All Places

The Rainbow Project’s Cancer Champions team of Macmillan professionals run the first LGBTQIA+ cancer support service in Northern Ireland.
We provide services for:
LGBTQIA+ people living with a cancer diagnosis
LGBTQIA+ people supporting a close friend or family member living with cancer-
LGBTQIA+ people unsure how to access screening services for cancer
Health and social care professionals
Services we offer:
One to One support
Peer and social groups
Death Cafes & End of life workshops
Screening support
Education and research
Staff training
Volunteer opportunities
(Our project is delivered by The Rainbow Project and supported by Macmillan Cancer Support)
This service is delivered at both Belfast and Foyle Offices :-
Belfast Office: 23-31 Waring St, Belfast, BT1 2DX  Tel : 028 9031 9030
Foyle Office: 20 Strand Rd, Derry/Londonderry, BT48 7AB  Tel : 028 7128 3030

The 174 Trust Disability Project provides the following services.
Mother and Toddler group for SEN babies 0 – 3 yrs
Afterschools project for disabled children 5 – 11 yrs
Junior club – wednesday evening 5 – 11 yrs
Youth club – Tuesday evenings 11 – 18 yrs
Young adult club – Monday evening 18 – 30 yrs

Barnardo’s works with children, young people and families in over 40 services across Northern Ireland. Increasingly this work has been in partnership with schools – delivering social emotional learning (SEL), after-school support, family projects, parenting programmes and a range of extended school activities.
The PATHS® Programme is an evidence-based programme designed to support the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people. It is delivered in primary schools and supported by SEL experts. The programme includes four conceptual units:
Emotional Understanding
Self-control
Social problem-solving
Peer relations and self esteem
What Does It Offer:
Materials
Training
Bespoke Coaching Support
In addition to the primary aged programme, we also deliver the following adaptations to support social and emotional learning across all phases:
Early Years Programme (2-4yrs)
SEL for parents / childminders (0yrs +)
SEL for SEND (4-18yrs)

The Youth Justice Agency aims to make communities safer by helping children to stop offending. The Agency works with children aged 10-17 years who have offended or are at serious risk of offending.

The Agency provides a range of services, often delivered in partnership with others, to help children to address their offending behaviour, divert them from crime, assist their integration into the community and to meet the needs of victims of crime. These front-line services delivered by the Youth Justice Services and Custodial Services directorates.

The Agency facilitates youth conferences and is tasked with the supervision of Youth Conference Orders, Attendance Centre Orders, Community Responsibility Orders and Reparation Orders. The Agency also delivers a number of interventions designed to challenge and support young people, empower families to support their children, integrate young people into their communities and promote reparation in order to prevent reoffending.

