Project partners

The organisations working on the Talking Objects project are:

Bengali Men's Group - part of the Kings Cross Brunswick Neighbourhood Association

Established in 1980, Kings Cross-Brunswick Neighbourhood Association (KCB) is the community’s response to the needs of local residents. It aims to improve the quality of life of local residents through the active involvement of people living in the King’s Cross and Brunswick area without making any distinction on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation and race, or of political, religious or other opinions.

Find out more at www.kcbna.org.uk

The Bridge Project

The Bridge Project provides a range of culturally sensitive, practical, social and emotional support for people aged 18–65 from the African, Caribbean and Bengali/Bangladeshi communities in Camden experiencing severe and enduring mental ill health. The services are highly flexible and individually tailored in active consultation with the service users concerned. These are provided on a one-to-one basis usually at the users' homes. The overriding objectives are to enable the user to recover while continuing to live independently in the community rather than being taken into hospital for psychiatric treatment. Part of Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust.

Find out more at www.candi.nhs.uk

Camden Carers Centre

Camden Carers Centre is a local voluntary sector charity which supports carers from all communities living in Camden. There are specialist workers for Asian and African and Caribbean carers, and also workers based at the Royal Free, St Pancras and University College Hospitals to support carers of people who are in hospital, and after discharge.

Find out more at www.camdencarers.org.uk

Camden Chinese Community Centre

The Camden Chinese Community Centre (CCCC) was established in 1981 and has over 30,000 visits per year. CCCC aims to enable local people to access activities and services by providing a native language link between the vulnerable people and statutory service providers. They have over 1,300 members of whom the majority are mainly older people, women, immigrants, preschool children and young people.

Find out more at www.camdenccc.co.uk

Coram

Coram Parents' Centre is a model for providing community-based training in parenting and other skills for families in the King's Cross area, many of whom are socially isolated and unfamiliar with mainstream services. The Parents' Centre offers a range of high quality health, education, advice and support services for local families in an open-access community setting. The aim is to support parents in their parenting role, encourage understanding and involvement in their children's learning and development, and help parents to acquire the confidence and skills necessary to seek employment. In addition, Coram provides high quality childcare so parents can participate in training and seek employment.

Find out more at www.coram.org.uk

National Coalition for Black Volunteering

Also known as NCBV or 'The Coalition', the National Coalition for Black Volunteering is a registered charity organisation. They promote the involvement of black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAEM) people in volunteering in the voluntary sector by providing training, advice, consultancy on recruitment, black issues and mediation between disputants.