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BRENTWOOD SENIOR PHAB

cvs — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:53:29 +0000

Brentwood Senior PHAB is a social club for disabled and non-disabled adults. Its aim is to promote and encourage complete inclusion for disabled people. PHAB club are autonomous clubs run by the members who volunteer to take on office or committee roles. The club meets on alternative Monday evenings at the Walter Boyce Centre, Warley Hill. A wide variety of activities are organised by the committee.

THE MARILLAC CARE HOME

cvs — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:46:13 +0000

Marillac cares offers continuing care, rehabilitation, respite and palliative care. It specialises in offering care to young adults with neurological disabilities. We have a large pool of volunteers who assist us by helping with activity groups, reading, visiting our residents.

BRITISH RED CROSS, BEDS, HERTS & ESSEX

cvs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:37:48 +0000

Numerous volunteering opportunities in the Red Cross services and in the infrastructure, we are in the business of helping individuals & communties deal with crisis, first aid training is a key area of work as is fundraising

AQUACESS SWIMMING CLUB FOR THE DISABLED

cvs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:53:54 +0000

We are a small private club providing swimming for the disabled, we meet every Sunday from 3pm to 4.40pm at the Brentwood Centre to swim, we have exclusive sue of both the Main pool and Small pools, an electric hoist is available for access in and out of the pool.

Our members pay an Annual Subscription and you can swim most every week apart from when the Centre is closed for public holidays.

Not only does the session provide immense benefits for those with physical and/or learning disabilities by way of exercise, it can be a good social occasion, and also a great family time as siblings of disabled children can swim too!

We have annual outings and in recent years we’ve been to Eastbourne Air show and Windsor Castle, this year we are going to Colchester Zoo, we provide an accessible coach for all our wheelchair users, and have in the past been able to subsidise the outings.

We have Swimming Gala’s during the year and hold a couple of fundraising events, one of which is our annual quizz night held at St Margaret’s in September.

We are a friendly group, ranging from eight to eighty and would welcome new members to enjoy the benefits of swimming. For further information please contact Alan on 354161

VICTIM SUPPORT

cvs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:43:36 +0000

Victim Support is an independent charity that helps victims of crime. We give free & confidential, emotional & practical support to crime victims & witnesses, whenever the crime happened and regardless of whether the police are involved.

We train our volunteers to give emotional support, information and practical help to people who have been affected by all kinds of crime. They make contact by phone & arrange a face to face meeting as appropriate. Volunteers have regular support themselves, have the opportunity to attend volunteer meetings to meet other volunteer’s and listen to guest speakers, & we pay expenses.

We would like a commitment of 2-3 hours weekly, either during the day, evenings or weekends.

The Witness Service is in every criminal court in England and Wales and volunteers give information and support to witnesses, their family and friends, before, during and after trials. Court volunteers need to be free to work during the day and normally for a minimum of two days a month.

FRONTLINE PARTNERSHIP

cvs — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:34:05 +0000

Frontline enables and supports people with a learning disability and high support needs to live full and productive lives through their active inclusion within the Brentwood community.

Aims are to promote emotional and spiritual growth through mutually supportive friendships, shared experiences and valued roles, and to create initiatives that develop and enhance the practical, social and creative skills that redefine people as active participants in the community rather than passive recipients of care.

Projects include, Hoursworth, Crown Cafe, Cafe Art, Actability, Community works, Starburst, Tuesday Club, The Gates, People First and Frontline Bulgaria. For further details of these projects please visit the website.

SAINT FRANCIS HOSPICE

cvs — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:11:10 +0000

Independent voluntary organisation (registered charity) providing ‘Hospice at Home’, day care, in-patient care to those suffering from a life limiting illness living in Brentwood, Havering and Barking & Dagenham. Some services are also provided to those living in Redbridge.

The Hospice also provides bereavement support for carers and a bast educational facility for health and social care professionals.

Volunteers help in nearly every part of our organisation; and are crucial to our shops company by manning our many shops in local towns.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S COUNSELLING SERVICE

cvs — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:03:22 +0000

We believe that young people deserve the best and need to be encouraged and supported in their growth and development. As a registered charity we aim to provide a professional service for young people who may be at risk, feeling isolated and experiencing distress.

At Young People’s Counselling Service we provide individual counselling to young people aged 13-25 years of age. The young people who seek help and support from us may be experiencing difficulties and problems that are limiting their potential and development, preventing them from achieving personal responsiblity and control in their lives, causing undue suffering, distress, breakdown, serious self-harming and alcohol and drug abuse.

We offer a Drop-in Service, Information Service, Crisis Input and Short, Medium and Long-term indivdual Counselling. We take any form of referral but the young person needs to be open to Counselling and motivated towards working on their presenting issues.

The volunteer opportunities at our Service are for Counsellors in training who require a placement or qualified experienced Counsellors who wish to volunteer their time and skills to support a charity in the local community.

PLANNING AID – EAST OF ENGLAND

cvs — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:11:37 +0000

Planning Aid provides free, independent and professional help, advice and support on planning issues to people and communities who cannot afford to hire a planning consultant. Planning Aid complements the work of local authorities but is wholly independent of them.

Planning Aid is part of a charity and is operated through a small team of paid staff and a network of volunteers of qualified town & country planners

For further please visit our website or call the helpline on 0870 850 9801

Planning aid North/South/East/West/etc is part of Planning Aid England, a service run by the Royal Town Planning Institute (Head Office: Royal Town Planning Institute, 41 Botolph Lane, London EC3R 8DL)

THE BRENTWOOD CLUB FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

cvs — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:58:19 +0000

We are a weekly social club for visually impaired people who live in the Brentwood area and meet every Tuesday morning from 9.45am to 1pm. We supply transport to & from the club meeting place in St. Georges Court, Pilgrims Hatch. We have several outings as well as entertainers & activities at St Georges during the year. We are primarily a social club for visually impaired people to meet one another and our volunteer helpers offer friendly support and advice when required.

We are a very friendly club and any new dirvers and helpers who could spare a few hours on a Tuesday morning would be most welcome. For enquiries ring any of the following Brentwood telephone numbers – 220803, 226152, 651404 & 212522.