessness by supporting individuals to access education, training, volunteering and employment.
Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation
Accommodation advice
Advocacy
Alcohol workers
Benefits advice
Careers advice
Debt advice
Drugs workers
Education & training
Housing advice
Mental health
Mental health
Tenancy support
Helps vulnerable and disabled ex-Servicemen and women, particularly the homeless, to live as independently as possible.
The Big Issue
Advocacy
Careers advice
Education & training
Earn income by selling a quality magazine. The Foundation provides jobs, education and training. Other editions: bigissuescotland.com; bigissuesouthwest.co.uk; (Wales) bigissuecymru.co.uk; bigissueinthenorth.com.
Turnaround Resources E1
Monday–Friday:
2:30pm–7pm
(general usage)
Monday–Friday:
9am–1:30pm
(constructive work)
Careers advice
Education & training
Internet access
Provides computer use and Internet access to anyone who homeless, living in a hostel or supported housing, on benefits, a refugee or socially marginalized.
YMCA
Accommodation advice
Advocacy
Benefits advice
Careers advice
Education & training
Housing advice
Medical services
Housing, training and community health organisation that runs hostels for homeless young people. Check the website for details.
