New group of mentors needed
For Crawley Foyer project...

Crawley Foyer is advertising for a second group of mentors for the Positive Influence Mentoring scheme that began earlier this year. For further information or to apply to be a mentor, please contact Simon Colquhoun on telephone: 01293 514222 or email: scolquhoun@lqgroup.org.uk. Alternatively you can visit: http://powered.jobsgopublic.com/lqhousing/jobs/mentors-positive-influence-mentoring-project-crpmi3/from/1pald1br57l410/1/of/5

Crawley Open House
Harvest appeal...

Crawley Open House has written to 129 schools and 135 churches over a very wide area asking for them to donate a portion of their Harvest offerings. Last year 127 responded and those donations kept the organisation in non perishable food until the middle of the summer. However because of the financial climate, Open House is expecting to have to help a lot more people in the coming year which means that it will need even more food to provide meals, free meals and food parcels for everybody. It provided about 53,600 free of charge meals and food parcels to its clients in the last twelve months. Please mention the charity to your local school or church just in case they have not had a letter.

If you would like one of us to visit your office, school, church, club or any other organisation to give a talk about the work of Open House or more generally about homelessness please give Peter or Charlie a call on telephone: 01293 447703/05 to book it. In addition, Open House continually needs good quality men, women, young people and children’s clothing, toiletries, sanitary items, stationery and food (especially UHT milk, sugar and coffee).

For further information visit the Open House website at: www.crawleyopenhouse.ik.com

Homelessness in the UK
The latest publications and research at your fingertips...

A new website has been launched giving you access to 1,700 publications and the latest figures and information about homelessness in the UK. www.homelesspages.org.uk is produced by Homeless Link and is funded by Communties and Local Government (CLG) and CRASH - the construction industry's charity to help homeless people.

New Drop-in for Housing Advice
Mondays 1.30pm-3.30pm...

A new Drop-in for individuals needing to discuss their housing issues has been set up at a table in Mundy's Cafe at St John's Hall, The Broadway every Monday from 1.30pm-3.30pm. This user-friendly venue has been chosen to encourage people who may be intimidated by the Town Hall. It is sponsored by West Sussex NHS and Sussex Oakleaf and is staffed by members of Stepping Stones.

Drops-ins will still take place at the Connexions Centre in Queens Square at the new time of 11am-1pm.

Cherchefelle Housing Association
Services for the community...

Cherchefelle Housing Association provides a range of services from supported housing and outreach services, sheltered and extra care schemes, to domiciliary care for vulnerable people including people with mental health problems, learning difficulties, young people at risk and older people. Its supported housing provides tenants with a home and a support worker who will agree a support plan with them so that their individual needs are met. The Outreach Service supports clients based in their own homes, enabling them to maintain independent living in the community and Cherchefelle's Domiciliary Care Agency provides high quality care in the home, offering a 24 hour service, 365 days a year. Cherchefelle operates in the following areas: Mole Valley, Epsom & Ewell, Reigate & Banstead, Tandridge and Crawley. Priority is given to those that have a link to the local area, but all applications will be considered.

For further information about the service, contact Cherchefelle Housing Association, Enterprise Court, 3 Mill Street, Redhill, RH1 6PA, Telephone: 01737 244312, or e-mail: mail@cfha.org.uk

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