Links to Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector organisations

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Aspire Trust

The Aspire Trust is an Arts and Creative Industries Development Agency which works in the field of creative and innovative support for schools and communities. The company is an independent Social Enterprise, registered charity and company limited by guarantee. There are three key strands to our business’s strategic development: Educational Research and Evaluation, Learning and CPD, and Production and Event Management.

For further information about the company and its plans for the future please contact:
Dr. Nick Owen
Director, Aspire Trust Ltd
The Oldershaw School
Valkyrie Road
Wallasey CH45 4RJ
T: 0151 639 9231
M: 077 422 71570
E: nowen.aspire@btconnect.com
W: www.aspireuniverse.co.uk

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Birkenhead Priory Parish

We are the central Church of England Parish in Birkenhead working with and in the community.

Contact: Revd. Dallas Ayling   0151 653 6092 

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Catholic Children’s Society
Our well qualified and experienced staff  specialise in the support of children and families currently experiencing some form of disadvantage, and children identified as being at risk of offending. This work is carried out both in the community and the home. Our school based Grief Education programme, Seasons for Growth, promotes emotional well being and supports children experiencing major changes in their life through loss. Training is delivered in Parenting (The Nurturing Programme) and Protective Behaviours. CCS is a member of the Link Forum, VCAW and is committed to partnership working.

Contacts: Ged Flynn or Mary Kilcoyne
Tel 0151 652 1281.  Fax 0151 652 5002 
Email: ged@cathchildsoc.org.uk; mary@cathchildsoc.org.uk
Website: www.cathchildsoc.org.uk

Christ Church, Bebington

“We are seeking to bring people together in our community through a variety of projects”.

Vicar: Canon Anne Samuels
Christ Church Vicarage
Kings Road
Higher Bebington
Wirral CH63 8LX
0151 609 0943
vicar.hrbeb@btconnect.com

Parish Office: Diane Ramsay
0151 608 4429
Parishoffice.hrb@btconnect.com

Hall Secretary: Les Thomas
0151 609 0369

Christ Church, Birkenhead

We are an Anglican church which is currently developing our Children's & Families Work.  Our current services are a Parent/ Carer & Toddler Group, Tots' Spot. Parenting Groups and a Lunch Group, Lunch Bunch, providing a healthy lunch.  We also have Children's Groups on a Sunday and Family Fun days. 

http://www.freewebs.com/christchurchjuniors/

Christ Church, Bessborough Road, Birkenhead. 
Tel: 0151 652 3990 (church office)
Website: www.christchurch.birkenhead.net/

Nikki Smith, Children's & Families Worker, Email: christchurchchildren@yahoo.co.uk

Claremount Methodist Church

The building is used by The Scout and Guide organisations for all the age groups, as well as baby and toddler activities, dancing, TTYC youth club and Kidzrock on a Sunday morning.

Claremount Methodist Church
Claremount Road
Wallasey
CH45 6UE
Contact: Sue Foster,Children and Young People's Worker
Tel: 07505 968727
Email: suefoster60@hotmail.com

Crossroads Caring for Carers

Crossroads provides a range of high quality, flexible services for carers of all ages, including: Home care, palliative care, dementia care, specialist care and group support.

Crossroads have been providing support for carers on the Wirral for 27years. If you are a carer we may be able to help you.

Crossroads Caring for Carers
GF2, Candy park
Old Hall Road
Bromborough
CH62 3PE
Tel: 0151 343 1960
Fax: 0151 343 1507
Email: care@crossroadscaring.com

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Family Intervention Project

The Family Intervention Project was established to support families at risk of eviction due to anti-social behaviour. It is an outreach and dispersed service offering support to families at any one time across the Wirral.

The aim of the project is to support families to enable them to reduce anti-social behaviour, therefore improving the quality of life children, families and the local community. We aim to reduce disruptive incidents and break the cycle of homelessness, resulting in a positive impact on neighbourhoods.

