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Supporting Service Users
The Housing Scheme offers floating support and rent deposits for people moving on from substance misuse.
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The Bromley Community Drug Project (BCDP)works in conjunction with Bromley Council's Adults and Community Services Department and local agencies to provide confidential help and advice to those with drug and solvent misuse related problems, including a Supported Housing Scheme for those leaving rehabilitation.
Contact: Annie England
Tel: 020 8289 1999
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Bromley Council’s Adults and Community Services Department works with other organisations in Bromley to ensure that vulnerable adults live a life free from fear, are treated with respect and are not forced to do anything against their will.
Contact: LIT Team Bromley.
Tel: 020 8466 2500
Emergency Duty Social Worker: 020 8464 4848
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The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,821 groups with 7,270,902 members across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns and thus keeping good stuff out of landfills.
Membership is free, and everything posted must be FREE, legal and appropriate for all ages. To view the items being given away or sought in Bromley, you must be a member of the local group. To view the local group posts, visit the local Yahoo Group where they are located by clicking on the link below.
View Bromley Yahoo Group and Freecycle listing:
give2give is a Bromley based registered charity that was founded 6 years ago by two local residents. The aim of the charity is to improve the lives of local people across Bromley and the community they live in, not only for today but for generations to come. We achieve our aim by:
- Raising funds for local good causes through our two charity shops in Hayes and Petts Wood.
- Recycling over 12,000 items of furniture every year through our second-hand furniture stores in Hayes and St Pauls Cray. By offering re-use furniture for sale to the local community we are helping to protect our environment for future generations by saving over 500 tonnes of furniture from going directly to landfill each year.
We use the funds that we raise:
- To make grants (up to £2,500 per grant) through our small grants programme, to local individuals, charities and community groups. In particular we focus on helping smaller organisations or groups which would not ordinarily be able to benefit from the income raised from charitable retail outlets. These smaller groups (often run solely by volunteers) add tremendous value to our local community, but quite often they do not have the time or resources to raise funds for essential equipment or ongoing operating costs.
- To provide services & resources for local people in need (e.g. our free caravan holidays);
- To research and develop new community based projects and initiatives (e.g. our Community Food Growing Project, our Resource Sharing Project).
Contact: Joanne Compain
Email: jo.campain@g2g.org.uk
Tel: 0845 680 6888
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The Hope Foundation is the community outreach arm of the Bromley Christian Centre, whose aim is to improve the quality of life for people in different levels of society within the London Borough of Bromley.
This initiative was set up to help needy families and individuals by providing food and other essentials to those in difficulty. Included in the projects are home-starter kits.
Contact: Lydia Vance on 020 8464 3101
Email: office@bccweb.com
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The Bromley Victim Support’s Facelift Project seeks to reduce crime and fear of crime within the most vulnerable groups in Bromley, by getting the community involved through volunteering work to update, smarten up and landscape service users’ properties and garden areas.
Contact: Sam Popely
Tel: 020 7378 8886
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A range of supported housing schemes are available throughout the Borough which aim to meet the different accommodation needs of people with mental health problems.
If you have mental health problems and feel you may need supported housing please contact the duty officer at Bromley Council's Support and Resettlement Team for advice and information (see Contact Details section below.)
Alternatively you may be referred to this team by the Community Mental Health Team or by the Housing Options and Assessments Team if you are on a housing register with a medical priority.
Following an application for housing, your needs will be assessed with the agencies who support you.
Contact: Glynn Gunning
Telephone: 020 8313 4134Fax: 020 8313 4400
Email: glyn.gunning@bromley.gov.uk
Support and Resettlement Team
Joseph Lancaster Hall, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3UH
Opening Times: 9 to 5pm Monday to Friday
Website:
TownTalk is a national network of town centre web sites offering information for residents, shoppers and visitors. There are currently over 160 towns and cities involved in the Project, which has been supported by the regional development agencies, the DTi and the European Regional Development Fund.
