mothertongue multi-ethnic counselling and listening service
accredited by bacp
Charity Awards 2007 Winners
The Queens Award for Voluntary Service
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What our clients say about Mothertongue:


“I could understand the counsellor because she spoke my language”
“I talked about things I have never been able to talk about before”
“I have become more independent and can carry out tasks by myself”
"I just want to say thank you for Association Mothertongue because they done everything for me. And if they wasn't here I just think that maybe I'm not going to be here at the moment. They just listen to my story and they never judge me. They support me."
“It helped me to look at things that were happening to me in a different way. I know realise what I have to do”
“I am finding the courage to grow a flower amidst stones”


What a counsellor says about Mothertongue:

“My experience of working at Mothertongue can only be described as a 'spiritual experience'. I have worked with such a vast amount of clients over the past four years, from all over the world. Mothertongue is a very unique organisation which offers counselling in the clients’ mother tongue language. It connected me to both my roots here in the UK and in the Punjab [India]. I have given and received a lot from this service.
Thank you”


What agencies say about Mothertongue:

“This service has attracted ordinary Asian people … who would not have come to counselling under any other circumstances”
“People are able to engage – talk in their first language"
“Our clients have gained a lot and feel very satisfied”
“Mothertongue Counselling provides a professional service on a 1-1 basis which we are not able to offer”
“Mothertongue Counselling responds quickly (within a week); other counselling appointments were taking too long”
“Provides assistance with transport and childcare. Provides a confidential environment”
The Big Lottery Fund
Reading Primary Care Trust
TheTudor Trust
Reading Borough Council
Triodos Foundation
Vodafone UK Foundation
Berkshire Community Foundation