Services In the UK (Croydon)

For a better Croydon

Bilingual Advice Project

What's it about?

Bilingual advice, support & signposting
Basic ICT training & advocacy service
Interpretation and translation from French into English and vice versa
Self-esteem and confidence building &Networking
Development of individual potential andcapacity
Referral service to Black Minority Ethnic & mainstream statutory, voluntary and community agencies

ALL TAILORED TO USERS’ NEEDS!

Basic Skills Development Project (deBasics Project)

Skills for Work and Life in the UK

We offer to refugee women of French-speaking African origin who live in Croydon help with the following job searching skills:

Introduction to UK life and employment culture practice
Personal development skills
Empowering English for work
Bilingual advice on life & social skills
(from French into English and viceversa)
Basic IT and ICT training for work
Individual capacity & confidence building
Basic job search & matching skills

Enhancing skills, building bridges, caring for a safer Environment, bringing peace and CENFACS to the community

Outreach & Research Project

Bringing CENFACS to the community is an initiative by CENFACS to reach out to the French-speaking African People (FSAP) and to research on their needs and expectations.

This will be one of the CENFACS’ priorities for the development of its services in the UK. The language barrier is one of the disadvantages experienced by the majority of the FSAP. To deal with it effectively, CENFACS will extend its services to all corners of the community through in-depth neighbourhood outreach. CENFACS will be working with FSAP in North West Croydon to raise their awareness of local issues, increase their involvement and participation in local life and help them access local and mainstream services in a confident manner.

Peace & Protection Initiative

Peace & Protection project is about BRINGING PEACE TO THE CHILDREN THROUGH PROTECTION. As part of this project, CENFACS in partnership with AFRUCA (Africans Unite Against Child Abuse) organised a workshop on "Safeguarding African Children in London: Key Issues & Developments". Debbie Ariyo, Director of AFRUCA, high-lighted with participants key child protection issues: Female Genital Mutilation, Trafficking of Children to the UK, Physical Punishment and Exorcism and Belief in Witchcraft. One of the ways forward to these issues is TO WORK WITH PARENTS WHO NEED SUPPORT AND OTHER CHILD PROTECTION STAKEHOLDERS AND KEY AGENCIES. We look forward to carrying out more work on children's peace and protection.