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Social Inclusion
Services
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Supporting Service Users
Bromley Mind works to make a positive impact on the lives of residents of the borough with mental health needs, empowering its service users through the provision of activities and facilities that help to:
- Develop social confidence, mutual support and a positive role in the community.
Open doors to fulfilling activity at work and leisure. - Develop skills and access support to live as independently as possible.
- Enable individuals to achieve personal growth and develop skills to manage and improve their own mental health.
- Support carers and enrich the quality of life of people suffering from dementia.
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Bromley Mytime is a charitable leisure trust that re-invest surplus to enhance sport, arts and play facilities within the borough. Through a number of brands, we offer access to affordable, quality, safe, healthy fun leisure cultural experiences whatever your age or ability.
Examples of activities include short mat bowls, badminton, group exercise sessions, gym and swimming. 
New Concessionary discount prices for Bromley Mytime's membership options ensure that every one can have access to a healthy active lifestyle.
Ensuring access for everybody is key to Bromley Mytime's mission. A new level of concessionary discounts have been introduced.
Access Plus: for people on low income receiving certain types of benefit. - 50% discount (approx.)
Please visit the website for a full list of activities:
An offshoot of a local GP practice this community project provides gardening, nature conservation and creative opportunities in their walled garden and studio for the well-being of local residents especially people with physical or mental health problems.
Help with return to work. Covers West sector. Long standing member of Develop.
Contact: Katie Hooper or Daniela Fleckenstein
Tel: 020 8291 1650
Email: info@sydenhamgarden.org.uk
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Eye, Eye is linked to the newsletter "The Eye". The Eye was first published in Leeds by Terry Simpson & Judy Beckett as part of their work on social inclusion and mental health service user and carer involvement. This was part of a project call i3 (Inspire, Include and Improve) hence the name "The Eye".
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Supporting Service Development
The Bromley Local Involvement Network is the new way for local people to have their say about health and social care in Bromley. It will provide a stronger voice for the people of Bromley in how services are planned and run and will try to secure the improvements they want.
The LINk was set up in October 2008 and is supported by Shaw Trust. It covers the entire London Borough of Bromley and is run by local people independent of the Council and NHS.
Anyone with an interest in health and social care can become a member of the LINk - both individuals and organisations. As a member you will be kept informed of the LINk's activities, given the opportunity to get involved and have a say in the running of the LINk.
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Communitybuilders is a £70 million fund that offers loans, grants and business support to inclusive, multi-purpose, community-led organisations.
The fund takes forward a commitment within the Communities in Control: real people, real power White Paper to build more cohesive, empowered and active communities.
Communitybuilders invests in the sustainability of multi-purpose, inclusive, community-led organisations (sometimes known as Community Anchors).
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Creative Thinking Sets are an exciting new initiative from the NDT that will bring people together to share ideas, experiences and challenges...to learn, think and plan.
The sets they are launching focus on Building Community Inclusion, Management & Leadership, Service Design & Commissioning and Developing Local Brokerage Resources.
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Futurebuilders invests in third sector organisations delivering public services.
We offer loan financing, often combined with grants and professional support, to third sector organisations in England that need investment to help them bid for, win and deliver public service contracts.
Futurebuilders investments are available to third sector organisations in England that are delivering or planning to deliver public services and are unable to secure investment from commercial lenders.
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Leavingcare.org has been developed and is maintained by the National Care Advisory Service. This website offers information, advice and resources for care leavers, professionals and public, each in tailored sections.
The National Care Advisory Service (NCAS) is the national advice, support and development service for children in and from care (age 13-25) and those who work with them.
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Promoting Social Inclusion
NMHDU, launched in April 2009, consists of a small central team and a range of programmes funded by both the Department of Health and the NHS.
It provides national support for implementing mental health policy by advising on national and international best practice to improve mental health and mental health services.
This section of the NMHDU website pomotes Social Inclusion and Social Justice:
The National Institute For Mental Health (England) co-ordinated the overall delivery of the Mental Health and Social Exclusion report and brought together individuals and organisations from a range of backgrounds and social inclusion expertise.
The national social inclusion programme team had cross-government representation as well as voluntary sector, service user, mental health professionals, and cross programme membership.
NSIP ceased operation on 31st March 2009 but the website continues to function, and is now managed by the Inclusion Institute at the Internationl School for Community Rights at the University of Central Lancashire.
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New Horizons is a cross-government programme of action to help improve everyone's mental well-being and the services that provide mental health care.
This website gives an overview of plans and keeps you up to date with latest activities.
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The Social Exclusion Task Force was set up in June 2006. Its mission is to extend the opportunities enjoyed by the vast majority of people in the UK today to those whose lives have been characterised by deprivation and exclusion.
They work closely with all government departments to ensure that the needs of the most socially excluded are addressed.
The Social Exclusion Task Force is committed to:
- evidence based policy-making;
- working together with stakeholders; and
- giving a voice to disadvantaged groups within government.
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Designed to promote reflection,discussion and creative ideas for action,these courses provide an ideal opportunity for communities: their service organisations (across the range of statutory, voluntary and private sector), local groups and interested individuals to work and learn together.
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Resource Center to Promote Acceptance,Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health (ADS Center)
The improved ADS Center Web site features information and advice to help individuals and organizations counter discrimination and stigma associated with mental illness.
The SAMHSA ADS Center Web site supports SAMHSA's National Anti-Stigma Campaign, which was developed in collaboration with the Ad Council and launched in December 2006.
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The Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities is a National Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
The website has been completely redesigned, both to indicate the Collaborative’s move from the University of Pennsylvania after seven very productive years and to improve users’ access to the Collaborative’s research and training products, upcoming conference and workshop opportunities, and staff and faculty resources.
Users will be able to quickly identify the Collaborative’s past and current research activities, ongoing training and related knowledge development activities, and the growing number of journal articles, monographs, toolkits, and exemplary program descriptions that can be helpful to users seeking to expand their understanding and utilization of community integration principles and practices.
For the first time, the website provides a guide to the Collaborative’s 150 resources by topic area, to help users find the information they need more quickly. In addition to an introduction to the core community integration approaches, there are resources focused on employment, education, family relationships, parenting, and up-to-date discussions of peer sup-port, consumer-operated programs, and self-directed care – among a wide array of other topics.
UnLtd is a charitable organisation set up by seven leading organisations that promote social entrepreneurship.
UnLtd - the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs - wants to support and develop the role of social entrepreneurs as a force for positive change in the United Kingdom. In the short to medium term UnLtd will achieve this by providing:
- Awards to social entrepreneurs
- A UK wide Fellowship of people who have received awards
- Research into the impact of social entrepreneurs on society
- UnLtd Ventures
For more information visit UnLtd's website:
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