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3569 services found
Pan Together employment and skills support
Help with CVs, returning to work, English, maths and digital skills.
Barnardo’s Early Help
Parenting programmes, family support, advice and referrals for families who need early help.
SENDIASS Isle of Wight
Free confidential SEND advice for children and young people aged 0 to 25 and their parents or carers.
Barnardo’s 4U Child Advocacy
Independent advocacy for eligible children and young people aged 5 to 25.
Birth Hub Baby Café
Free infant-feeding and family support in Newport with no booking required.
Breastfeeding support
Free breastfeeding advice, peer support and local groups including sessions at Newport Family Hub.
Health Visitor drop-ins
Free local drop-ins with health visitors for families with young children.
Holiday Activities and Food programme
Free holiday activities and meals for eligible school-aged children receiving benefits-related free school meals.
Isle of Wight Youth Trust
Free counselling, wellbeing support and therapy for children and young people aged 5 to 25.
Youth Trust parent and carer support
Free workshops, advice and individual support for parents and carers.
Children’s Services
Help with safeguarding and children’s social care from Newport.
Urgent NHS mental-health support
Call NHS 111 and choose option 2 for urgent mental-health help.
Inclusion Isle of Wight
Free confidential drug and alcohol support in Newport with self-referral available.
Drug Addicts Anonymous – There Is a Solution
Free peer-support meeting in Newport for people affected by drug addiction.
Drug Addicts Anonymous – We Can Recover
Free evening peer-support meeting in Newport for people affected by drug addiction.
St Mary’s Sexual Health Clinic
Free contraception, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception and STI or HIV testing and treatment.
Free postal STI testing
Confidential home STI and HIV testing kits plus condom access.
Smokefree Island
Free stop-smoking advice and support for people living or working on the Isle of Wight.
NHS Health Check
Free health assessment for eligible adults aged 40 to 74.
Newport and Central Social Prescribing
Help with loneliness, debt, housing, employment, low mood and long-term conditions through participating GP practices.
Healthy Lifestyles Isle of Wight
Weight-management, healthy-living and stop-smoking support; eligibility may apply.
Mountbatten bereavement support
Free counselling and bereavement support, including for people whose relative was not cared for by Mountbatten.
Wessex Cancer Support – Newport
Free emotional support and counselling for people affected by cancer in Newport.
Breast-cancer support group
Free monthly support group at the Riverside Centre for people affected by breast cancer.
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