Vanclaron CIC
Vanclaron was founded by its current CEO, Dr Edith Iheama, a former NHS Public Health Practitioner who led a range of health promotion programmes. After becoming an asylum seeker in the UK herself, Edith experienced first-hand the challenges of the asylum process and its impact on her and her young family’s mental health. These experiences highlighted a significant gap in community support—between clinical referrals to NHS services and having no support at all. In response, Edith established Vanclaron to address the specific challenges faced by underserved communities, particularly refugees and asylum seekers, including stigma, isolation, cultural and language barriers, and the lack of appropriate mainstream services to meet their needs.
Our wellbeing Hub offers free Support and confidential assistance to those who are feeling low and in need of support for mental health, substance abuse, depression, anxiety and employment-related issues
We offer free online accredited courses in a number of creative pathways. Learn flexibly online, for free using our google classroom platform. Go behind the camera and explore topics in film, photography, and videography. From radio broadcasting techniques to storytelling, you will find short online courses to suit you. Start learning for free on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
- Group work.
- Training.
- Mentoring and leadership support for community and young people.
- One to one consultation sessions with individuals.
- English club
- Dementia Paint session
- Digital inclusion
- Public speaking
- Long term recovery
- Culinary workshop
- depression workshop
- wellbeing on men
- Employability skills
- Parenting workshops
- exercise for health wellbeing walks
- Adult seated yoga
- Chronic Conditions
- Kids clay workshops