Contact Good Neighbour Schemes
- Age UK Camden NW3 Good Neighbours
- Age UK Camden Opening Doors Central London Supporting Older LGBT People
- Age UK Camden Volunteering
- Camden Cypriot Womens Centre
- Henna Asian Womens Group
- Highgate Newtown Community Centre Neighbourhood Care Scheme
- Holborn Community Association Good Neighbour Scheme
- Holborn Community Association Millman Street Resource Centre
- Ingestre Road Good Neighbour Scheme
- Irish Elderly Advice Network Good Neighbour Scheme
- Key to Caring
- Kilburn Neighbours Good Neighbour Scheme
- London Irish Centre Camden Elders Outreach Project
- London Irish Centre Older Persons Outreach Service
- Primrose Hill Neighbours Help
- St Pancras Community Centre Older Peoples Project
- West Euston Healthy Community Project
Age UK Camden NW3 Good Neighbours
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Henderson Court Resource Centre
102 Fitzjohns Avenue
London
NW3 6NS
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Good neighbour scheme for people in NW3. Volunteers visit and befriend people in their own homes and help with small tasks, such as reading aloud, accompanying people for walks etc. Volunteers are matched with people who fulfil the scheme's criteria.
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31/08/2011
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Age UK Camden Opening Doors Central London Supporting Older LGBT People
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Offers social activities including meals and trips, a telephone advice and signposting service, a befriending scheme for LGBT older people, monthly walks and an electronic newsletter.
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03/01/2012
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Age UK Camden Volunteering
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Messages can be left between 9.30am-5pm Mon-Fri.
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Volunteers are involved in a wide variety of areas within Age UK Camden. Current opportunities can be viewed on the website.
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Volunteering takes place in a number of locations.
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23/02/2012
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Camden Cypriot Womens Centre
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Advice and information on health, housing and welfare rights etc. Talks, keep fit and a wide range of social and recreational activities for Cypriot women and their families. Conduct needs assessments for older people in conjunction with Camden Council Adult Social Care Services. Housebound service. Good neighbour scheme. Welcome volunteers to work at the Centre or on various projects.
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26/08/2011
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Henna Asian Womens Group
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Ongoing activities include: Monday club; exercise to music; Hatha yoga; power yoga; walking groups; travel buddy walking group; befriending service (Rafat); Mela; arts and crafts sessions; summer outings; personal development sessions; cultural celebrations; health programme and healthy living workshops; promoting mental wellbeing; advice and listening service.
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10/02/2012
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Highgate Newtown Community Centre Neighbourhood Care Scheme
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Provide a neighbourhood care service to those in need of help with tasks such as gardening, window cleaning, decorating and minor repairs. Offer befriending, advice, information and advocacy.
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01/04/2011
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Holborn Community Association Good Neighbour Scheme
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Volunteer befriending for isolated older people in Holborn. Social support, visiting for a chat, possible trips out.
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11/07/2011
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Holborn Community Association Millman Street Resource Centre
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Activities include crafts, dance, gardening, yoga, singing, art, music, keep fit, aqua aerobics, Tai Chi, reminiscence, shopping trips, outings, games, playreading, Computer sessions including family history, Lunches and hairdresser. 1st Sun of the month Cook and Eat sessions. Good Neighbour Scheme, which recruits volunteers to visit housebound older people now based at Millman Street Centre.
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Entrance between 34 and 36 Millman Street, WC1.
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23/01/2012
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Ingestre Road Good Neighbour Scheme
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FUNDING FROM CAMDEN COUNCIL TO BE WITHDRAWN JUNE 2012. FUTURE OF SCHEME BEYOND THAT TO BE CONFIRMED. Workers and volunteers support older people in their homes. Clients are encouraged to ask for help and support over any concern. Offers befriending, advocacy, escorting and support on visits to doctors etc; help with practical tasks such as gardening, window cleaning, form filling, etc. Exercise class and a programme of day trips and other activities. Volunteers always needed.
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03/05/2011
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Irish Elderly Advice Network Good Neighbour Scheme
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Provides support and practical help for elderly, sick or housebound Irish people living anywhere in the Borough of Camden. Visits people in their own homes or residential homes, escorts to hospital, prescription collection, shopping, painting, Communicants. The group works through an informal peer support network through churches, contacts etc.
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15/06/2011
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Key to Caring
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Organises social activities, weekend outings and holidays, including a social club on the 1st Thu and 2nd and 3rd Sat of the month, phone for details. The All Sorts Group meets on the last Thursday of the month, the Phab Club meets every Monday, and the Inner London Scope Group meet on the 1st Thursday of the month - phone for details of times and venues. Covers people living in Camden. Volunteers needed to visit sick and housebound (elderly or disabled), help with shopping, collect prescriptions, take people for walks, driving to hospital appointments and befriending.
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01/03/2011
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Kilburn Neighbours Good Neighbour Scheme
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Or contact Paul Fordham, Joint Co-ordinator. Links volunteers with people over 60 in the pre May 2002 Kilburn and Priory wards to help them by visiting and befriending, or with light shopping occasionally, using the library, going to the doctor, light gardening, minor DIY, assistance with forms, etc. Events and trips organised.
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Meets at Abbey Community Centre, 222c Belsize Road, NW6 4DJ.
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26/08/2011
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London Irish Centre Camden Elders Outreach Project
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Telephone for appointments or referrals forms Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.
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Assisting older Irish residents to maintain their independance, and promoting empowerment. Casework involves advising of, and supported clients through accessing welfare benefits, social services and other relevant services, appropriate housing, health care agencies, and combating social isolation.
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14/12/2010
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London Irish Centre Older Persons Outreach Service
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Aims to facilitate access to mainstream services, provide advice, advocacy and support to older Irish people in the Kilburn/West Hampstead and surrounding area with particular regard to housing, welfare, health and preventing social isolation.
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09/09/2009
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Primrose Hill Neighbours Help
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24 Answerphone. Messages picked up regularly.
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Neighbourhood scheme providing an information service for local people seeking help with practical problems. Runs a visiting and befriending service for housebound people who are over 60.
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20/05/2011
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St Pancras Community Centre Older Peoples Project
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Activities include fresh cooking luncheon club Mon-Fri 12 noon-2pm; community shop for centre users selling basic groceries; Bingo Club Mon 2.15pm-4pm; yoga for older people Tue 11am-0.30pm; Film club Tue 2pm-4pm; arts and crafts group Thu 2pm-4pm; seasonal outings, parties and a holiday; good neighbour scheme; window cleaning and odd jobs service for over 60s. The Project has an Older People's Reference Group which meets every 2 months to discuss policy and give feedback.
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Some activities at St Martin's Community Centre, 43 Carol Street, NW1 0HT.
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17/06/2010
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West Euston Healthy Community Project
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Cumberland Market
London
NW1 3RH
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Community centre. Older people's activities include: chair based exercise, community cafe, exercise classes. Children's activities include: Top Tots (parent and toddler play and exercise), parent exercise classes (free classes with free creche), After-school homework club, Little fingers (parent and baby drop-in) and youth club. General activities include ESOL conversational classes, community cafe, Health walks, Health MOTs, English Country Dancing and Social Get-together, Craft club, Street Dance.
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01/09/2011
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Contact Camden 020 7974 4444