Advice, Information & Helplines 
Some useful organisations and services 
Ace of Clubs
Target Group(s)   Homeless and/or vulnerable people aged 16 and above, including people with mental health problems.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Age UK (formerly Age Concern and Help the Aged)
Target Group(s)   People aged 60 and over, their carers, relatives and friends, also professionals, students and organisations concerned about the care of older people.
Area Served   England.
ASHA Projects
Target Group(s)   South Asian women of all ages.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Brixton Advice Centre
Target Group(s)   General public.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Care Quality Commission
Target Group(s)   People looking for residential or supported accommodation, carers, health and social care professionals, people wanting information about health and social care services, people with a complaint about their treatment under the Mental Health Act.
Area Served   England.
Clapham Community Project
Target Group(s)   General Public.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Counsel & Care
Target Group(s)   Older people aged 60 plus, their carers and involved professionals. Ethnic minority elders, carers and organisations working with them.
Area Served   UK.
Disability Advice Service Lambeth (DASL)
Target Group(s)   People with physical, sensory, or learning disabilities or mental health problems. The Direct Payments Project also works with older people, children, young people and carers.
Area Served   Lambeth. Stroke Network covers Lambeth & Southwark.
Housing Ombudsman Service
Target Group(s)   Tenants, leaseholders, licencees and people living in hostels, where the landlord is a member of this service.
Area Served   England.
Lambeth Law Centre
Target Group(s)   People living or working in Lambeth.
Area Served   Lambeth.
Latin American Disabled People's Project
Target Group(s)   Spanish and Portuguese speaking people with physical or learning disabilities and/or mental health problems, their families and communities.
Area Served   All London.
London Friend
Target Group(s)   Lesbians, gay men, bisexual people and those unsure of their sexuality, transvestite and transgender people. Also family and friends.
Area Served   London.
London Irish Women's Centre
Target Group(s)   Irish women and women of Irish descent.
Area Served   All London.
Message Home Helpline
Target Group(s)   People who are away from home.
Area Served   UK.
Missing People (formerly National Missing Persons Helpline)
Target Group(s)   Anyone with a missing relative or immediate family member, missing adults, young people and children.
Area Served   UK.
Multikulti
Target Group(s)   People whose first language is not English and agencies working with them.
Area Served   England.
Multi-Lingual Community Rights Shop
Target Group(s)   People from black and minority ethnic communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, migrant communities and people whose mother tongue is not English.
Area Served   All London.
Nacro
Target Group(s)   Prisoners, offenders and ex-offenders, their families and friends, and agencies working with them.
Area Served   England and Wales.
Runaway Helpline
Target Group(s)   Under 18s who have run away from or been forced to leave home.
Area Served   UK.
Shelter
Target Group(s)   Homeless people and people who are badly housed, people with any housing related difficulty.
Area Served   England and Scotland.
Shelter - London Housing Aid Services Casework Team
Target Group(s)   Anyone who is experiencing a housing problem or is homeless.
Area Served   All London.
Shelter's Free Housing Advice Helpline
Target Group(s)   Homeless people or anyone experiencing a housing problem.
Area Served   UK.
Stonewall Housing Advice Line
Target Group(s)   Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in need of housing or with housing problems.
Area Served   London.
Waterloo Action Centre
Target Group(s)   Local community.
Area Served   Advice and 'Open Door' sessions for Lambeth only.
Women's Link
Target Group(s)   Single women without children needing accommodation in London.
Area Served   London.