Please choose from the following for the towns in the Bromley borough:
www.beckenham.towntalk.co.uk
www.bigginhill.towntalk.co.uk
www.bromley.towntalk.co.uk
www.chislehurst.towntalk.co.uk
www.crays.towntalk.co.uk
www.hayes.towntalk.co.uk
www.locksbottom.towntalk.co.uk
www.mottingham.towntalk.co.uk
www.orpington.towntalk.co.uk
www.penge.towntalk.co.uk
www.pettswood.towntalk.co.uk
www.sydenham.towntalk.co.uk
www.westwickham.towntalk.co.uk
www.towntalk.co.uk
The official communication facility for the Neighbourhood Watch Association of the London Borough of Bromley.
This site has the facility to post and answer questions and concerns about the Bromley Borough Neighbourhood Watch scheme.
Contact: Geoff Wright
Tel: 0208 721 4511
Email: info@BromleyNWA.org.uk
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Freedom Passes enable people with disabilties to travel free on nearly all public transport within Greater London.
Bromley Civic Centre
Telephone: 020 8313 4672
Fax: 020 8313 4620
Email: freedompasses2@bromley.gov.uk
Visit LBB's freedom pass website for more information, and download the application form:
Could you be a Street Friend?
Street Friends are people who, like us, care about the street environment and want to make the street you live in or regularly use a clean and safe place. Street Friends are people who are willing to look out for problems, like graffiti, dumped vehicles and litter, and report them to us.
Telephone: 020 8313 4621
Email: street.services@bromley.gov.uk
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The Training and Education in the Environment Centre (TrEE) comprises of two wooden classroom cabins set in the heart of Scadbury Nature Reserve, next to Scadbury Farm. Both cabins are available for hire.
Telephone: 020 8302 7496
Fax: 020 308 0460
e-mail: lcsfsc@bromley.gov.uk
Address: Scadbury, BR7 6LS
Terms and Conditions and charges for hire can be downloaded from the website below:
The Centre at Cotmandene Crescent, funded by The London Borough of Bromley and the Bromley Primary Care Trust, is an integrated community centre providing opportunities forlocal people of all ages and all walks of life. The Centre can be used very flexibly and is very accessible.
Services at the Centre include:
- free courses ranging from basic skills to vocational, personal development and IT(information technology)
- use of ICT suite and training rooms
- careers and business advice
- job club and job search facilities
Regular surgeries held by:
- Age Concern Bromley
- Bromley Community Drugs Project
- Broomleigh Housing Association
- community groups, including art groups and self help groups
- housing and council tax surgery
- legal advice
- local ward councillors
- Nextsteps Careers Advisor
- one to one support from centre staff
- Referrals to other agencies such as Pensions, Carers Bromley and Business Focus
- trading standards
Please call into The Centre or telephone to get a free brochure and a weekly programme.
Contact: Christine Cross or Anita Thundercliffe:
The Centre, 64 Cotmandene Crescent, Orpington, Kent BR5 2RG
Tel: 020 8402 0123
E-mail: ccrc@bromley.go.uk
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Mottingham Learning Shop offers support to local people seeking to increase their employability through preparation for work including access to CV writing, personal development, courses, careers advice, interview skills and job search as well as specific support for parents.
Contact: Jo Guest
Tel: 020 8860 1150
Email: MCLS@Bromley.gov.uk
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The Oak Community Church will be working in partnership with The Trussell Trust to join with them in their network of over 45 Foodbanks across the country. They are also looking to establish this as concern that many churches in the surrounding area can all be involved in.
Their current plan is to launch "Foodbank Orpington" during Easter 2010. They are hoping to operate Foddbank from a local shop, providng tea and coffee facilities for those using our services.
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We are a small housing association with high resident satisfaction working in the London Borough of Bromley.
We own and manage a range of homes for families and single people. Some of our homes are for people with mental health support needs and learning disabilities.