Wirral Family Intervention Project is part of NCH, a voluntary organisation. We aim to work alongside other agencies and compliment services that are already being provided. We include all service providers in the design of the support packages. The aim of the project is to encourage families to engage with the mainstream agencies. 

Old Courthouse,
Manor Road,
Wallasey
Wirral CH44 1BU
Tel: 0151 606 5778
E-mail: wirralfip@nch.org.uk
Website: www.nch.org.uk

Ferries Family Groups

We are a local charity supporting families under pressure through peer support groups, crisis intervention, social networking and parenting courses. We aim to enable families to make changes towards a more positive future. We work in the area Tranmere through to Eastham including Bebington.

Ferries Family Groups Ltd
St Peter’s Church
St Peter’s Road
Rock Ferry
CH42 1PY
Contact: Deborah Birch
Tel: 0151 643 1042
Email: deb@ferriesfamilygroups.org.uk
Project Manager: Elaine Banks
Website under construction!

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Girlguiding Wirral

Being a Rainbow, Brownie, Guide or member of the Senior Section opens up a world of opportunities that will last a lifetime. It provides a safe, girl-only space to explore the activities, issues and possibilities that are available to girls today. Girlguiding UK enables girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference to the world.

Contact:
County Commissioner
Email: commissioner@girlguidingwirral.org.uk
Tel: 07891 662 760
Website: www.girlguiding.org.uk

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Home-Start North Wirral

Home-Start provides home visiting family support for families with at least one child under 5. Families are matched to a volunteer, a parent themselves, who then visit once a week for 2-3 hours to provide practical and emotional support, for as long as the family need it.

Home Start North Wirral
192 Tollemache Road
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH43 7SE
Tel: 0151 6532323
Email: enquiries@homestartnorthwirral.co.uk
Website: www.homestartnorthwirral.co.uk

HYPE ~ Helping Young People Everywhere

Matthew Houghton / Dave Huyton - Project Youth Workers
Website: www.hype-merseyside.co.uk
Tel: 07719 171833 / 07719 171834

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Involve Northwest (Formerly Tranmere Alliance)

Involve Northwest (formally Tranmere Alliance) delivers advice & support services to local communities across the Northwest. 

Free Services: Advice centre open 6 days a week, neighbour mediation service, youth activities, Tranmere Show, events, Reach Out, employment service in your own home.

Involve Northwest is a service that supports clients who want to make changes to their lives.

Involve Northwest
225 Church Road
Tranmere
CH42 0LD
Tel: 0151 644 1100
Contact: Justine Burns
Web site www.tranmerealliance.org.uk

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Laird Street Family Support Centre

We provide 3 After School clubs (one for 5-7yr olds,8-11yr olds and 11-14yr olds), 3 creche sessions (0-3yr olds) a week and 2 'Carers and Tots' sessions a week. When able to, we occasionally provide short courses for parents/carers for which we provide a creche.

Laird Street Family Support Centre
Laird Street
Birkenhead
CH41 8EN
Contact: Kim Buntin (After School Club Leader and Acting Family Support Worker)
Tel: 0151 653 9400

Liscard Community Facilities Complex

Incorporating Liscard Community Centre and the Grosvenor Assembly Rooms
We are a Liscard based community centre, we take bookings for weddings (with a state of the art catering kitchen), birthday parties, weekly bookings, conferences, meeting and children's birthday parties, we are also home of Stars Childcare - morning and afternoon pre-schools, Out of School Club and Holiday Club.

Contact: Ken Harrison - Chairperson/Kim Lovell - Office Administrator
Tel: 0151 637 1341

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Merseyside Autistic Children’s Society (MACS)

Merseyside Autistic Children’s Society (MACS) is a support group run on an  entirely voluntary basis by parents who have a child diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. We organise regular social activities including a twice monthly splash session at Europa and have a small resource area which parents and cares have access to.

