Alcohol
Animals
Bereavement
Charity Shops
Children
Disability
Education
Elderly
Ethnic
Family
Financial
Gay
Foreign Aid
Health
Homeless
Legal
Local
Religious
Unemployment
Weblinks
Women's Aid
ANIMALS
IFAW Charitable
Trust
87-90 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7UD
Tel: (020) 7587-6700
Educating the public on the conservation and protection of
animals, their habitat and natural environment. Investment in
research into animals and their habitat. Assisting animals in
distress.
London
Zoo
Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY
Tel: (020) 7722-3333
Fax: (020) 7586-5743
London Zoo is an integral part of the Zoological Society of
London, a worldwide conservation, scientific and educational charity.
BEREAVEMENT
Greenwich Cruse - Bereavement Care
St. Luke's Hall, Westmount Road, SE9 1JB
Tel: (020) 8850-0505
Individual, confidential bereavement counselling. Social group
meetings 3rd Wed of month.
CHARITY
SHOPS
Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice Ltd
239 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8293-0189
CHILDREN
Bettercaring
2 Calico Row, Plantation Wharf, York Road, London SW11 3YH
Tel: 0845 601 4757 or 0845 644 1701
Fax: (020) 7978-6611
Maintains a database of 22,000 private and local authority
homes in the UK - provides factsheets and financial advice.
Save
The Children
224 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10 9ER
Tel: 020 8858 6739
DISABILITY
Link to Disability Page
Christchurch
Forum
Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10 9EQ
Tel: (020) 8853-5212 / 8305-2221 or 8858-9307
Advice, information, counselling and campaigns for disabled
people.
Greenwich Association
of Disabled People - Centre for Independent Living
The Forum at Greenwich, Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10 9EQ
Tel: (020) 8853-5212 / 8305-2221 or 8858-9307
EDUCATION
ELDERLY
Age Concern Greenwich
14 Plumstead Road, London SE18 7DA
Tel: (020) 8854-6079
Working with and for older people in a variety of ways e.g.
day centres, lunch clubs, one-to-one counselling, social activities,
practical support, use of facilities. Mon-Thurs 9.30-13.00 and
14.00-16.00.
Age Exchange
11 Blackheath Village, Blackheath SE3 9LA
Tel: (020) 8318-9105
Fax: (020) 8318-0060
Reminiscence Centre for the Elderly and Bakehouse Theatre.
Opposite Blackheath Railway Station. Age Exchange is a registered
charity that aims to improve the quality of life for older people
by emphasising the value of their memories to old and young, through
pioneering artistic, educational and welfare activities. All work
emerges from interviews with older people.
Civil Service
Retirement Fellowship
18 Deals Gateway, Blackheath Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8691-7411
Counsel
& Care
Twyman House, 16 Bonney Street, London NW1 9PG
Tel: 0845 300 7585
Fax: (020) 7267-6877
Advice and help for older people (carehome issues). Opening
times Mon-Fri 10.00-13.00
ETHNIC / CULTURAL
African Concern
49 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8694-0820
FAMILY
Greenwich Connections
St Marks Community Centre, 22 Greenwich South St, Greenwich
SE10 8EY
Tel: (020) 8853-1021
For children & parents under stress: creche/drop-in
support & advice.
Home-Start
c/o Oak House, 71 Barnfield Road, Barnfield Estate, Woolwich SE18
3UH
Tel: (020) 8317-3799
Home-based practical & emotional support for families with
pre-school children who are lonely, depressed or exhausted.
FINANCIAL
Meridian Money Advice
Keepers Cottage, Church Hall, St Alfeges Passage, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8293-3432
Mon, 9-15.00; Tues, 9-15.00; Wed, 9-13.00; Free confidential
debt counselling & money advice.
FOREIGN
AID
British Red Cross
46 Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath SE3
Tel: (020) 8293-0538
Save
The Children
224 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8858-6739
GAY
Lewisham Friend
Tel: (020) 8690-6195
Advice & information helpline. Tue & Thur 19.30-21.30.
2LGA
- Lewisham Lesbian & Gay Alliance
Tel: 07986-43 26 23
Group for local lesbian and gay people.
Lewisham Lesbian
& Gay Information
Website noticeboard & directory.
Metro
Centre
Helpline Unit 401, 49 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8265-3355 / 3311
The Metro Centre is an organisation for lesbian, gay and bisexual
people and provides a range of generic, mental health and HIV
prevention services.
South London
Gays
PO Box 243, London SW19 1XW
Tel: (020) 8674-5191 or (020) 8672-5268
HEALTH
Link to Disability Page
HOMELESS
Emmaus
Tel: (020) 8858-3140 (volunteers)
Tel: (020) 8316-5398 (goods collection for resale)
Self supporting community in Greenwich helping the homeless
to help themselves. Meaningful work offered, new skills taught,
a safe, secure family home environment.
Greenwich
Nightstop
184-186 Westcombe Hill, SE3
Tel: (020) 8293-5707
Nightstop is a free service which provides emergency short-term
accommodation for 16-25 year olds in the homes of volunteer hosts.
There they are provided with a hot meal, a bed in a room of their
own, breakfast the following morning and the chance to bath/shower
or wash clothes. Greenwich Nightstop is one of over 30 nightstops
affiliated to a national network, in partnership with Barnardos.
Rainer
Foundation
89 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich SE10 8TJ.
Tel: (020) 8694-9497
Supported accommodation for young single homeless people, with
specific provision for women.
LEGAL
Greenwich Community Law Centre
187 Trafalgar Rd, SE10 9EQ.
Tel: (020) 8853-2550
Free legal phone advice on housing, employment, welfare rights,
immigration 10am-4pm (except Tue am).
Advice sessions (phone for details)
LOCAL
Greenwich & Docklands International Festivals
6 College Approach, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8305-1818
RELIGIOUS
UNEMPLOYMENT
Greenwich Cooperative Development Agency (GCDA)
Trafalgar Road, Greenwich SE10 9EQ
Tel: (020) 8858-1909
Business start-up & management: advice, training &
support to co-ops, employee buy-outs & community initiatives.
Certificate in Business Admin (BTEC) & start-up courses for
unemployed people.
Instant
Muscle
Bellevue House, 259 Greenwich High Road, Greenwich SE10
Tel: (020) 8293-9458
Helps unemployed and otherwise disadvantaged clients enter
employment or self-employment, through a process of support, advice,
training and counselling
WEBLINKS
www.charitiesdirect.com
WOMEN'S
AID
Greenwich Women's Aid
Tel: (020) 8855-9461 / 8305-0309
Support & advice to women suffering about domestic violence.
Greenwich
Women's Centre
45 Hare St, SE18
Tel: (020) 8317-8885
Advice services for women
Mothers
of Sexually Abused Children (MOSAC)
Christchurch Forum, Trafalgar Rd, Greenwich SE10.
Tel: (020) 8293-9990
Support & advice, self-help group Wed 10am-12noon; confidential
helpline Thur 10am-4pm (24 hr answerphone).
Rainer
Foundation
89 Blackheath Hill, Greenwich SE10 8TJ.
Tel: (020) 8694-9497
Supported accommodation for young single homeless people, with
specific provision for women.
