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We are thrilled to have been awarded £36,661 from the Youth Endowment Fund Covid-19 grant round to fund our work for twelve months in Inner London with families referred to us by the Youth Offending Service.  We will be working with young people, their parents and siblings with multiple risk factors for involvement in youth violence and offending behaviour in later life.  We will focus on working with identified of those experiencing emotional and physical trauma by delivering virtual support groups and individual one-to-one support for young people and the online parenting programme Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities and one-to-one family support for parents.

We are thrilled to be awarded a grant from @CommsLinksBromley for our work with children and families exposed to domestic abuse in Bromley and we would especially like to thank the Direct Line Group who gave the money!   Grants like this enable us to continue to provide both practical and emotional support as this case study shows.  

As you can imagine after 12 weeks of lockdown the front drive of the East Surrey centre was looking a little tired and overgrown.

From the week beginning the 22nd June 2020, we began Phase 1 of a Four phase return to work.  This means that while a majority of staff continue to work from home some members of staff are now working from our centres on a rota basis.   We will monitor how these arrangements work and will review them along with local and national government advice, at the end of July.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the challenges carers face and an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and dedication of all unpaid carers.

Bea, a single mother of 2 children in her 30s, was referred to Welcare earlier this year in order to access our MySpace programme. When the country locked down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bea began to feel isolated and reached out to ask for help.

As Hannah prepares to move on after four years managing our Child & Family Support Service in Inner London, we interviewed her to look back on her time with Welcare...

Staff and volunteers at Welcare in East Surrey have had their hands full recently, with more demand than ever for food and basic supplies for local families.

Debbie Eldridge, Family Support Worker in our South West London Centre, shares her experience working with families during the Lockdown...