Counselling, therapy, advocacy, advice & info for Young People

Off Centre is a counselling, therapy, advocacy, advice and information service for young people aged between 11 and 25 who live, work or study in Hackney. Our services are free, confidential and aimed at helping Hackney’s young people to have greater control over their lives. We help people with all kinds of emotional, spiritual and practical issues including:

sexuality  |  bereavement  |  violence  |  depression  |  accommodation  |  college  |  stress
abuse  |  family breakdown  |  self-harm  |  anger  |  neglect  |  identity  and more

A NEW SERVICE - If you need legal advice on a housing problem or inappropriate accomodation and are aged 16 - 24 there'll be a new service running at Off Centre from the 26th January 10am - 1pm. (and then every other Thursday morning). Hackney Law Centre will be working alongside our fantastic Advice & Advocacy worker so we can provide you with specialist legal advice on things like - Homeless Applications, claiming benefits, rent arears etc. Contact Off Centre on the usual number (0208 986 4016) or The Hackney Law Centre on 07530 845 303

Interested in volunteering with us? Please check our volunteer page.

If you have any questions, please give us a ring on 020 8986 4016

We have a new fax number +44 (0)208 1505657