BDCA is growing! And to make space for our growth, we will be moving some of our services to our neighbouring premises at 35 Vicarage Lane, E6 6DG

This means there will be pauses in some of our activities over the coming weeks to allow our staff capacity to move and create a lovely new base for our community.

Please take a note of the dates that the following services will be affected:

Service	Closing Date	Re-opening Date	Location
Cheeky Chimps Toddler Group	13 May	Monday 10 June	The Well Community Centre
Foodbank	8 May	Wednesday 12 June	No 35 Vicarage Lane
Family Hub	9 May	Thursday 13 June	No 35 Vicarage Lane
Food Club	9 May	Tuesday 11 June	No 35 Vicarage Lane

 All other BDCA activities will continue running as usual during this period.

Where to access support during the break

If you need to support whilst our services are paused, please see below:

Advice Hub: For those in need of advocacy support and signposting for housing, budgeting, immigration and benefits, please email gemma.wooster@bonnydowns.org (active Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

Baby Milk: For those receiving referrals from the Newham feeding team to BDCA for formula milk, please email carla.goncalves@bonnydowns.org to arrange collection.

Foodbank Referrals: For those needing referrals or support with feeding your family, you can self-refer to The Newham Food Alliance. You can find details of other Food Banks here.

Kids Clothes Bank: For those in urgent need of clothes provision for children, please email melissa.sufi@bonnydowns.org

Family Navigators: Available in East Ham, Stratford & Forest Gate libraries to support families with the following:

• Help with school application and access to early education
• GP and Dentist registrations
• Education and training opportunities
• Employment, money and finance
• Special Educational Needs
• Access to Domestic Abuse services and support
• Access to food support
• Health and wellbeing
• Parenting and Health relationship support
• Local and community activities
• Signpost to services that support with cost of living i.e. bills, food, rent etc. Find out more about Help with Cost of Living here
• Support families from pre-birth to young people aged up to 18 years old, and young people aged up to 25 if there is diagnosed SEND needs.

Find information here on drop in times and venue addresses for your nearest Family Navigators.