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- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-6.15pm; Tuesday, 1-4.45pm; Saturday, 12-2.45pm. No appointment needed.
- Lift: appointments on Mondays, 2-7pm; Platform: appointments on Tuesdays, 2-5.30pm and on Fridays 11.30am-7pm; Drum: appointments on Thursdays, 2-8pm and on Fridays, 9am to 3.30pm
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. ADHD support group for parents at Walter Sickert Community Centre, 1st Thursday of every month, 9.30-11.30am.The aim of Islington Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is to provide high-quality specialist and multi-disciplinary diagnostic assessment and treatment services for children and adolescents experiencing a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties or suffering psychiatric disorders. Islington CAMHS works closely with other…
- Learning and Leisure opening times: Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm; weekend clubs. Please see the website for times of activities and clubs during the week and at weekends.Centre 404 provides support and services to disabled children and Adults with learning disabilities or autism and their families. Supporting Families: Centre 404 offers support to families from birth onwards throughout life. We offer families advice, support and advocacy on all matters that may affect…
- Large further education college based in Islington. We offer a wide variety of full-time, part-time and adult education courses, run from five specialist centres: Sixth Form College Centre for Applied Sciences Centre for Business, Arts and Technology Centre for health, Social and Child care Centre…
- Continuing Education Service: basic adult education, lip reading, vocal training and sign language classes for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing students. Professional development training for those wishing to work as interpreters, lip reading tutors etc.
- Get into cycling in Islington: Islington Council offers free Bikeability cycle training courses to all residents, employees and students based in the borough. It also has information about bike parking, hiring a bike, and improving cycling in Islington Islington Council offers free bike repairs Join Islington…
- Disabled Motoring UK is the nationwide campaigning charity for disabled drivers, passengers & Blue Badge holders. Members receive a monthly magazine keeping them up to date with relevant information, and have access to an information and advice line for matters relating to their personal mobility.…
- You can find a local GP by using the NHS Choices website or the Islington Clinical Commissioning Group website. Please use the links below.
- PAPYRUS is the UK charity dedicated to prevention of young suicide. HOPELineUK ia a Confidential helpline for practical advice. Please contact if you are a young person worried about yourself or someone concerned about a young person you know.
- Wednesday, 11am to 12pm, term-time only.Ever tried ice skating? Ever wanted to? These sessions are accessible to pretty much everyone with a sensory impairment or complex need and they are on-going throughout the year during term time. You will have experienced skaters on the ice ready and willing to lend…
- Islington operates a freephone, 24 hour a day, 7 days a week helpline for people seeking drug and alcohol services in Islington.
- we offer a helpline to parents We offer a a computerised learning program aimed at developing touch typing and literacy skills for children and young people aged between 7 and 16. classes take place on Monday and Friday evenings from 5.15pm for 1 hour. Classes…
- Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm
- Junior athletics for 6 to 20 years old on Saturday: under 11s,from 11am to 12.15pm; 11 and over from 10.30am to 12.15pm. Qualified UK athletics coaches from London Heathside. You will be taught how to sprint, jump and throw with good technique, plus get fit,…
- Kooth operates out of hours service weekdays from 12 to 10 pm and the weekend from 6-10 pm 365 days a year. Kooth is also available on Christmas Day!
- Weekdays during the day is available for Study Space and support services. Termtime weekly activities are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 4-9pm
- Enquiries: Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm Booking office Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm.Dial-a-ride is a multi-occupancy door-to-door transport service for disabled people who cannot use buses, trains and the Tube. It can be used for all sorts of journeys, for example shopping, visiting friends and family, doctors and dentists appointments and going out at night. Dial-a-Ride is…
- London Fencing Club providing coaching and training facilities, and offers introductory courses for beginners, adults and children. The club welcome all ages and abilities. It offers fencing at Finsbury Leisure Centre
- Tuesday, 4.30-5.15pm - 6-12yrs; 5.30-6.30pm - 13-25+yrs; Thursday session will return in January 2021
- Open Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm
- Our day centre will be open Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday between 10:30am and 3.30pm (with short closure between 1-1.30pm for cleaning and staff breaks). Monday – 10:30 – 13:00/ 13:30-15:30 Tuesday – CLOSED Wednesday - 11:00 – 13:00/ 13:30-15:30 Thursday – CLOSED Friday – 10:30 – 13:00/ 13:30-15:30 Weekends – CLOSEDNew Horizon Youth Centre provides a range of free services to enable young people to gain skills and knowledge to improve their life chances and help them move from adolescence into adulthood. Services include: Showers Food, clothes and health essentials Housing advice and advocacy Support…
- Our sessions will take place every two weeks over Zoom for an hour, outside of school hours.
- Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri 12.00-18.00, Wed 13.30-18.00 and Sat 12.00-14.00 (please note that on Tues and Thurs 15.00-6-18.00 the service is for under 18s only). Pulse sex and relationship services are also available at Lift Youth Hub on Mon and Wed 15.00-19.00 (this service is for under 21s only).Pulse offers a range of services to support young people including advice on sexual health and contraception. Appointment only clinics are offered Monday to Saturday for free confidential sexual health advice, all methods of contraception, condoms, emergency contraception, and pregnancy testing as well as abortion…
- Activities on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please see the website for details.
- Scope Helpline is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.Scope's helpline provides free, independent and impartial advice and support on issues that matter to disabled people and their families.Freephone: 0808 800 3333Email: helpline@scope.org.uk8am to 8pm weekdays and closed at weekends and bank holidays. Scope’s online community is a place where disabled people, parents, carers…
- Sobell leisure centre is a large multi-purpose sports centre. It has: a sports hall for badminton, basketball, gymnastics, netball, table tennis and volleyball a trampoline park two outdoor and one indoor football pitch a boxing gym a gym an exercise studio offering fitness classes that include…
- There are a number of organisations and places in Islington that offer activities specifically for young people. Access to Sports offers a very wide range of sport and activity for young people Adventure playgrounds for 6-13 year olds Arsenal in the Community offers a wide range…
- Highgate and Holloway Cadets: Monday 7-9pmBadgers: Tuesday 6-7.15pm; Clerkenwell Cadets: Thursday 6.30-8.30pmCadets are trained fully in life saving first aid skills as well as taking part in a full and exciting programme. There are opportunities to put first aid and communication skills to the test by helping to man the first aid posts at some of the…
- Thursday 6.30-8.30pmYoung people aged 10 to 17 can join the St. John Ambulance Cadets. Cadets are trained fully in life saving first aid skills as well as taking part in a full and exciting programme. There are opportunities to put first aid and communication skills to the…
- Monday 7-9pmYoung people aged 10 to 17 can join the St. John Ambulance Cadets. Cadets are trained fully in life saving first aid skills as well as taking part in a full and exciting programme. There are opportunities to put first aid and communication skills to the…
- Wednesday, 4-6.30pm
- Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pmTourism for All UK (formerly Holiday Care) is the UK's central source of holiday and travel information for disabled people and their carers. In particular we can help with information on accessible accommodation, accessible visitor attractions, accessible transport, activity holidays for people with disabilities, holidays…
- The website of the British Dyslexia Association, offering a comprehensive service to dyslexic young people and their families.
- Counselling Directory is a confidential service that encourages those in distress to seek help. The directory contains information on many different types of distress, as well as articles, news, and events.
- Online access guides to around 1,000 venues in Islington.
- Website of the national organisation that is part of the Mental Health Foundation, which promotes the rights of learning disabled people.
- A website providing information on vocational, employment and training opportunities, student allowance and further and higher education.
- UCAS Progress, formerly known as Choice, is the online course guide which provides 14-19 year olds with information about the courses available to them in schools and colleges across London including City and Islington College and the Islington Consortium.
- The website of the national organisation which is a major provider of services for young people with epilepsy.
- The Work Related Assertiveness Project (WRAP) is delivered by the mental health charity Jobs in Mind. WRAP provides employment support for young people aged 16-25 not in work and experiencing stress, anxiety and depression. Young people gain access to one-to-one support into training, volunteering and…
- Younger Minds and Families North London is a project developed to support young people aged 16 to 25 and their families. The project supports young people successfully transition from teenagers to self-sufficient adults by helping them overcome barriers of social deprivation - barriers that include…
- Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 5:30pm. Parents Information Helpline: Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4pmYoungMinds provides an information service for parents and cares with concerns about the mental health of a child or young person. Training and consultancy are provided to frontline staff such as teachers, social workers and youth workers. A wide range of publications for young people,…
