OUR CORE ACTIVITY: SOCOPA DROP-IN centre is a client-led provision providing bi-lingual and bi-cultural advisors: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (10am-2:30pm).
- · Confidential Drugs and Alcohol support and Education Advice including SEND.
- · Local access to specialist advisors
- · Advocacy and outreach work
- · Services arising from DROP-IN sessions.
- ESOL Classes and Multiply Maths skills
- Tuition support and sports sessions for children and young people
- Digital inclusion support and giving free sim cards with 20-40 GB data for 6 months.
Our patient bi-lingual and bi-cultural approach is helping many from a totally different context to access help. We aim to help with the immediate problem and then support to increase confidence and independence. Specifically:
AIMS:
o To provide Somali and East African peoples with a single point of access where they can be heard and helped with immediate needs.
o To enable confident and timely communication with mainstream services
o To empower these clients to access mainstream services independently.
o To improve health and wellbeing by connecting people to communities
Service statistics
Usually replies in
14 minutes
100%
of referrals accepted
Service access criteria:
this is a free services and people who have language and digital barriers.
Categories:
Advocacy
Arts and creative classes
Benefits advice and assessment
Advice to businesses and voluntary organisations
Arts and creativity
Arts organisations and events
Debt counselling
Asylum seekers and refugee support
Financial advice and support
Welfare rights advice
Connecting with others
Helping with money
Information and advice
Additional needs catered for:
N/A