Environment and Community

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Organisation (Please click for more info)	Organisation Description	Services Provided
Advocacy First	Advocacy First offers a free and independent advocacy service for people in the community, patients in hospital and in care/nursing homes in Bromley. We offer a variety of advocacy services that is required by all our clients.	Free and independent advocacy service People in community People in care home or hospital
Allergy UK	Allergy UK is the leading national medical charity providing advice, information and support to people with allergies and food intolerances. contacts/fundraising/factsheets advice/emails/newsletters/Apps. Wheelchair accessible.	Allergy Factsheets Advice and information Seal of approval food alerts helpline forum web chat support
Belvedere Community Centre	Local facility for hire to the community and organisations. Sports hall, meeting rooms, offices	Sports Education Training Events Meetings Children's Parties
Christ Church Bexleyheath	Christ Church is a town centre church serving those who live, work and shop in Bexleyheath. It is part of the Church of England. Notes on disability access : Wheelchair access We offer worship on Sundays and Wednesdays as well as being open for prayer on weekdays from 12 noon - 1pm. We offer christian teaching and fellowship for families with specific groups for toddlers through to the elderly. We are a welcoming and Inclusive community that is open to all people whether of faith of or no faith. We offer Christian acts of worship on Sunday at 8am, 10am, and 6pm, but we also have a variety of social activities that is open to anyone to join. We try hard to care for everyone who comes to Christ Church, and we seek to be a loving family.	• Christenings (or Baptisms) • Weddings • Funerals • Sunday Services at 8am, 10am and 6pm • Wednesday morning service at 10.30am • Happy Café at 12 each Wednesday • Sunbeams for children under 5 and parents or carers each Friday 10 to 12pm • Messy Church for children and parents or carers at 3pm • Knitting group each Tuesday – 10 to 12pm • Craft group each Tuesday – 10 to 12pm • Ladies Social Groups – Tuesday afternoon group and evening group • Pastoral care and befriending services • Men’s social group • Varied social programme – quizzes, barn dance, music concerts etc etc • Monthly Concerts first Wednesday each month at 1pm • Saturday morning refreshments 10 until 12pm
Cold Blow Crescent Residents Association	We promote a safe and clean environment and ensure roads and pathways are maintained and repaired. We also watch out for local building projects that might be detrimental to our residents and oppose them where agreed. We also constantly keep residents informed of crime trends and help them where needed. We make a particular effort to help those home bound and send get well cards, condolence cards, new arrival cards and welcome notes to new residents. We have 95% membership.	We have successfully petitioned to get a Sunday bus service for our residents. We petitioned the Council to install a crossing island in Dartford Road and for traffic calming measures at Baldwyn's Park/Dartford Road Junction. We have installed our own dog-poo bin and empty it ourselves.
Erith Town Forum	The Forum is set up to promote the town, to encourage businesses to locate in Erith and monitor the regeneration of the area in order to encourage community participation and cohesion.	We hold regular public meetings at Bexley College at which presentations are given on local environment/housing developments, community safety, health provision, leisure activities. Forum members and the public are invited to fully participate in discussions.
Family Matters	Family Matters provides specialist therapy to victims of rape and sexual abuse and our aim is to relieve the mental and physical distress of children, adolescents and adults who have been victims of this horrific abuse. The sexual violence can be recent or historic; it can be reported to police or not reported. As a charity our services are subject to funding and at present and we are funded to offer support to clients living within Kent or the London Borough of Bexley or if aged 16 and under we also accept clients from London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley. We also offer a helpline service which is provided by trained volunteers. Opening times : 9am-5.00pm Helpline 7 days a week:01474 537392.	• One to One therapy • Helpline
Friends of Footscray Meadows	Foots Cray Meadows are the largest public open space in the London Borough of Bexley, situated in the South East of the Borough bordered by Sidcup, Albany Park, North Cray and Bexley Village. The River Cray forms a central feature of the landscape. Foots Cray Meadows have evolved from the estates of: Foots Cray Place and North Cray Place. They are rich in Natural History with the River, Woods and Meadows providing valuable pockets of nature conservation. The area is within the suburban sprawl of South East London as such it is site of huge ecological importance as well as an outdoor recreation area. The Meadows are controlled and managed by Bexley Council	Information Centre. Community Engagement including some volunteer activities. Other events e.g. Bat Walk Fun dog show.
