Our aims and Objectives are: - To help young people to have easy access to the mainstream service - To provide general advice, information on immigration, housing, education, training, employment opportunities and other issues related to them - To act as a mediator between the youths and the mainstream service providers thus improving the uptake of services - To provide social activities so that youth crime and reconvictions can be reduced amongst young people.

ACTIVITIES:
-To provide free interpretation and translation services - To organise seminars and workshops on HIV & AIDS, STD, Teenager pregnancy, drugs and substance misuse and its consequences. _To promote the health and general well-being of the youths by organising health related project. - To Easily facilitate the integration of young people into the British society by organising seminars and workshops on British history and culture. -To refer clients to specialists providers. -To mediate between the youngsters and their parents. -To carry out outreachwork -To help young  Unaccompanied minors settle in the U.K.

PROVISION ON INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE
The WLAC provides youths with information on immigration, housing, welfare benefits, health, employment and training, debt and money advice. This is provided face to face. The clients can either make an appointment or just drop in. The issues that we are unable to resolve we do refer to other specialist providers that we network with. OUTREACHWORK This is done by accompanying clients to different places such as; GP's surgeries, hospitals, Solicitors firms, social services, courts, housing services, Benefit Agency, Jobcentre, school and colleges, etc. This enables communication between the clients and civil servants. The WLAC also speak a and negotiate on client's behalf.

SEXUAL HEALTH /TEENAGER PREGNANCY
The WLAC provides crucial information on availability of the services to those affected by the HIV and AIDS or at risk, prevention methods. It also gives advice aims at young female teenagers about the dangers and perils of teenager pregnancy and STD. Currently the WLAC is running a pilot project on HIV and AIDS. Many  youths experience language problems, especially that Portuguese and not English is their first language. This problem not only impedes the take-up f services available to them but also many young people are unaware of the existence of these services and opportunities they are entitled to. Language barrier coupled with lack of knowledge of their rights and entitlements are often a constraints efforts of integration into the British society. The WLAC helps to mitigate this problem by providing free translation and interpreting services.

UNACCOMPANIED MINORS FROM ANGOLA
Since 20001 we have been helping unaccompanied minors from Angola to settle in the U.K. There 100's of unaccompanied minors from Angola in the U.K. The majority of whom started to arrive in 1990's in the height of the Angolan civil war. They are looked after by social services under section 17 & 20 of the Children Act 1989. During the Angolan conflict, a lot of children lost either one or both parents, some have seen their beloved ones being killed, some have lost contact with their relatives completely. Many young Angolan were used as a child soldiers and others especially young girls were used as sex slaves and porters. Those who were fortunate enough made it to the U.K. While in the U.K. they are trying to rebuild their lives. Here at the WLAC we try to help through the provision of Advice, information, assistance, guidance on employment and training, educational opportunities available for them in the U.K. It liaises, negotiates and speaks on their behalf with social services, housing dept, jobcentres, and referral to the specialist providers. It also helps those who have lost touch with their relatives find them through British red cross International Tracing people.

WLAC is against child abuse
WLAC is Against molesting
WLAC is against child trafficking 
WLAC  is against child physical punishment 
WLAC is against child smaking.
Don't ignore it, take it seriously, report.
Be kind to your child
Be patient to your child
Be a friend to your child
Be Gentle to your child

Over the past few months or so a lot of children and young people in our community have been wrongly accused of being possessed with bad spirits or demos by the pastors. As a result many parents have reacted by either physically punishing or sending their children back to Africa against their will. Our advice to the parents would be don't accept everything that the pastor says. If your child is stubborn and not listening to you, try to talk to him/her nicely without hurting. If necessary seek professional help. Here at the WLAC we have a Team of a dedicated parents who can help in mediation and solve the conflict between a child and a parent in a cultural appropriate way.

Useful telephone Numbers
NSCPCC 08088005000
ChildLine 08001111
Police, Fire and Ambulance 999
Kidscape 08451205204
(Bullying & Child Abuse)
Gingerbread 08000184318
(lone Parents)
Daycare Trust 02078403350
(Everything about Childcare)
Children Legal Centre: 01206872466 (legal issues affecting children and young people)

Yellow pages for local social services Reconstruct: 08003891571
(Freephone for Children and young people)