The Sprout

All Wales School Core Programme

Target Group: N/A

The Programme is structured to complement the PSE curriculum in schools. It adopts a spiral approach being appropriate from 5 to 16 years old. It looks at the legal aspects and consequences of Drug Misuse, Personal Safety and Social and Community Behaviour. The sessions are designed to be interesting and interactive, with officers considering different types of learners. Emotional Intelligence and Thinking Skills are also taken into account when delivering these sessions. Besides informing children and young people during the session, follow-up work is also left for the teacher to continue with, along with leaflets and websites providing further information.

Email:

Barnardo's Marlborough Road Partnership

Target Group: N/A

We provide a range of services for vulnerable young people aged 11-21. The services include supported housing, young families, supported housing for single young people, mental health and specific housing support for Black and Minority Ethnic young people. All our services are accessed via our offices in Marlborough Road but the referral criteria for each service are different. Please contact us for more information.

Tel:

02920497531

Email:

Website:

www.barnardos.org.uk

Bullying UK

Target Group: N/A

Bullying UK is the new name for the award-winning charity Bullying Online which was founded in 1999 by journalist Liz Carnell from Harrogate and her son John, as a direct result of their experience of dealing with school bullying, which included taking successful legal action against an education authority.

Website:

www.bullying.co.uk

Cardiff and Vale Coalition of Disabled People's Youth Forum

Target Group: N/A

We aim to make a positive difference to the daily lives of disabled people. We work with service providers to help ensure that they deliver the services we have a right to, as well as advising statutory, private and voluntary sector organisations on disability issues. The Coalition's Youth Forum was formed to represent young disabled people's rights in society and to bring them together with other youth groups. We organise functions, events, activities and workshops. Young disabled people can express their opinions, get a message out to the people that matter, make a contribution towards the community, and have fun, socialise and make new friends.

Tel:

02920255611

Email:

Website:

cvcdp.org

Cardiff Law Centre

Target Group: N/A

Cardiff Law Centre provide an independent legal advice and representation service. They employ specialists in areas of ‘social welfare’ law and help individuals and local groups with problems.

Tel:

02920498117

Email:

Website:

www.lawcentres.org.uk/directory/detail/cardiff-law-centre/

Cardiff Leaving Care and Related Service

Target Group: N/A

We provide services to young people under the guidance of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. We provide services to young people aged 16-21 or sometimes up to 24 years. We provide social work support regarding planning for leaving care, accomodation, financial support, benefit claims, accessing education, training and employment and accessing health services.

Tel:

02920239827

Email:

Website:

http:\\www.cardiff.gov.uk

Cardiff Register Office

Target Group: N/A

Cardiff register office is situated near the city centre at 48 Park Place. The ceremony room was designed specifically for the purpose and is a single storey building with wheelchair access.
The room is tastefully decorated and seats up to 50 including yourselves and your witnesses. You are, of course, welcome to look at the room before booking your marriage or civil partnership. Floral displays are provided but you are welcome to provide your own if you wish.
Marriage and civil partnership ceremonies are held between 9.30 am and 3.30 pm on weekdays and up to to 1.00 pm on Saturdays.
As you may expect, Fridays and Saturdays are the most popular days and you are advised to make a booking well in advance to secure your preferred date and time.

Tel:

02920871680

Email:

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2867,2903,2915,4451&parent_directory_id=2865&id=228&d1p1=1

Cardiff University Students Union Advice Centre

Target Group: N/A

We offer advice and information on areas including housing, grants, loans, course transfer, immigration, academic issues and employment to students, prospective students and parents of students of Cardiff University.

Tel:

02920781410

Email:

Website:

www.cardiffstudents.com

Cardiff Women's Safety Unit

Target Group: N/A

Cardiff Women's Safety Unit helps women and their children who are suffering Domestic Abuse. We provide help with practical, emotional and criminal justice issues.

We aim to increase women's and children's safety by working with all the other services in Cardiff.

Tel:

02920222022

Cardiff Youth Forum

Target Group: N/A

The Forum is primarily used to enable young people to voice their opinions to decision makers within Cardiff, including the Council and other partner agencies. The Forum is striving towards being young people led and is able to offer a number of opportunities to young people to gain experience of participation in their local communities. The Forum runs a number of initiatives throughout the year that cater to the needs of its members to empower them to take an equal role in shaping their future.

Tel:

02920397165 or 07976

Email:

Website:

www.cypf.net

Courses

• Youth forum skills

Central African Association

Target Group: N/A

Central African Association (CAA) exists to
address social deprivation that refugees and
asylum seekers experience when they first
arrive in the UK, particularly in the Welsh area.

Tel:

02920459945

Email:

Website:

www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/oldnewszines/newszine57/nyamumbosi.pdf

Children in Wales

Target Group: N/A

Children in Wales is the national umbrella organisation for those working with children and young people in Wales and our aims are to promote the interests of these groups and take action to meet their needs. We are a registered charity and an independent non-governmental organisation.

