A carer is someone who looks after a relative or friend who is frail, disabled or ill
Southwark Carers
Cambridge House
131 Camberwell Rd
London
SE5 0HF
T: 020 7708 4497
Black and Minority Ethnic Carers
Southwark is one of the most ethnically diverse areas of Britain. In this section is a list of some of the services and organisations which support black and minority ethnic communities, e.g. by providing translation/interpretation services or culturally sensitive material.
Many of the general organisations listed elsewhere on the site may provide factsheets and other material in a number of languages and it is worth asking them.
Council and health services
The health and local authorities have a responsibility to provide services that cater for black and minority ethnic communities, such as translators, ethnic specific meals-on-wheels and culturally sensitive personal care. If you have specific needs you should make them clear with the department you are dealing with.
Interpreters/Translation - Southwark Council
T: 020 7525 7448Interpreters/Translation - Health Services
T: 020 7716 7056Multi-language sources
Multikulti - information on issues including caring, benefits, housing and law in 11 languages
Department of Work and Pensions - translations of the most commonly requested leaflets on benefits and services
Just Ask - legal help and information
Refugee Council - information for refugees and asylum seekers in 12 languages
The Afiya Trust is a national charity which provides multi-lingual information and support for carers and families affected by cancer and mental health problems. Free audio tapes on Caring for someone with cancer are available in Bengali, Cantonese, Gujurati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
Assistance and advice on immigration and nationality issues is available locally from the Afro-Asian Advisory Service. Telephone: 020 7701 0141
The Multi-Lingual Community Rights Shop provides free and independent advice on issues such as housing, employment, benefits and immigration to people who have difficulty understanding English. Telephone: 020 7703 4442
The Naz Project provides sexual health and HIV prevention services to the South Asian, Middle Eastern, North African, Horn of African and Latin American communities in London.
Southwark Carers has a Carers Development Worker who works with black and minority ethnic communities and can provide advice on local and national services.
Services and groups for specific communities
The following contacts provide various services to specific ethnic groups in the borough - contact them for information on how they may be able to help you.
African/Caribbean
Golden Oldies Club (elderly people)
T: 020 7701 2999
Maroon Project (mental health users)
T: 020 7708 1524Southwark African Family Support
T: 020 7701 0486
BEGS (Black Elderly Group Southwark)
T: 020 7639 8655Cancer Black Care (people with cancer)
T: 020 7501 8787OBAC (blind and partially sighted people)
T: 020 7735 3400
Southwark Ethnicare Project
T: 020 7708 1785
AsianAsian Carers Support Group
T: 020 7358 9937 or T: 020 708 4497Asian Family Counselling Service
T: 020 8571 3933
Asian Health Agency
T: 020 8748 5769
AAINA Women’s Group
T: 020 7358 0697Asian People with Disabilities Alliance
T: 020 8961 6773
Asian Womens Resource Centre
T: 020 8961 6549Southwark Asian Centre
T: 020 7358 9997Dial-A-Help (Community Care Service for Asian Community)
T: 020 8252 3933Vishvas (for South East Asian Women)
T: 020 7928 9889Bangladeshi
Bangladeshi Women’s Support
T: 020 7403 4367Bengali
Bengali Carers Project
T: 020 7407 1123Bengali Women’s Group
T: 020 7357 0623Chinese
Chinese National Healthy Living Centre / National Chinese Carers Centre
T: 020 7287 0904Irish
Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
T: 020 7232 1004Latin American
Latin American Disabled People’s Project
T: 020 7793 8399Nigerian
Women of Nigeria International
T: 020 7252 4597Somali
Southwark Somali Refugee Council
T: 020 7277 1770Vietnamese
Vietnamese Carers Project
T: 020 7277 8642Vietnamese Mental Health Services
T: 020 7639 2288
The advice sections are currently under development and being added to regularly.
If you can't find the information you need, or have any comments or queries please contact us
Southwark Carers is incorporated as a non-profit making company limited by guarantee number 4146495. Charity number 1085300.