BAME Resources . . .
- Race Council Cymru: works to promote race equality, art, heritage and cultural activities for black and minority ethnic communities across Wales
- Ethnic Minorities & Youth Support Team - EYST Wales: aims to fill a gap in provision for young BME people aged 11-25 by providing a targeted, culturally sensitive and holistic support service to meet their needs
- Bawso: provides generic and specialist services including Training, the provision of temporary accommodation for those affected or are at risk of Domestic abuse and all forms of violence such as Female Genital Mutilation, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Human trafficking and modern slavery
- Women Connect First: a charity to empower black and minority ethnic women
- Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement Association - EMWWAA: Celebrating the life and achievements of ethnic minority women in Wales
Domestic Abuse . . .
- Live Fear Free Helpline: 08088010800 Offers advice on domestic abuse
- Hidden Hurt: Information and support for both male and female victims of domestic violence
- Freedom Programme: A twelve week programme providing information to men and women about domestic violence (usually free)
- Women’s Aid: Support and information about domestic violence
- National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0800 999 5428 Emotional and practical support for LGBT+ people experiencing domestic abuse.
- National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 A 24 hour free helpline run in partnership between Women's Aid and Refuge.
- Child Law Advise: Website dedicated to providing advice and assistance to young people.
- Welsh Women's Aid: Putting women and children first.
- Rise Cardiff: Helpline 24/7 029 2046 0566 Specialist service for women experiencing violence
Family Courts . . .
Cafcass Cymru: Information about separated parents, child safety concerns and child proceedings
PSU: PSU to meet the human, non-legal, needs of people attending court alone.
Advice Now: Plain English information on a website run by a group of organisations including the Citizens Advice Bureau
Advice Now - Applying for a Financial Order
Family Rights Group: Advises parents and other family members whose children are involved with or require children’s social care services because of welfare needs or concerns
LawWorks: Solicitors Pro Bono Group
Legal Aid Finder: Directory of legal advisers and family mediators who do legal aid work
Children’s Legal Centre: Really useful information on Special Guardianship in particular. They have a guide to attending court here.
Citizen’s Advice Bureau: Public access to advice at branches throughout the country
Civil Legal Advice: Get free and confidential legal advice in England and Wales if you’re eligible for legal aid
National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC): Search facility for contact centres by location and type of service. Range of information for families. Helpline: 0800 4500 280 (9.00-1.00, Mon-Fri)
National Family Mediation: NFM is a network of LSC contracted and accredited family mediation services countrywide that offer practical and emotional support to those affected by separation or divorce
National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS): Provide information and advice to children. Act as children’s guardians in difficult contact or residence cases
Rights of Women: A women’s charity working in a number of ways to help women through the law. Their site has some really useful free guides to the law.
Mental Health . . .
Samaritans: Confidential non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Call their helpline 24 hours a day on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org
C.A.L.L. Mental Health Helpline : Mental Health Helpline for Wales Freephone 0800 132 737Or text help to 81066 24 hour helplline.
Heads Above the Waves: Offers workshops support and advice for young people with depression and self harm.
Blurt: Increasing awareness and understanding of depression
Eden Project Communities: Improve happiness and wellbeing, Building better connected communities, raising resilience.
Breathe Counselling and Wellbeing: Breathe works with people and organisations through counselling and a range of mental health and wellbeing
MIND: For better mental health
Rethink: Advice and helplines for people with issues relating to mental illness
- Time to Change: Ending mental health discrimination
- Mental Health Foundation: Improving the lives of those with mental health problems or learning difficulties.
- Depression Alliance: Emotional support for depression
- BACP Find a Therapist Directory: Find out more about counselling services in your area.
- Pandas: Pre and Post natal depression advise and support
- Anxiety UK: User-led organisation, run by people with experience of living with anxiety, stress or anxiety-based depression, supported by a high-profile medical advisory panel.
Money . . .
- Cardiff Community Housing Association: New project working with families who are working but struggling to make ends meet. We can help with a number of things such as budgeting, training, employment opportunities, changing utilities etc etc. Anything at all to help you maximise your income and stretch what you have coming in. Gemma.gajic@ccha.org.uk / Rhiannon.roberston@ccha.org.uk
- Turn2us: Turn2us is a national charity helping people when times get tough. We provide financial support to help people get back on track.
- Boomerang Cardiff: Helping people with every day house hold items we take for granted to enable them to live as they should and bringing communities together
- Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG): Information about welfare benefits and tax credits
- Money Advice Service: Information about financial issues, including sections on divorce and separation
