Contacts for Arab people

Back to top   Age Concern Camden Talking Therapies Project

Ms  Anastasia  Patrikiou
Co-odinator
Margaret Hepburn Centre
11 St Chads Street
London
WC1H 8BG
Phone: 020-7239 0422, 020-7837 3777 (Reception)
Fax: 020-7278 1904
Email:
Website: www.ageconcerncamden.org.uk
Location map: view location map for WC1H 8BG
Times: Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00.
Location note: Sessions held in community centres, health centres. Home visits possible for disabled people.
Client group: People over 50.
Languages spoken: Amharic, Arabic, Bengali/Sylheti, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish and Urdu.
Parent body: Age Concern Camden Counselling Service.

Providing short and long-term emotional support/counselling (for up to a year) to older people in Camden from black and minority ethnic groups and older people with early Dementia or Alzheimers Disease.

Last checked: March 2009

Information taken from Cindex local information database

Back to top   Al-hasaniya Moroccan Womens Centre

Bays 4 and 5, behind Trellick Tower
Golborne Road
London
W10 5PL
Phone: 020-8969 2292
Fax: 020-8964 8843
Email:
Website: www.al-hasaniya.org.uk
Location map: view location map for W10 5BJ
Times: Office open Mon-Fri 09.30-17.00.
Time for visits: Drop-in sessions Wed 14.00-16.00, Fri 10.00-12.00, all other times by appointment only.
Client group: Women and their families.
Languages spoken: Arabic.

Referral and support for Moroccan and Arabic speaking women and their families, mutual support networks, advocacy, outreach visits, health education, workshops, activities and lunch club for older people.

Last checked: January 2009

Information taken from Cindex local information database

Back to top   Ampthill Square Tenants Association Activities

Mrs  Selwa  Al-Abdali
Joint Secretary
Phone: 020-7388 6434
Location map: view location map for NW1 2JS
Location note: Held at Ampthill Square Tenants Hall, opposite Stockbeck in Barnby Street, NW1.

Offers a range of activities for people on the Estate, including a Homework club for under 11's, GCSE Help club, Arabic classes, Keep Fit classes, Gardening club, and Shape-up programme.

Last checked: March 2008

Information taken from Cindex local information database

Back to top   Swiss Cottage Central Library

Bob  Gryspeerdt
88 Avenue Road
London
NW3 3HA
Phone: 020-7974 6522, 020-7428 0456 (automated renewals line)
Fax: 020-7974 6532
Minicom: 020-7974 5411
Online: send swiss cottage central library your enquiry
Website: www.camden.gov.uk/swisscottagelibrary
Location map: view location map for NW3 3HA
Times: Mon-Fri 10.00-20.00; Sat 10.00-17.00; Sun 11.00-16.00.
Parent body: Camden Council Culture and Environment Directorate Libraries, Information and Community Learning.

Camden Council's central public library. Free membership on official proof of name and address. Free public access to the internet for library members, with range of assistive technology for computer users with visual impairment. Information about Council and other local services and organisations and access to the CINDEX and Daylight databases. Self-help leaflets. Reference and information services. Separate Children's Library with weekly Rhyme Time session for children under 18 months and older(Fri 10:30 in term time). Baby Bounce for babies and children under 18 months (Thurs 10:30 in term time) Family Rhyme Time (Sun 11:30 when advertised). Photocopier, Older People's Information board and neighbourhood noticeboard. Fiction and subject books with a browsing and quick choice service. Large print books for adults; CDs, DVDs and videos for adults and children; talking books on cassette and CD for adults and children; language courses on cassette and CD for adults; music scores. Special collection of philosophy and psychology books; material in Albanian, Urdu, Somali, Spanish, German, French and Italian for adults and in Somali, Spanish, Urdu, French, and German for children. Maps, statistics and EU collections and Government publications online. Cafe and toilets. Exhibition Gallery managed by Camden Arts Services. Meetings rooms for hire (enquiries 020 7974 6531). Library items may be reserved or renewed online or in person in the library or over the internet. Phone renewals: 020-7428 0456.

Last checked: March 2009

Information taken from Cindex local information database

Back to top   Telephone Switchboard Language Line (camden Council)

Roy Shaw Centre
3-5 Cressy Road
London
NW3 2ND
Phone: 020-7974 4444 (English language switchboard service)
Parent body: Camden Council.

Callers with little or no English can get through to the appropriate council service using their own language by calling the following numbers: Albanian Tel: 0845 120 3793, Arabic Tel: 0845 120 3794, Bengali/Sylheti Tel: 0845 120 3791, Cantonese Tel: 0845 120 3796, Farsi Tel: 0845 120 3795, French Tel: 0845 120 3797, Greek Tel: 0845 120 3729, Somali Tel: 0845 120 3792, Spanish Tel: 0845 120 3798. Callers leave a message which will be translated and referred to the relevant department within 48 hours.

Last checked: March 2008

Information taken from Cindex local information database