Contact: Margaret Gregson
Merseyside Autistic Children's Society (MACS)
c/o Disability Advocacy Services,
334 New Chester Road
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH42 1LE
Tel: (0151) 644 4533
Mobile: 07546 233 694
Email: macs01@btconnect.com

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National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA)

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACOA) provides support, information and advice to children of alcohol dependent parents and others concerned about their welfare. We do this through a free confidential telephone and email helpline and our website www.nacoa.org.uk.

Helpline: 0800 358 3456
Helpline email: helpline@nacoa.org.uk
Admin Tel: 0117 924 8005

North Birkenhead Development Trust

North Birkenhead Development Trust manages the St James Centre, a multi-purpose community centre in the North end of Birkenhead. From the Centre, local residents can access library services, family support including specialist health care for the under 5s, a café, job support, education and lifelong learning (Wirral Met. College) and children’s day care. The centre also provides a youth club and exercise classes, trips, bingo and family fun days! Meeting rooms are available for hire for conferences and meetings and a large hall space available for children’s parties. There’s lots going on at St James!!

Contact name: Anna Wallis
St James Centre
344 Laird Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 7AL
Contact telephone: 0151 670 9974
Email: annanbdt@btconnect.com

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Parentline Plus

Parentline Plus is a national charity offering help and information for parents and families via a range of services including a free 24-hour confidential helpline, groups and workshops, information leaflets, email helpline and website.

Services

• A free confidential, 24-hour helpline 0808 800 22 22
• A free textphone for people with a speech or hearing impairment 0800 783 6783
• Email helpline: parentsupport@parentlineplus.org.uk
• Parent support groups and workshops
• Information leaflets
• A helpful website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
• Training for professionals
• Volunteer opportunities

Our local office is based in Royal Standard House, 334 New Chester Road, Rock Ferry, Wirral CH42 1LE.  Tel: 0151 201 7876.

Powerhouse Youth Centre

The Powerhouse Youth Centre is situated on the Beechwood Estate, Prenton, Wirral. It caters for young people aged 12 yrs +. The Youth centre is open Wednesday and Thursday evenings 7-1pm and Fridays 4-7pm. The Interbase Cyber Café has 14 IT stations connected to the internet.It is open Monday-Friday 4.00pm -7.00pm and Saturdays 12-3.00pm.

Powerhouse Youth Centre and Interbase Cyber Café, 13-24 Gaywood Close, Prenton, Wirral CH44 7TT
Contact: George Thomas. Tel: 0151 652 7184 /07949 334 137
Website: www.beechwoodpowerhouse.org.uk

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Safeguarding children services

‘scs’ works with children and young people aged 5-19 yrs who have been abused or are at risk. The organisation also works with parents whose own history of abuse leads to them have problems parenting their children.

safeguarding children services
Birkenhead Fire Station
Exmouth Street
Birkenhead CH41 4NF
Contact CEOs Jaci Quennell & Elaine Allison
Tel: 0151 203 0777
Email: jaci@safeguardchildrennw.org.uk
Website: www.safeguardchildrennw.org.uk

Sundowns

SUNDOWNS stands for Supporting, Understanding Needs of Downs Syndrome and is a Wirral based charity supporting over 60 families who have a member with Downs Syndrome. It is run completely by volunteers who have a child with Downs Syndrome. 

Contacts: Lisa Masters/ Jane Asterley
SUNDOWNS
46 Hamilton Square
Birkenhead
CH41 5AR
Tel: 0151 647 8888
Website: www.sundowns.org.uk

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Tranmere Community Project – TCP

TCP takes young people who have disengaged from learning and re-defines ‘learning’ for them in a way that develops confidence, self worth and a permission to dream and to aspire to better things through learning.

The way in which we work is founded on two points, an absolute respect for the dignity of young people, whatever their circumstances; and a passionate belief that personal development can change and improve lives permanently.

Alternative education programmes focus on developing a person’s personal and social skills by developing their emotional literacy and thus providing them with the skills and strategies to re-engage in learning or move into further education, training and employment.

Website: www.tcp.org.uk
TCP
1 Whitfield Street
Tranmere
Wirral CH43 0RG
Tel: 0151 649 1685

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VCAW

VCAW is an infrastructure support organisation working with and for the VCF sector. It provides a range of services including, development, representation, partnership working, support, liaison and support with volunteering and funding.

