name: Jemma

organisation: Welwitschia Welfare Centre – works with London Councils funded second tier organisation Advice UK

background: The organisation improves access to advice for BMER and migrant communities in the fields of welfare rights, housing, immigration and asylum, health, education and employment

funding: currently funded through to 30 October 2012

borough: Haringey




With Welwitschia I can talk in my own language without a problem and express  myself without any interpreter.

I found out about the service through a friend of mine who recommended me to use the service. She talked highly about Welwitschia.

It was exactly what I was hoping for. I was advised on benefits entitlements  and the possibility of working without losing my entire  benefits. I did not know about it. All I knew is that if you work, you will lose your entitlements.

The service has improved my life a lot. I am now able to work and provide more for my family.  I spent 10 years without working just sitting at home looking after the children. Now I am working part-time as a kitchen assistant at a primary school in Haringey.

Photography posed by a model.