New Mayor Of Bromley

The Bromley Homeless Shelter is pleased to announce that the new Mayor of Bromley, Kathy Bance, MBE, has nominated Bromley and Croydon Women’s Aid and The Bromley Homeless Shelter as her charities for the year. Mayor Bance is a councillor for Penge and Cator Wards. She received her MBE for many years of work in the local community. For example, nearly 3 decades ago, she established Outreach for the Homeless, which operates from Penge Congregational Church. She has also supported the Bromley Homeless Shelter from behind-the-scenes and was a street pastor for 5 years.




If you are in Bromley and currently homeless or concerned you are about to become homeless and want to find out what the Council can do for you, visit their offices in the Civic Centre from 8:30 to 17:30 weekdays or, phone 0208 313 4098 daytime or, 0208 464 4848 out of office hours, or go to the Bromley Council website.
Whilst the Winter Shelter is closed, you can contact the Shelter byEmail at bromleyshelter@gmail.com  or phone 07806 602 347 
Out of season, the phone is not permanently manned, so if it is not answered after 30 seconds, please  leave a message and we will return your call.  We may be able to give you an appointment to see someone who can help you.
Useful numbers are

• ​Street Link - 0300 500 0914

Throughout the year, usually on a Thursday between 10am and 2pm, we offer an advice service on benefits and homelessness at the United Reformed Church in Widmore Road, Bromley. 


http://bromleyshelter.weebly.com

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week

 

This is some resource info https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week?gclid=CJTp57H2-NMCFUE6GwodyUMLfA  

Good mental health is more than the absence of a mental health problem. This Mental Health Awareness Week, we are going to look at mental health from a new angle. Rather than ask why so many people are living with mental health problems, we will seek to uncover why too few of us are thriving with good mental health.

Food Bank Donations

Foodbank Items needed this week: long life milk & fruit juice, tinned potatoes & tomatoes, coffee, washing powder,men's toiletries.

Please Remember, All Food bank donations can be dropped off into Reception Or alternatively, you can take them to Sainsbury's Station Road, West Wickham

Bromley Mencap's Community Hub

Just an Update on the Bromley Mencap Community Hub Fund Raiser.


Bromley Mencap successfully hit their target on 6th Apr 2017. successfully raising £20,670 of the £20,000 target with 10 supporters backing the project.
      


Thank you to all the amazing support we have received.  We are so grateful to everyone that has pledge and helped us hit our target.
It doesn't stop there and you can read about our stretch target to see where the extra funding will go.
Please keep those pledges coming and help us refurbish the Community hub so we can run our courses as soon as possible.  Building work is continuing and we hope to have this complete by end of April, early May.
Thank you, thank you , thank you !!!

Bromley MENCAP crowdfunding project

Bromley MENCAP crowdfunding project aim is to develop a community hub in Norman Park offering training & employment opportunities & a range of inclusive activities for disabled people. They have to raise £20K


If you Wish to Donate or would like any more information on this project, Please follow the link below.


http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/bromley-mencaps-community-hub-1?utm_source=automated&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Project-Update-Email-project-name&utm_campaign=Project-Update-Email




Bromley Mencap is an award winning, independent charity in the London Borough of Bromley that provides a wide range of services and activities for disabled people of all ages,  their families and carers.  We provide everything from a telephone advice service, childcare facilities, respite and short breaks, leisure and school holiday activities and help in finding and sustaining jobs.

Why do we need your support?

We are developing a community hub at The Lodge in Norman Park to offer training and employment opportunities and a range of inclusive activities for disabled people.  Our community hub will be run as a social enterprise and offer the following:

• A cafe / kiosk offering snacks, cakes, hot and cold drinks
• A bike recycling project
• A horticultural project providing new opportunities to learn gardening skills
• A showcase for our micro enterprises run by disabled people - card making, photography, cake decoration, dog walking etc.

Bromley Mencap needs to raise capital and revenue funding to support the building work underway to complete this project.

What are the aims of our project?

The aims are:

• To provide a community hub offering a range of person centred activities
• To provide training and real employment opportunities for disabled people
• To provide opportunities for individuals to gain qualifications to enhance their independence and life chances
• To incorporate opportunities for disabled people to use the project as a platform to market and sell their skills and services
• To provide volunteering opportunities for people who can support the project
• To provide peer support opportunities between disabled and non disabled people to promote inclusion and diversity
• To work in partnership with different groups, organisations and businesses across Bromley and neighbouring boroughs to develop the project including GPs, Occupational Health, leisure facilities, community groups etc whereby we can support healthy lifestyle programmes

We want to connect with the local community and make this project a success for all involved.

What are the rewards?

It will be a reward in itself to see this run down, dilapidated building transformed into an amazing community hub to benefit the local community.  Your support is extremely important to us and we would be grateful if you could make a pledge to help us make this project a success.  In return for your contribution we will give you a reward. The rewards are listed on the right.
If the rewards don't suit you then maybe you could contribute to our project and just take the pleasure and satisfaction that you will be helping make a huge difference to the local community and disabled people in the area.
Please help us by sharing our project to everyone and anyone you know that may be able to support us.
Thank you on behalf of everyone at Bromley Mencap.

Bromley Borough Food Bank

Bromley Borough Food Bank Urgently Require the following:


Small Easter Eggs And Desserts.




Donations can be Dropped off at the following locations:


Sainsburys Station Road West Wickham - 7am - 10pm


Wickham Park Surgery 8am - 6:30pm

You can now self-refer to your local NHS physiotherapy service

You can now self-refer to your local NHS physiotherapy service

 

We are trialling a new way for you to see a physiotherapist. If you are 16 years or older you can now self-refer to physiotherapy for:

 

·       Muscle or joint pain	·       Sports injuries
·       Back or neck pain	·       Sprains and strains

 

It’s exactly the same NHS service, but without the need for a GP appointment first.

 

You can still see your GP to be referred. But self-referral aims to get you seen by a physiotherapist quicker, and should save your GP time.

 

Call 01689 88 77 10 to self-refer, or ask at reception