Penge Churches Housing Association
99 Maple Road
London
SE20 8LN
Telephone: 020 8659 3055
Email: housing@pengechurchesha.org.uk
The Safer Bromley Partnership was set up in line with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to ensure that the public sector agencies, voluntary groups and businesses work together with local communities to reduce crime and improve safety.
Members of the SBP include chief officers from the Council, Police, Health, Probation, Fire Service, Ambulance Service, Metropolitan Police Authority and Broomleigh Housing Association. The SBP is chaired by the Portfolio Holder for Public Protection & Safety.
Contact:
Safer Bromley Partnership
1st Floor, St Blaise Building, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, Kent BR1 3UH
Tel: 020 8461 7915
Fax: 020 8313 4450
Email: community.safety@bromley.gov.uk
Victim Support Bromley helps Bromley residents cope with the effects of crime. We do this by providing confidential support and information to victims of crime and to witnesses attending local courts.
Our services are free, independent of the police and courts, and available to everyone, whether or not the crime has been reported and regardless of when it happened.
Contact: Lorraine Leon
Victim Support in Bromley
198 High Street
Penge
London
SE20 7QB
Tel: 020 8776 7071
Fax: 020 8776 5990
Email: vs.bromley@vslondon.org
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Map and telephone listings of all the Children and Family Centres in the London Borough of Bromley.
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iPad is a housing support service, located in central Bromley that is run by volunteers from local churches.
In a welcoming and relaxed environment volunteers offer help and advice to people in need of support, to maintain their homes and prevent them from becoming homeless.
Download brochure as a PDF file:
Infobromley: Residents & Community Associations
This website provides details of a wide range of local organisations and services from community and voluntary groups to local health and Bromley Council services to activity groups.
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Now part of Affinity Sutton, Broomleigh Housing
provides a visiting support team to people with mental health issues in their homes to enable them to retain their tenancy and feel safe and secure.
Contact: Kate Murphy
Tel: 020 8313 3310
Email: kate.murphy@affinitysutton.com
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Community Options offer five shared supported housing schemes. The schemes allow flexible needs-led support to be provided. Staff provide support based on the psychosocial rehabilitation model, promoting the concept of recovery.
Contact: Tracy Simpson
Tel: 020 8313 9725
Email: enquiry@community-options.org.uk
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Look Ahead support around 3500 people across London and the south east. People, who without their support, might be living on the streets, or struggling to cope with daily life.
They offer a home, support and stability and help them to move towards a more independent future. Scheme includes properties in the Beckenham and Penge area.
Contact: Hannah Preston on 0207 937 1166
Email: hannahpreston@lookahead.org.uk
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Supporting Service Development
The Link Up Link In campaign, supporting joint working among frontline professionals, launched on 15th September 2009.
The launch event, held at the Local Government Association in London, was attended by sector leaders representing those working with offenders on probation, care leavers and people with mental health problems and learning disabilities.
The Link Up Link In campaign provides information, guidance and case study examples for frontline workers, supporting them in working together.
Regional events will be taking place across the country, more details to follow shortly.
Research carried out for the Social Exclusion Task Force shows that public services working together is key to getting at-risk groups into a stable home and job - the target of Public Service Agreement (PSA) 16.
Frontline workers consulted as part of the research were enthusiastic about the idea of a resource that could help them to work together more effectively.
Link Up Link In is a cross government campaign, managed and delivered by the Social Exclusion Task Force. It supports PSA 16 which is jointly owned by:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Ministry of Justice
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department of Health
- Department for Children Schools and Families
- Cabinet Office
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
People with mental health problems frequently have housing problems. One of the major difficulties faced by people with mental health problems are rent arrears due to actual and perceived complications with the benefit system, lack of communication between housing and benefits staff or an unexpected hospital admission. Stable, appropriate housing is critical for people to work and take part in community life.
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