About Us
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
The RLC Community Centre is a community-based not-for-profit charity organisation based right here in Chadwell Heath - in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD). It is fully registered with the Charity Commission (Charity no. 1137881) and Companies House (CH no. 06794767) and complies with all the legal and compliance requirements of UK charity and HMRC laws.
​The RLC provides a range of children and family-focused crisis intervention work, including assessments, community outreach, and child and family contact services. Due to several years’ experience in children and family work, coupled with extensive consultation with practitioners in the field, significant steps have been taken to address the sensitive nature of issues involved in child and family contact work, thereby ensuring that the experience for children and estranged parents is as positive, private, and safe as possible. To this end, the centre has been designed to offer all families as much privacy as possible by providing private and homely contact rooms. The RLC Family Life Centre is a member of the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC); therefore, all its policies and practices are regulated by the agency. This means that referrers and families that use the centre are reassured that the centre is being properly run and meets the highest standards of service. We accept referrals from CAFCASS, Social Services, Psychiatry and Health Departments, Legal Profession, and in some cases, self-referrals from parents.
Our Story
Most of the services provided within the organisation are delivered in partnership with various department within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering Councils, as well as other government agencies such as CAFCASS, National Association of Child Contact Centre (NACCC).
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Over 350 individuals and families from every segment of the community within the borough currently access the wide variety of services offered within the Centre on a weekly basis. These services range from Early Years Education (a registered nursery and out of school services regulated by OFSTED no. EY390650), Children and Family Support Services, Parent & Toddler group, Meeting rooms (providing our venue free of charge for local small charities and businesses), Food Bank, Music, Creative and Performing Arts right through to a Homeless Persons Care and Support project. All services are open access; some are fee-paying at a highly subsidised rate while others are totally free to the community.
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We are an equal opportunity and non-discriminatory practice employer, staffed by a very diverse team of professionals from different racial, ethnic, religious, and non- religious backgrounds. It has a track record of providing services to every quarter of the community in line with the LBBD policy of Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discriminatory practice. We have staff, children, and service users from over 30 different countries!
Meet The Team
A Caring Team with a Heart of Compassion
