Training and Skills Enhancement
Our training and skills enhancement courses provides a range of flexible one-to-one support, peer support, and short courses, wellness training workshops and toolkit. The approach of our training offers is to support people’s holistic needs, mental health and wellbeing, in the community and in work. `
Educational and skill-building workshops
Language Support: Provide materials and workshops in preferred languages.
Cultural Responsiveness: We incorporate cultural practices and traditions into the programs (e.g., health promotion, festive events, skill-sharing workshops, celebrating and ameliorating rites of passage within communities).
Community-Led Design: We involve community members, lived experience service users, leaders, and cultural experts in the design and delivery of our programs to ensure they are relevant and trusted.
Accessibility and Trust: Offer sessions in accessible community hubs like mosques, churches, or community gardens to reduce stigma and build trust.
Diverse Options: We offer a wide variety of activities to cater to diverse interests and abilities, from physical activities to mental well-being support.
Physical Wellness
Walk and talk groups in local parks, as social gatherings helping to bridge language barrier and to access essential support service. Community gardening initiatives, which promote physical activity and social connection.
Mental & Emotional Wellness:
Storytelling and peer support groups with residents across GM sharing their lived experiences and build social connections.
Social & Creative Wellness:
Volunteering opportunities with local community organizations to foster a sense of purpose and belonging.
Community bilingual peer support/mentoring "Buddy" System program:
We’re committed to doing all we can to help normalise conversations and provide people with the support they need when faced with moments of loneliness, isolation, lack of social support and network, grief and loss.
Our peer support program supports connects a newly arrived or less confident bilingual with a naturally caring peer who ideally speaks the same or a similar language across diverse communities in their time of need. Our qualified bilingual peer workers build strong local networks that enable people to access peer-to-peer support alongside professional guidance and services.
Specialist service support for Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
We provide culturally responsive, language-accessible support to help individuals and families thrive in the UK.
1. Community Interpretation & Translation
2. Community Mental Health & Peer Support
Mental health, peer support, and community services delivered in people’s first language.
We provide:
Peer mentoring and leadership support for newly arrived refugees
One-to-one emotional and practical guidance
Community connection and wellbeing support
New arrivals are matched with refugee mentors who have already settled in the UK, offering empathy, friendship, encouragement, and practical advice during the resettlement journey.
3. Financial Literacy: Budgeting for Beginners
Making Your Money Go Further
Practical guidance on:
Creating a simple household budget
Managing bills and utilities
Saving money and reducing everyday costs
Finding discounts and financial support
4. Housing & Rights in the UK
Your Rights as a Tenant
Learn about:
Tenancy agreements
Tenant rights and responsibilities
Reporting repairs and maintenance issues
Dealing with landlord concerns
Differences between council housing and private renting
5. Health Access & Navigating the NHS
Feeling Empowered About Your Healthcare Choices
Support includes:
Registering with a GP
Understanding how the NHS works
When to use NHS 111, walk-in centres, or A&E
Accessing dental care and local pharmacies
6. Public Health Services
Key Services and How to Access Them
An overview of essential public services, including:
Available health and wellbeing support
Community and local authority services
Guidance on enrolling children in education and related services