Jewish Care offers support to camp survivors, hidden children, refugees and Kindertransport.
We also provide support for Jewish refugees from former Yugoslavia.
The Holocaust Survivors’ Centre (HSC) operates from Monday to Thursday.
Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors Centre (HSC) is the only centre designed specifically for Holocaust survivors in the UK. Based in Golders Green at Jewish Care’s Michael Sobell Jewish Community Centre, it is part of The Maurice & Vivienne Wohl Campus.
Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors’ Centre offers a friendly, safe place where Holocaust survivors can meet and socialise. Many survivors who attend the centre have built strong friendships there and say they consider it a “home” where they can share experiences with those who understand what they have been through.
We offer a hot, supervised kosher meal on site, and a Jewish Care minibus will operate for those members who need additional help with transportation.
Practical and emotional support related to past trauma and current difficulties
Jewish Care’s Holocaust Survivors Centre is the only place of its kind anywhere in the UK. More than 250 survivors and refugees are supported at the Centre through a specific programme of social, cultural and therapeutic activities.
The Holocaust Survivors Centre offers a programme of social, cultural and therapeutic events:
- Outings and cultural events
- Organised events relating to Holocaust memorial events and Holocaust education
- Celebration lunches, brunches and teas
- Music concerts
- Guest speakers on art, culture and current affairs
- Meals on Wheels service
- Therapeutic support groups
- Drop in café Monday-Thursday
The Shalvata service, with its specialist team offering counselling and social work support, is for those dealing with trauma. Many survivors who attend the centre have built strong friendships there and say they consider it a ‘home’ where they can share experiences with other people who understand what they have been through.
A specialist team offering therapeutic and practical support including:
- 1–1 counselling sessions
- Support for those suffering with trauma, nightmares, loss and the effects of separation
- Support groups for bereaved, spouses of survivors and survivors who talk in schools
- Family and carers support
- Assessment and planning for homecare, residential and nursing care
- Support and signposting for survivors with memory issues and dementia