Local support

In addition to the community  services we provide to  residents and the wider community, there are lots of other great sources of local help available.

We have put together a list of some of our partners as well as other local organisations who offer help to the local community. The full list can be found here. Please note that Octavia does not work directly with all of the organisations included. 

Below is a list of some of the larger support services.

Befriending

Independent Age Telephone

Silver Line 

Community  

National Volunteer service  

COVID-19 mutual aid groups 

Domestic Abuse 

Coronavirus Survival Kit for men

Employment

ACAS 

Citizens Advice 

Finance

Green Doctors 

Money Saving Expert

National Debtline

Step Change 

Citizens Advice 

Food

Trussell Trust (foodbanks)

Local Authorities

Barnet

Brent 

Camden

Hammersmith & Fulham

Harrow 

Hounslow 

Kensington and Chelsea 

Wandsworth 

Wesminster 

Health and wellbeing  

Cruse (bereavement counselling)  

Rehab4addiction

Diabetes UK

Doctors of the World 

Healthwatch Central West London

Mencap (support for people with learning disabilities, autism and down's syndrome) 

Mind (mental health support)  

Samaritans (mental health support)

Rethink Mental Illness (including recent changes to the Mental Health Act) 

The Silver Line (telephone befriending for the elderly)

Young Minds (children and adolescent mental health support)