LITD C.I.C.®

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We do this by providing emotional and moral support to disadvantaged individuals and families.

Such as asylum seekers and refugees who are at high risks of depression due to loneliness and low-income earners ravaged with poverty, and those who lack skills to get jobs that can cater for themselves and their families.

Our community also extends rays of light to the underprivileged Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, with major priority given to those in the UK and its surroundings.

Light in the darkness was founded in May 2018 by a former refugee, Ms. Beatrice Guessie, who knows what it feels like to be tortured mentally, physically, and psychologically in the UK’s Asylum system—having experienced it first-hand. However, rather than let the experience hold her back in life, she has chosen to be a medium to shine a light on other people who are disadvantaged and have been through similar experiences.

2021-2022 LITD C.I.C. Conference planned for the awareness in which the experience and the ordeal of these and similar women are the driver for this conference. We aim to bring to fore the daily struggles of women and children in obtaining adequate care and support from Government Services while feeling safe and well looked after. We hope to examine the cultural stereotyping among social workers and other professionals and the stigma from past mental health struggles. These two issues create barriers to people from ethnic minority communities in accessing adequate care and support. The relationship should be of trust and respect; however, the opposite is seemingly the case with many Manchester families.

LITD C.I.C. provides a range of services for women and families experiencing abuse, trauma, discrimination, mental health issues, and immigration-related issues in Manchester & its surroundings.

We equip women and families with a wide range of tools such as:-

Counselling
Advocacy to help reduce the risk of self-harm
Advocacy to help reduce the risk of harm to others
Support their transition, integration, and development within the UK’s society
Addressing and championing their daily basis social challenges and experience exchanges among them
Organizing social events
Organizing social conferences
Organizing social workshops
Organizing social seminars

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89 Adults & 83 Children
Given Intensive Support

64
Improved emotional & wellbeing

36
Diverted from mental health crisis

30
Improved positive functioning

26
Improved health outcomes

25
Diverted from serious mental crisis

10
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LITD C.I.C. Agenda and Achievements 2018-2024

OUR MILE STONES

Over the years we have been advocating for those less fortunate than ourselves. We have been very fortunate to have won awards and we have been invited to speak at many events.

Mission statement

As a community interest company, we carry out the following activities for the betterment of the disadvantaged.

We act as a link between communities and the job centres, local employers, and educational institutions to enable individuals without skills to gain them gainfully employed to pick up skills or hone previously existing skills to find employment within their communities. Additionally, we help individuals take steps towards financial independence by mentoring and training them through Legal Aid, Employment, and Business Skills workshops.
We engage with a wide range of stakeholders involved in our work, including government agencies and statutory agencies, to ensure individuals in their various communities receive the necessary support to become self-sufficient.
We provide emotional and moral support, as well as motivational sessions all geared towards improving the mental health and well-being of individuals by showcasing success stories of those who have been through what they are currently undergoing and came victorious. To help spur them into achieving a better life for themselves and their loved ones.
We provide a centre with phone lines, computers, and other helpful resources, including staff and volunteers who help facilitate communication with the NHS, Housing associations, Police, and crime units. This service is being particularly invaluable and super helpful to those whose first language is not English.

ABOUT US

Light In The Darkness is a community Interest company (LITD C.I.C.) that seeks to bring light, hope, and succor to society's downtrodden.

We do this by providing emotional and moral support to disadvantaged individuals and families.