Metro Charity	A centre in South East London for lesbian, gay and bisexual people and those questioning their sexuality. Providing information, support, advice, education and training. METRO is a leading equality & diversity charity, providing health, community & youth services across London & the South East & national & international projects.	Youth services Mental health & wellbeing services Sexual & reproductive health & HIV services Community participation & involvement
North West Kent Countryside Partnership	The North West Kent Countryside Partnership works throughout the boroughs of Bexley, Sevenoaks, Dartford and Gravesham on a wide variety of community conservation projects. Our Partnership has four main strands of work: Landscape & Biodiversity Education & Learning Community-based Initiatives Health & Wellbeing	Volunteering group (conservation activities) Volunteering access group (for people requiring extra support to volunteer); Healthy walks Dementia walks Mindfulness walks Country crafts activities Community events and fun days Therapeutic horticulture activities
BexleySNB (Bexley Safer Neighbourhood Board)	The main function of the Bexley Safer Neighbourhoods Board is to keep Bexley borough safe by providing a public forum by holding public meetings, where local people and groups can have direct access to senior officers from the police, the local council and other statutory agencies and have constructive discussion and debate about policing, crime and community safety issues in the borough. The board also works closely with the Safer Neighbourhoods Teams and ward panels in the borough.	Public meetings - providing Information on local crime and safety issues Funding Projects related to topics such as youth crime, DV, scams and fraud, for example
Bexley Gujarati Samaj	To provide advice and support to the Gujarati community in Bexley to help integrate into the British Society.	Yoga classes (Tues eve & Wed pm) Outings for older people Religious Events Programmes for young people
Rotary Club of Sidcup	Rotary International has a membership of over 1,000,000 people worldwide, and is able to be a considerable force for good. Rotarians give service in their local communities and on a national and international scale. They also raise funds for local and international projects, and contribute to their own charity, The Rotary Foundation (TRF). The Rotary Foundation then makes available grants to the donor Rotary clubs for larger projects, sometimes matching the money raised locally by their donor clubs. The Rotary motto is “Service above Self”.	Supporting local, national and international charities. Working in the local community with reading in schools.
St Lawrence Charitable Fund	The Charity tries to help individuals and groups within the borough to obtain the financial and practical assistance they need to function effectively.	The Fund’s objectives include:- 1) The relief of poverty and distress 2) Relief or respite for Carers and their dependents. 3) Advice and counselling for those in need.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Bexley	St Mary the Virgin Church, Bexley is a Church of England Church which works together with St John's in Bexley as the established church to serve the parishioners of these two parishes.	Regular Sunday worship according to Church of England services. Weddings. Baptisms. Memorial Services. Messy Church every month on a Sunday for the whole family.
Woodlands Farm Trust (The)	Woodlands Farm is a fragment of London's old countryside that offers a unique opportunity to conserve heritage landscape and promote biodiversity. At heart this is a conservation and development project.	• Volunteering opportunities in garden, with animals and in administration.
St Michael's Community Centre Association	To provide halls for hire to the local community.	• Bexleyheath Stage School of Dancing • Tuesday Night Dancers Ballroom, Sequence & Line Dancing • SMRA Quiz nights • Bo-Peeps Nursery School • Mums & Tots (Curious Cubs) • Weightwatchers • Aikido • Zumba Gold • Welling Flower Club • Refresh • Welling Ladies Open Group • Kumon • Beaming Stars • Irish Community • Indian Dancing • Art Class • SKK Karate • Powerhoop • Relax and Rejuvenate
Bexley Christian Life Centre	We are a Church with a community heart reaching out to people of all ethnic groups, young and old, families and the isolated with the love of Christ.	The Diamond Jubilee Club for over 65’s with music as reminiscence therapy meeting on the last Tuesday of each month 10.30am – 12.15pm ‘The Rock’ Community Youth Club on Friday evenings 13-18 year olds. Toddlers Group on Friday mornings 10.00am. Other groups for young people.
The Rotary Club of Erith	Erith Rotary is a Service Organisation based on Service above Self. We meet to enjoy community activity and will look to provide small grants to those in need.	Local Community and International Service Local events Christmas Collection Erith Fun Day
Bexley and Dartford Samaritans	Samaritans aim is to reduce feelings of distress and crisis that can lead to suicide. It achieves this by providing confidential emotional support to people who are finding it hard to cope, giving them the time and space to explore their feelings and talk things through. The Samaritans service is available to everyone, whether or not they are experiencing suicidal feelings.	Emotional support by phone, email, SMS, letter and face-to-face. Free talks and workshops for schools and colleges, to help promote students’ wellbeing.

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