NG Welfare - Rooderpoort / NG Welsyn, Roodeport
Counselling, legal assistance, youth and sexual education programme. Neglected, abused, maltreated and molested children. Professional social work and welfare services to individuals, families, and communities; DSD-registered; registered NPO; faith-based but serves all community members regardless of church affiliation - **Children** — child protection, care and support - **Poverty and material welfare** — food relief, emergency assistance, referrals to SASSA - **Youth** (secondary school and student support) - **Nutrition** — food security programmes - **Aged/older persons** — support and care for the elderly (including abuse of older persons) - **Family life, marriages, and parenting** — family counselling, parenting skills, marriage counselling - **Violence** — services explicitly listed cover violence against elderly persons, women, men, and children **GBV relevance:** NG Welsyn Roodepoort's explicit listing of "violence (elderly, women, men, children)" as a service area, alongside family counselling and child protection, makes it a community-level social work service with GBV response capacity. The professionally qualified social workers at the Currie Street and Witpoortjie offices provide individual counselling, family intervention, safety planning and referral for survivors. They are also the correct contact for child abuse assessments, custody concerns related to DV, and referrals to shelters and the courts. **Nearby dedicated GBV services in Roodepoort area:** - SAPS Roodepoort: 011 763 1155 / 10111 - Child Welfare SA Roodepoort: 45 Du Toit Street, Discovery — 011 271 8700 - SAPS Honeydew VFR/NCVT: 011 801-8430 (previously listed) - GBV Command Centre: 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7)
Contact & Location
- 18 Currie Street, Roodepoort, 1724 / 24 Jan Van Rooyen Street, Witpoortjie, Roodepoort 1724
Opening Hours
Opening hours not available. Contact the organisation directly.
About
NG Welsyn Roodepoort (NG Welfare Roodepoort) — 18 Currie Street, Roodepoort 1724 (main) / 24 Jan van Rooyen Street, Witpoortjie, Roodepoort 1724 (secondary) / PO Box 3118, Roodepoort 1725 / Phone: 011 763 5xxx (confirm current) — is the Roodepoort affiliate of NG Welsyn, the Dutch Reformed Church's professional welfare and social services arm, serving the Roodepoort/Witpoortjie community in the City of Johannesburg. Operating with registered, qualified social workers from two offices, NG Welsyn Roodepoort serves the full range of community welfare needs: children (child protection, care and support); poverty (food relief, emergency assistance, SASSA referrals); youth (school and student support); family life, marriages, and parenting (counselling, parenting skills, marriage support); nutrition; aged persons (including elder abuse); and explicitly — violence against elderly persons, women, men, and children. For GBV survivors in the Roodepoort/Witpoortjie area, NG Welsyn provides a welcoming, community-based first point of contact for individual counselling, family intervention, safety planning, court referral, and shelter access. The faith-based context is inclusive — services are available to all community members, regardless of church affiliation. For immediate crisis: SAPS Roodepoort (011 763 1155) / GBV Command Centre 0800 428 428 (toll-free, 24/7). Also nearby: SAPS Honeydew VFR/NCVT (011 801-8430) / Child Welfare SA Roodepoort (011 271 8700).