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Home & Neighbourhood
Welcome to the home and neighbourhood pages. These pages are run by Home & NeighourhoodNET, a partnership of organisations that all have an interest in housing, community safety and social inclusion. Mental health services and partner organisations work together to promote social inclusion and good mental health by offering each other support.
We should all be involved in promoting social inclusion because:
- Common mental health problems affect up to one in six of the general population at any one time. Almost everyone will know someone who has had mental health problems at some point in their lives.
- People with mental health problems are one-and-a-half times more likely than the general population to live in rented housing, with higher uncertainty about how long they can remain in their current home.
What's in this for you?
In this section you will be able to find:
- Services that are working to support people in finding and retaining good homes and welcoming access to good neighbourhoods and local community services.
- Events about home and neighbourhood issues.
- Evidence and policy - Government policy on housing and neighbourhood issues as they affect people with mental health problems in our communities. Guidance on developing socially inclusive home and neighbourhood services.
- Guidance and tools that can be used to help people plan to find and keep their own homes and gain access to welcoming neighbourhood services.
- News - stories about people's experiences of home and neighbourhood issues in the borough.
If you would like more information about home and neighbourhood issues, social inclusion and mental health, Develop can also offer you:
- Discussion Forum - A place to ask questions, find support and obtain advice and information on home and neighbourhood issues for people with mental health problems and about a socially inclusive approach to coping with mental health issues in your organisation. (Available to registered site users).
- Training on social inclusion, housing and neighbourhood issues as well as about mental ill-health (from handling stress and promoting mental wellbeing and recovery through to awareness training about mental illness).
If you would like to join this network, please contact Develop at: homeNET@developbromley.com
View the national database of neighbourhood bridge-building projects
Freedom Passes to be renewed
21st Jan 2010
Residents in Bromley who currently use a Freedom Pass are being reminded that their current pass will be replaced with a new style pass and it must be renewed before 31 March 2010 as the old one cannot be used after this date.
People are being asked to apply on certain dates according to the initial of their surname and are being advised the following:
They can apply at any Post Office in the borough or participating neighbouring boroughs
They need a passport style photo, and proof of identity and residency in Bromley
The new Freedom Pass will incorporate a photograph of the passholder on the card and will be valid for five years instead of the current two. Passholders who do not have a permanent disability may be reassessed in 2012.
The initial application could take up to 2 to 3 weeks to process
The new pass will be sent to them directly, not issued by or collected at the Post Office
Eligible disabled people should contact the council if they have not received an application form or authorisation letter already.
Posters have been displayed across the borough and adverts about the renewal will appear in the local press. London Councils are also running an awareness campaign on buses, tube trains, stations and bus shelters as well as a road show in the Glades.
For further help and advice, people should contact the Council on
020 8461 7792 or visit www.freedompass.org
Job Vacancy
7th May 2009
Residential Support Worker
£18,632 pa (37.5 hours a week)
Community Options are currently recruiting people to work within one of their registered care homes within the London Borough of Bromley.
The project provides 24-hour support for older people with mental health needs (not dementia).
They are looking for an experienced person who can provide person-centred support and basic personal care when required.
Closing date for application forms: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Bromley keen to develop Safe as Houses scheme
4th May 2009
Bromley Council has worked with Age Concern, the London Fire Brigade and Met Police to launch a Safe as Houses information pack designed to help older people feel safer in their own homes.
One of the unique features of the pack is the ‘Nominated Neighbour’ card with instructions on a new scheme that enables older and more vulnerable people to tell unexpected callers to contact a nominated neighbour who lives nearby.
Completed in advance with a trustworthy neighbour, the card can be displayed through a window or letter box, so that the older person need not open the door. If the call is genuine, the nominated neighbour will agree to return with the caller and stay until their business is completed.
Other useful information in the pack covers topics such as advice from Bromley Council on avoiding rogue traders and staying put in your own home, fire prevention pointers from London Fire Brigade and advice on domiciliary care, general maintenance and home repairs from Age Concern. 
Safer Bromley Partnership Chairman, Cllr Colin Bloom (right) said: “The Safe as Houses pack demonstrates very well how members of the Safer Bromley Partnership come together to focus on the needs of a specific group of residents in the borough. We want older people to feel safe in their own homes and having a supportive community can often help this to be the case. The new Nominated Neighbour initiative in particular promotes an easy-to-set-up way in which the local community can look out for others in their neighbourhood.”
Over a thousand packs have already been distributed. Residents can order a pack by calling Bromley Council on 020 8461 7777.
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