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Manor Gardens Health Advocacy Project

Manor Gardens Health Advocacy Service has been helping refugees and newly arrived migrants improve their health and wellbeing for many years. We work with over 3,000 people every year and together we speak over 30 languages.

We provide bilingual advocacy and support to help people access local health services and appropriate information.

We put on tailor-made workshops to help individuals and community groups learn about the issues which affect them, for example diabetes and immunisations.

All projects at Manor Gardens cover Camden, Islington, Haringey, and Hackney,  except for FGM services which is covered by all boroughs (call to check).

Services provided:

  • Friendship network
  • Health advocacy
  • Preschool
  • Early parenthood prgramme
  • FGM service
  • Stroke service
  • Wellbeing service
  • Leadership and influencing
Address:
6-9 Manor Gardens, London, N7 6LA
Contact name:
Eleanor Tomlinson
Job title:
Project Manager
Telephone:
020 7272 4231 (Reception / main number) / 020 7278 5336 ((health advocacy service)
Opening times:
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Who is it for:
refugees and newly arrived immigrants
Languages:
30 languages spoken
Disabled access:
main entrance has double doors, wheelchair accessible lifts, disabled toilets (if in a wheelchair call for meeting to be arranged on ground floor)
How to apply:
phone or email
Buses:
4, 17, 29, 43, 91, 153, 253, 254, 259, 271 and 279
Train/tube:
Holloway Road, Arsenal, Archway, Finsbury Park , Tufnell Park (tube) / Upper Holloway and Finsbury Park (train
Sector:
Voluntary

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Advocacy services offer support to vulnerable older people, people with physical/learning disabilities and/or sensory impairments. These services will support people to: ¦Speak out for themselves ¦Make sure their rights are respected ¦Express what they want ¦Represent their interests ¦Help them get the services they need Their underpinning principles are to promote social inclusion, equality and social justice