Voluntary & Community Action Wirral
65 The Village
Bebington
Wirral
CH63 7PL
Tel: 0151 643 7275
Email: Julie.podmore@vcawirral.org.uk
Website: www.vcawirral.org.uk

Viking Centre & Youth Club Limited

Working with young people in Rock Ferry for 40 years; we are a charitable company limited by guarantee. We provide a range of activities for young people: games, sport, dance, art and craft, theatre trips, pool, Mc nights and outdoor adventure weekends.

Viking Centre & Youth Club Limited
40 Thorsway
Rock Ferry
Wirral CH42 1NW
Contact: Jane Owens, Administrator
Tel: 0151 644 1535
Email: janeviking_669@hotmail.com

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Wallasey YMCA

The Wallasey YMCA is a youth and community center working with children and young people aged 5 - 16 years of age. We have a community facility that has rooms to hire, a sports hall, a fitness suite and an outside small events area. For details of our activities please contact us:

Wallasey YMCA
Manor Road
Egremont
Wallasey
CH44 0EW
Tel: 0151 639 5733
Email: wallaseyymca@aol.com

Wirral Autistic Society

The Family Support Service is free and can offer you support in a number of ways, including:
Someone to talk to who appreciates how you feel, a wide range of advice and information about autism.
Talks and workshops about relevant subjects and coping with a diagnosis of autism.
Meeting other parents, social outings and events.

Wirral Autistic Society
2 Grisedale Road
Old Hall Estate
Bromborough
Wirral
CH62 3QA
Tel: 0151 482 3132
Contact: Joanne Tooher, Family Support Worker
Email:- joanne.tooher@wirral.autistic.org

Wirral Family Friends

Wirral Family Friends recruits volunteers to take individual disabled children and young people out on a regular basis to social, community and leisure activities of the child's choice. We also run an inclusive youth club for disabled and non-disabled young people aged 11 and over, on Wednesday evenings in Woodchurch.

Contact Lynn Loughran on 0151 641 0361, or email lynn.loughran@scope.org.uk

Wirral Independent Visitor Service

WIVS recruits, trains and provides volunteer independent visitors to befriend children and young people looked after by Wirral Borough Council.

65 The Village
Bebington
Wirral
CH63 7PL
Contact: Shelley Warren - Project Co-ordinator
Tel: 0151 645 3859
Website: www.wivs.org.uk

Wirral SEN Parent Partnership

Wirral Parent Partnership provides a needs-led. Confidential, impartial and neutral service for parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities. 

Wirral SEN Parent Partnership
The Lauries Centre
142 Claughton Road
Birkenhead
CH41 6EY
Tel: 0151 647-6631
Fax: 0151 659-2223
Web site: www.wirralparentpartnership.org.uk

Wirral Pathfinders

We are a self help support group for people who have mental health problems.

Wirral Pathfinders
Mayer Hall
The Village
Bebington
Wirral
Tel: 0151 3340496
Email: wirral.pathfinders@ntlworld.com

WVCSN

WVCSN is a community empowerment network with 400 VCF members who sit within 30 subgroups from which they nominate and elect panel members to represent the views of those members at the Local Strategic Partnership. 

Wirral Voluntary & Community Sectors Network
65 The Village
Bebington
Wirral
CH63 7PL
Tel: 0151 645 4038
Email: karen.giner@vcawirral.gov.uk
Website: www.vcawirral.org.uk

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Youth Federation

Youth Federation runs development and diversionary programmes with Young people supports and offers accreditation for Young Volunteers and offers training, funding support and quality standards for Young peoples organizations in the voluntary sector and covers the areas of Wirral, Halton, Cheshire and Warrington

Youth Federation
Contact: Maureen Hibbs
Viking Youth Centre
Thorsway
Rock Ferry
Wirral
CH42 1NW
Tel: 0151 641 9888

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