Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Advice Centre (BHCAC)

Services and Activities 

 

Person-centred support: addressing multiple needs and empowering vulnerable beneficiaries to become independent. Besides advice and assistance, we offer support in areas like getting online, reporting changes in circumstances, housing repairs, concessionary transport costs and referrals for specialist support such as repossession, evictions, bailiffs, utility disconnection and debt repayments.

By appointment only on Mondays and Tuesdays, between 9.30 am - 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm

To make an appointment, please call 020 8459 4201 (as stated above, the phone is answered only on Mondays and Tuesdays during service hours, stated above).

Address: Bosnia and Herzegovina Community Advice Centre, rear of 108 High Road Willesden, London, NW10 2PP

 

Outreach Welfare Benefits Advice at Willesden Green and Harlesden libraries (Brent Hubs Willesden and Harlesden); working with Brent Council and local organisations and providing a joined-up response to the needs of the local community.

Outreach service operates on a first-come, first-served basis, between 9.30 am - 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm - 5.00 pm on the following days and locations:

 

• Mondays at Willesden Green Library, 95 High Road, Willesden, NW10 2SF

• Wednesdays at Harlesden Library, 49A Craven Park Road, London, NW10 8SE
  

 

Food Bank Vouchers: BHCAC staff are authorised by Sufra NW London Food Bank and Ealing Food Bank to give food vouchers to people who need emergency food and toiletries. For a food voucher, please speak to a member of the BHCAC staff when you access one of the services stated above. 

 

Welfare Benefits Training; increasing the knowledge of rights and entitlements and helping beneficiaries navigate the benefits system. The next training is scheduled for Spring 2025. To express an interest, please email us at info@bhcac.org.uk 

 

Money Management Workshops; developing financial literacy skills, budget management, identification of savings (i.e., discounts with utility providers), debt avoidance and future planning. The next workshop is scheduled for Spring 2025. To express an interest, please email us at info@bhcac.org.uk

 

Social Club, run by older volunteers (who are also beneficiaries themselves), provides vulnerable beneficiaries with opportunities for social interaction, reducing isolation and loneliness. Activities include coffee, lunches (Wednesdays only), talks and music. 

Mondays, between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm and Wednesdays, between 2.00 pm and 4.00 pm. To join the club, please email us at info@bhcac.org.uk

Closed from mid-July to the end of August & over Christmas and New Year holidays

 

Social and Cultural Events: Involving beneficiaries in organising events to reduce social exclusion and promote gender equality, Bosnian culture and positive community interaction. Events in 2025: International Women's Day Celebration, 8 March 2025; Christmas Lunch, mid-December 2025. To express an interest in these events, please email us at info@bhcac.org.uk

 

Volunteering Opportunities and Training for disadvantaged community members: developing beneficiaries’ skills in community work to support people accessing BHCAC’s activities. By application, interview, reference and DBS check. For an application form, please email us at info@bhcac.org.uk

 

 

    

 

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