Tel:

02920342434

Email:

Website:

www.childreninwales.org.uk

Citizenship Foundation - Young Citizen's Passport

Target Group: N/A

The Citizenship Foundation is an independent charity which aims to empower individuals to engage in the wider community through education about the law, democracy and society. We focus particularly on developing young people's citizenship skills, knowledge and understanding. Our work, across the UK and internationally, includes resources, training, active learning, community projects and research. The Young Citizen's Passport is a pocket-sized no-nonsense guide to those aspects of everyday law in England and Wales that most affect young people - from housing to criminal justice. It is available at bulk discounts for as little as £1.25 a copy. Written by the Citizenship Foundation, it is published by Hodder Murray.

Tel:

02075664141

Email:

Website:

www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk

Communities First Black & Minority Ethnic Communities Programme

Target Group: N/A

Communities First seeks to promote equality and diversity. It is about YOU having a voice and contributing to REAL change in YOUR area and on issues that affect YOU. A Partnership Group has been formed of community members and representatives from key voluntary and statutory organisations working in Cardiff. The aim of the Group is to represent the views of Cardiff's diverse minority ethnic communities. The involvement of young people in the Communities First process is vital. We facilitate a range of activities for young people such as the annual VOICES event, the football forum, and the Young People's partnership group. If you would like to get involved or find out more, please get in touch.

Tel:

02920873262

Email:

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk/communitiesfirst

Community Legal Advice

Target Group: N/A

Community Legal Advice is a free and confidential service paid for by legal aid.

We are here to help you with your legal problems.

Who are we?
Community Legal Advice is the new name for Community Legal Service Direct.

Community Legal Advice is funded by the Legal Services Commission and delivered in partnership with independent advice agencies and solicitors.

Tel:

08000856643

Website:

www.clsdirect.org.uk

Joseph & Joseph Solicitors

Target Group: N/A

We represent and give advice on all criminal matters including all motoring/driving licence matters with representation at Police Stations and at Youth Courts, Magistrates Courts and Crown Courts. We have a Legal Aid Franchise and most work is paid for by the Legal Aid Fund. We also provide a full private and commercial conveyancing service for those buying, leasing and selling property. We run a 24-hour on-call line on 07831 787 590.

Tel:

(029) 2066 5105

Email:

Website:

www.josephandjoseph.co.uk

Leo Abse & Cohen Criminal Justice Department

Target Group: N/A

We provide a comprehensive service for any young person who is in trouble with the police. This service includes represetation at court and at the police station. We also operate a 24 hour emergency telephone number - 07899 913090.

Tel:

0292038 252

Email:

Website:

www.leoabse.com

Martyn Prowel Solicitors

Target Group: N/A

We offer a friendly and approachable service to young people of all ages who require legal advice. We are specialist providers in legal advice in a number of areas. In particular we can offer legal advice to 11-25 year olds on areas concering employment issues, debt matters, housing concerns and advice on difficult matters such as abuse. We also have a highly regarded family, criminal and civil/housing department. We are LSC franchised in the above areas of law. We do our utmost to give a holistic service to our clients.

Tel:

02920470909

Email:

Website:

www.martynprowel.co.uk

Maze Advocacy

Target Group: N/A

We are the Maze Advocacy Project and we provide an advocacy service to young people age 6-19 in Somerset and Cardiff who are in emotional or mental distress.

Our project started life as an idea between two organisations (Advocacy in Somerset and Tros Gynnal) who realised that young people in emotional and mental distress often don’t have many choices and options about where to get help and support, especially around knowing their rights and getting their views heard by the adults involved in their lives.

These two organisations worked together to get funding from the Big Lottery fund to set up Maze Advocacy and run it for three years in Somerset and Cardiff. While doing this they are going to write a guide for other people who want to set up similar projects for young people in their own local areas.

The project officially started life in April 2006 and launched its service to young people in November of that year. It is becoming increasingly known about and used by children, young people and adults in both areas.

Tel:

08009709882

Email:

Website:

www.mazeadvocacy.net

MEWN Cymru

Target Group: N/A

Minority Ethnic Women's Network Wales (MEWN Cymru) is an umbrella body representing ethnic minority (visible and non visible) women across Wales, regardless of their age, religious observance, ethnicity or life choices.

Tel:

02920464445

Email:

Website:

www.mewn-cymru.org.uk/Default.aspx

NSPCC Wales Child Protection Helpline

Target Group: N/A

The NSPCC Wales Child Protection Helpline is a free service which provides counselling, information and advice to anyone concerned about a child at risk of abuse. The Helpline is staffed by qualified social work counsellors who will listen and take callers concerns seriously. If appropriate, the NSPCC will contact Social Services or the Police. The Wales Helpline is intended for everyone who lives in Wales, whether English or Welsh speaking. If you are Welsh but live outside Wales, you are welcome to use the service. Outside of our main operating hours, calls will be diverted to the NSPCC's 24 hour Helpline in London.

