S e r v i c e s

Employment  and  Training

Online  Centre

Arachne's UK Online Centre offers free Internet access and a range of different services and facilities.

We try to provide services tailor-made to individual needs

• Free Internet access
• Training on Internet access
• Tailor-made training to suit your needs
• Ongoing personal support
• Travelling expenses
• Childcare provision

Reflex – How to start up your own business

• We provide help and advise people on how to start up their own business
• We are organising business related seminars
  

Specialised courses

Arachne's UK Online offers a range of Specialised courses including

• Internet access (OCR-National Skills Profile)
• ESOL all levels English (PITMANS)
• Computing (OCR-CLAIT I & OCR-Integrated Business Technology)
• And other courses depending on needs

 

Health - To improve the care and support of Older Greek/Greek Cypriot Women

a) Advocacy and interpreting service

• Maintaining a list of advocates/interpreters able to accompany older women to those statutory institutions where advocacy services do not exist.
• Arranging for advocates/interpreters to accompany older women requiring such services.
• Liaising on behalf of older women requiring advocacy/interpreting with those statutory institutions, which provide such services.

 

 

b) Health education programme in Greek

• Talks and workshops on health and social care needs of older women; e.g. healthy eating workshops, health fairs etc.
• Production and distribution of relevant health information.

 

 

c) Good neighbours scheme

• We support and arrange appropriate training for volunteers
• We visit potential users of the scheme to ascertain their needs and preferences
• We match volunteers with users
• We work closely with volunteers and users to ensure the smooth running of the scheme

d) Carers self-help group

• We facilitate and support this group
• We produce a monthly newsletter
• We link in with the wider carers network to promote good practice of the group

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City & Islington College - off site centre

• Keep fit
• Greek Dance
• ESOL - English as a second Language

 

 

 

Aqua-terra

• Tai chi

 

 

 

 

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Advice and information

In a confidential and professional environment we offer advice and information to all users based on the Equal Opportunities and Racial Discrimination policies, which include:

• Welfare rights
• Housing
• Education
• Family problems e.g. domestic violence
• Health

 

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Easter and summer playschemes

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Recreational and cultural activities

We organise various activities within the context of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the ultimate goal of improving beneficiaries’ life. We endeavour to organise many events during the school holidays, to ensure maximum participation of mothers with school-aged children.

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