Turkish Cypriot Women's Project
Services
Turkish Cypriot Women's ProjectServices
Our aim is to provide housing related advice and support to Haringey Council residents.
Women who have signed up to receive support and advice provisions have the choice of seeing two dedicated workers, working under the supervision of the Co-ordinator.
All our advisers will offer a comprehensive support service to our clients ensuring that the most appropriate agency is involved according to the level of support ascertained through initial meetings.
All clients will, in partnership with their Key Worker, meet to discuss their initial concerns and draw up a plan. Which will be reviewed periodically.
Assistance is available as listed below:
Funded by Haringey Council
This project provides a programme of workshops and drop-in sessions to improve women’s skills, capability and confidence to manage their own lives. Support and advice to Turkish-speaking women is provided in their own language on reducing or paying off debts/arears, and negotiate creditors on their behalf. We support women at risk of homelessness especially those at immediate risk of eviction by negotiating with councils, housing associations and landlords to reduce repaying housing relating debts. We aim to maximise benefits to women and their families and assist them to make new claims, online and challenge benefit sanctions where necessary. Workshops are provided i.e budgeting, housing rights, heating/energy, digital skills and digital drop-in sessions.
This project is funded by City Bridge Foundation
This project will include: weekly walk and talk sessions to give women a greater sense of safety outdoors and build peer-to-peer connections; weekly cardio dance fitness sessions and chair based exercise sessions; weekly online meditation sessions. Choir and music sessions to enhance confidence, mental wellbeing and togetherness. The project will also include weekly coffee mornings where clients will be encouraged to share issues and support one another. Health specialists to give advice on topics such as falls prevention, healthy eating and diabetes. Opportunities for English language role-plays to encourage confidence in speaking with agencies such as GPs, hospitals and the Council.
This project funded by the National Lottery 
The Bridge Renewal Trust and partners is being funded by the North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) to deliver an equitable programme of Supporting ICB Winter Wellness Campaign Through Community Engagement in Haringey and Enfield targeting adults aged 18–65 living with one or more LTCs (diabetes/ heart/ respiratory/kidney diseases) – targeting Black Afro-Caribbean, Somali, Turkish/Cypriot, Eastern European and Latin American communities, facing deprivation/digital exclusion and/or language barriers.
The Bridge Renewal Trust, Turkish Cypriot Women’s Project Sewn Together, NHS and 4U2 have formed this partnership to improve flu vaccine and Health Checks uptake as well as to increase awareness among residents of what steps to take to look after their well-being during winter. This collaboration builds on successful community engagement projects such as the Covid and Primary Care Access campaigns.
The North Central London ICB is funding the Bridge Renewal Trust and partners.We believe that women are inspirational role models, but as a result of some form of oppression they have faced in their lives, they tend to undermine their own skills and experiences. Therefore, our organisation has worked hard to encourage women to actively participate in volunteering. This helps women to develop and extend their knowledge and inevitably build confidence to proceed with other life goals.
The Bridge Renewal Trust and Turkish Cypriot Women’s Project have formed this partnership to support earlier cancer presentation amongst people from Turkish/Turkish Cypriot population.
Claremont and North East London Cancer Alliance
Claremont and the North East London Cancer Alliance collaborated with TCWP to promote the uptake of national cancer screening programmes for bowel, breast, and cervical cancer within the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities. Several focus groups were facilitated, involving both Turkish-speaking men and women, who participated and received cash incentives for their involvement.
This project is supporting Turkish-speaking women already struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis; debts and poor housing or risk of homelessness; to improve their resilience; mutual assistance and mental health in the aftermath of the Turkish-Syrian earthquake. It is providing opportunities for women to support each other with their shared experiences of the tragedy and develop friendship networks which will give long-term benefit and comfort. Group therapy sessions are enabling their recovery to be guided by professional support; and individual counselling is providing more in-depth assistance tailored to each woman’s needs. Meditation sessions are enabling women to learn techniques to develop their mental strength and wellbeing to make them better able to face future challenges.
This project funded by the National Lottery