Support and referral service for anyone with concerns for a child. We offer our service in both English and Welsh.

Tel:

For Professional cal

Email:

Website:

www.nspcc.org.uk

Probation Service

Target Group: N/A

With offices across South Wales, from Cardiff in the East to Swansea in the West and Merthyr Tydfil in the North, we supervise offenders in the community to protect the public and reduce re-offending. We work in partnership with a number of other criminal justice agencies, such as the police, prisons, courts and other organisations including local authorities, health, education and housing to provide efficient and effective management of offenders in the community.

Tel:

02920232999

Website:

www.probation-southwales.gov.uk/

Rees Wood Terry Solicitors

Target Group: N/A

We are a firm of specialist solicitors and advice workers providing legal advice concerning family and relationship issues, human rights, immigration, welfare benefits, debt and housing.

Tel:

02920408800

Email:

Website:

www.reeswoodterry.co.uk

Safer Wales Restart

Target Group: N/A

Safer Wales Restart has two projects for young people age 10-25. These are the Restart Bus and the Riverside Warehouse. We also run a personal development programme called Less Stress which helps young people to understand their feelings and develop a positive attitude to life. The Restart Bus is a mobile youth centre with games, computers, music and tuck shops. The Riverside Warehouse provides a safe and supportive place for young people to meet and socialise, take part in different activities (music, cookery, sport, arts and crafts, pool, homework club, computers, games and activities) and find out more about some of the opportunities that are available for young people to make a difference in their local community and globally.

Tel:

02920461564

Email:

Website:

www.saferwales.com

The Children's Legal Centre

Target Group: N/A

The Children's Legal Centre is a national charity committed to promoting children's rights in the UK and worldwide.

The Children’s Legal Centre works to ensure that children’s interests are represented at every level of the legal process and in the production of legislation.

Tel:

01206872466

Email:

Website:

www.childrenslegalcentre.com

The Speakeasy Advice Centre - Action in the Community Trust

Target Group: N/A

We give free legal advice to those with debt and welfare benefit issues. We have a team of caseworkers, of which the majority are qualified solicitors and specialists in their fields. We are monitored by the Legal Services Commission and have been awarded a quality mark by them, for the high level and quality of service we offer. We help those who are both eligible for Legal Aid and those who are not, on a Pro Bono basis. We are committed to seeing cases through to completion and represent clients at court or tribunal.

Tel:

02920453111

Email:

Trading Standards Department

Target Group: N/A

A service is provided to all Cardiff residents, businesses and visitors to the area. We provide advice on consumer issues, specifically problems with goods or services purchased. We also investigate breaches of consumer protection law, provide consumer education talks and give advice on doorstep selling problems.

Tel:

02920872059

Email:

Website:

www.ccsn.org.uk

Victim Support

Target Group: N/A

Victim Support is the national charity which helps people affected by crime. We provide free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report the crime.

Tel:

02920569059

Email:

Website:

www.victimsupport.org

Victim Support

Target Group: N/A

If you are a victim of crime, our local Victim Support branches can give you and your family and friends information and support. And if you are going to court, our Witness Service can help before, during and after the trial. Or you can phone our national helpline, the Victim Supportline.

Tel:

08453030900

Email:

Website:

www.victimsupport.org.uk

Voluntary Community Service

Target Group: N/A

Voluntary Community Service came into being in 1964 and is the volunteer bureau serving the city of Cardiff.

The aims of VCS are to promote volunteering and support volunteers so that voluntary work proves a happy and rewarding experience for those engaged in it. VCS encourages volunteering by all sections of the community and supports a policy that everybody has something to offer and is able to become a valued volunteer.

The office is situated in the centre of Cardiff. There are over 350 voluntary organisations registered with the bureau offering volunteers experience in areas such as youth work, mental health, disability, older people, advice lines, environmental projects, administration and community work.

People who would like to become volunteers but are unable to visit the office due to disability or work commitments are offered the services of an Outreach Worker who will visit them at a time and place which is convenient to them.

All members of staff have personal experience of volunteering and are happy to talk to individuals who may be unsure where their particular interests lie.

Tel:

02920227625

Email:

Website:

www.volunteering-wales.net

Courses

• Millennium Volunteers

Youth Offending Team

Target Group: N/A

Cardiff YOT is a multi-agency partnership working with young people aged 10-17 who have offended or who are at risk of offending. Key activities are Crime Prevention, Restorative Justice, Parenting Work, Offending Behaviour Work, and Risk Management. Referrals are via the police and the courts but there are links to community projects and partner organisations with shared aims.

Tel:

02920560839

Email:

Website:

www.cardiff.gov.uk

Courses

• Creative Art