Referral by Court, Public Prosecution Service, PSNI, PBNI, Social Worker

Emerge Counselling Services is a suicide and self-harm prevention centre based in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland.
We offer 1 to 1 counselling to all members of our community who may be struggling with their mental health.
Our organisation has been created due to the recent surge of suicides and the loss of a much loved family member. Our aim is to provide immediate and effective counselling, befriending and training from our crisis centre Emerge Counselling Services is a Charity solely reliant on Community funding.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) is an award-winning British charity established in 2001 with a long history of delivering advice, support and integration support for refugees and asylum seekers across the UK including Northern Ireland. ACAA was founded by Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi, who arrived as a refugee in the back of a refrigerated container with his young family in 1999. The charity has steadily grown and is now the largest Afghan diaspora-led charity in the UK.
ACAA is a well-established community-based charity delivering practical, educational and emotional support to refugees and racially minoritised people from around the world including those from Afghanistan, Syria and the Ukraine. Our extensive experience of working directly with newly arrived refugees in crisis and successful model for refugee integration work means we understand the needs of refugees and new migrants and how to respond to them to ensure the best outcomes for the immediate and long term.
Our history and lived experience are relevant – Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi founded the Afghanistan & Central Asian Association (ACAA) after arriving in the UK in the back of a lorry with his young family fleeing the Taliban advance of the late 1990s. His motivation was, and still is, to support other new arrivals facing the same situation – poor English, not understanding British culture and institutions, coping with his and his family’s experience of displacement and trauma, and wanting to integrate into a new life in the UK
Now, 25 years later, ACAA is proud to have supported over 150,000 refugees and now provides ESOL for Integration, information and advice, counselling, IT and work skills learning, supplementary schooling for children, cultural and sports activities and women’s groups – all leading to better integration, improved educational attainment and employability, and improved health and well-being. Whilst our long-term base has been in Hounslow, west London, we also offer our services in other major cities around the UK in partnership with local charities and public authorities.
ACAA advises the UK Government and the London Mayor’s office. ACAA has a solid reputation for high quality, culturally sensitive services based on utilising the lived experience of its’ Director, Trustees, staff and volunteers. Amongst the awards we have received are the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services 2018, Refugee Support Service of the Year 2019 for London and The Community Award 2019, from the London Asian Business Awards.  Our Founder Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi has received the British Citizens’ Award, Third Sector Awards and the MBE. In July 2024, Dr Nooralhaq Nasimi was awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree by Royal Holloway, University of London.
Our core services in the UK include:
Education, training and development opportunities for adults and children – planned programmes such as ESOL for Integration, Supplementary Schools, British citizenship test preparation, business and employment advice and support, and also pastoral and individualised support such as assistance with financial issues, benefits issues, CV and Cover letter writing workshops, practice Job Interviews, support with digital skills, 1:1 pastoral support, skills/training, in particular ESOL skills for work, Volunteering and Work Placements, Job Brokerage.
Business accelerator hub – job fairs, business networking events, conferences, talks and exhibitions
Women’s outreach and women and girls-only projects – culturally sensitive and appropriate support for women and girls’ empowerment, development, advice and support to increase knowledge of UK systems and support victims of domestic abuse.
Educational programmes and courses for children, catch-up sessions for young people, family mentoring support programmes, coding classes, Maths and Science classes, language classes, debate clubs, animation classes, creative education for young people
Legal and advice clinics to Advice Quality Standard and OISC accreditation, using volunteers and pro bono solicitors, focusing mainly on immigration, housing, business and employment issues. • Mental Health workshops and one-to-one counselling sessions with translation
Practical assistance with resources, information and advice for new arrivals in the UK under Government resettlement schemes (particularly given our proximity to Heathrow Airport)
Social and cultural activities and events promoting community cohesion, festivals, exhibitions, film screenings and fashion shows
Volunteering, mentoring and internships for young people
Arts, Media, Culture and Fitness programmes (Football, Yoga, Pilates, Zumba, Dance) for disadvantaged and socially excluded women and girls
Food Bank for local residents, in partnership with Pret, Greggs, Fairshare, Tesco and other stores
Free Hot meals through our Community Kitchen and Cookery Masterclasses
Community Library & Community Café for the Public
Function Hall/Conference Centre
Note that ACAA at this time is only remote in NI.

NOW Group Family Service received funding from Nationwide to fund a Family Service Officer to cover the Omagh and Fermanagh areas.
The NOW Group Family Service supports new and expectant parents who have a learning disability, difficulty or an Autism Spectrum Condition. The service provides one to one and group-based support to participants with a child under 5 years old who live in the Omagh and Fermanagh areas.
We work with families to support them by building confidence, develop skills and make them more connected to their communities.
When they are ready we will provide opportunities for parents to move on to NOW’s training, volunteering and employment services and plan their future.
Available age group: Families with children in the 0-5 age range.
Method of referral: School, social worker, health visitor, self referral
Referral Form
Head office: NOW Group, 15-17 Grosvenor Road, Belfast, BT12 4GN.

There are six residential children’s homes in the Western Trust. All of which provide safe, caring and nurturing homes for young people who for a variety of reasons cannot live with their own families.
Our Service
Each young person has a keyworker who works closely with them and their families to achieve the best outcomes. Young people are supported to be involved in all aspects of life such as education, health, sports and their individual interests.
Residential staff work with young people and their families alongside other Trust colleagues and organisations in assessment and planning to provide effective support to promote positive change for our young people.
A young person may live here on a short or long term basis, depending on their assessed need. They may move to return home, live with foster carers, live in supported accommodation or independent accommodation. Each young person’s needs and plans are individual to them.