Age UK Westminster

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Benefits, Digital inclusion, Befriending

Description

We are an independent charity supporting older people in Westminster for over 70 years. Our services aim to empower older people to understand their rights and lead more fulfilling and socially active lives. We do not accept referrals for social services support. We are accepting referrals for befriending.

020 3004 5610

enquiries@ageukwestminster.org.uk

Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue, London, W10 4JL

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St Bartholomew's Hospital Cardiovascular Social Prescribing

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Benefits, Employment, Family and Relationships, Immigration, Energy, Housing and homelessness, Debt and money, Digital inclusion, Food Aid, Befriending, Older People, Other Issues

Description

Short term non-medical support for heart attack patients at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Connecting individuals to services and activities in their local area which may help support money, debt, housing, employment and more. Internal staff referrals only.

Learning Disability Network London - Community Teams

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Benefits, Families with children, Digital inclusion, Food Aid, Befriending

Description

At the LDN Community Hubs we provide a range of free activities and workshops, teaching crucial life skills and helping people with learning disabilities to play a bigger role in their community. We want to tackle the inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. Our sessions are for adults with learning disabilities who are considered to have minimal support needs and mostly independent e.g. Less than 14 hours per week statutory support. All our sessions are free and take place in North and South Westminster. We do occasional weekends and evenings. We also have a family service. The family team provide practical support for families with children with learning disabilities/autism.

Abbey Community Association Ltd

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Employment, Immigration, Families with children, Housing and homelessness, Digital inclusion, Food Aid

Description

The Abbey Centre offers a personalised advice and support service for residents, who might be facing a range of challenges, or who just need a friendly face to talk to. Through our range of services as well as our network of partner organisations, we can help with employment advice, affordable food, referrals for advice on debt and housing, health and wellbeing, emotional support, physical and social activities, and more.

Who is Hussain

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Benefits, Employment, Families with children, Housing and homelessness, Digital inclusion, Food Aid

Description

Who is Hussain are an outdoor outreach service who operate in Charing Cross area every Saturday of the year. They provide hot meals, snacks, hot drinks and cold drinks for up to two hundred people in need every week. Concurrently, there is a drop-in advice service which provide basic advice and support, signposting and referrals. They can help with enquiries such as housing, immigration, employment, benefits and other similar issues. If they are unable to help, they refer guests to the most suitable services. Occasionally they can assist their guests with clothing, shoes donations, hygiene kits and sleeping bags, depending on stock levels.

guestrelations@whoishussain.org

Samara and Co, 118-122 College Road Harrow, Harrow, WC2R 0JR

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Citizens Advice Westminster

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Benefits, Employment, Family and Relationships, Immigration, Energy, Families with children, Housing and homelessness, Debt and money, Digital inclusion, Other Issues, Licensing

Description

We help people resolve their legal, money and other problems. We do this by providing advice and information on their rights and responsibilities, as well as influencing local government and other decision-makers to improve their policies and practices which affect local communities. Citizens Advice Westminster, together with the wider Citizens Advice service, uses the evidence of their clients' problems to campaign for improvements in the laws and services that affect everyone; both locally and nationally. Please state if your client is vulnerable & may need multiple call attempts in the 'notes' section of the referral form.

Healthwatch Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Digital inclusion, Food Aid, Older People

Description

At Healthwatch Westminster, our primary aim is to improve publicly funded health and social care services for local people. This is achieved by amplifying the voices of diverse communities, and conducting impactful projects influencing commissioners, residents, partners, stakeholders, and governing bodies. We do this by signposting residents in accessing the appropriate support and care, as well as proving a medium for residents to tell us their experiences of health and social care services to make care better. If you’ve recently visited your doctor, or local hospital, or used any health and care services in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea we want to hear from you. Whether you’ve had a good or bad experience, we can use your feedback to improve services for everyone and we have the power to make NHS leaders and other care providers listen to what you have to say. We’re completely independent and impartial and anything you say is confidential. Our service is free, simple to use and can make a real difference to people in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and beyond.

St Mungo's

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Benefits, Employment, Family and Relationships, Immigration, Energy, Families with children, Housing and homelessness, Digital inclusion, Food Aid, Older People

Description

St Mungo's outreach teams go out each night to help individuals who are homeless to them off the streets. Each night the organisation offers a bed and support to more than 3,200 people across London, the southeast and southwest and our mission is people can and do recover from issues that cause homelessness. We are part of the London Navigator Team (LNT) we work with up to 250 individuals identified by Greater London Authority (GLA) and The Department for levelling Up, Housing and communities (DLUHC) and London councils as needing additional support to end homeless. we offer through care support from street to home and continue working with people when they are in tenancies.

03330508721

teamlondonnavigators@mungos.org

3 Thomas More Square, 5th floor, London, E1W 1YW

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Marylebone Bangladesh Society

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Benefits, Family and Relationships, Energy, Housing and homelessness, Debt and money, Digital inclusion, Older People, Other Issues

Description

Marylebone Bangladesh Society is a BAME-led local voluntary sector organisation working to meet the needs of BAME communities of St Johns Wood, Marylebone and Paddington in the City of Westminster. We provide: Advice; Information service; Youth club and adult activities services such as exercise class, health; wellbeing activities etc. Note: services are shut during lunch hours from 13:00 to 14:00.

020 7724 9746

info@mbs-uk.org

19 Samford Street, London, NW8 8ER

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Carers Network

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Social Services (health and social care) assessment, Benefits, Family and Relationships, Families with children, Housing and homelessness, Digital inclusion, Older People, Other Issues

Description

Carers Network was established in 1991 to support unpaid carers. We support people caring for partners, family members, friends and neighbours aged over 18 with disabilities and long-term conditions or experiencing frailty due to old age. We provide one-to-one assessments, an information and advice service, support groups and drop-in sessions. In addition, we have a programme of events, activities and training. Carers Network's services are available free of charge to unpaid carers living in the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Each year, Carers Network helps over 5,300 local carers gain access to the support they deserve.

02089603033

info@carers-network.org.uk

Office 8, Beethoven Centre, Third Avenue, London, W10 4JL

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Notting Hill Genesis

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Benefits, Energy, Housing and homelessness, Debt and money, Digital inclusion, Food Aid, Befriending, Older People

Description

Not taking referrals. We are a housing association with properties in Westminster. We are well placed to flag residents in hardship.

07793299357

cassie.hanratty@nhg.org.uk

Bruce Kenrick House, 2 Killick Street, London, N1 9FL

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