Mental Health Services

Alzheimer's Society

46 Balham High Road, SW12 9AQ
Tel: 020 8772 8755

email: alzswldn@tiscali.co.uk

See also Poppy Café below

Poppy Cafe

c/o Alzheimer's Society
46 Balham High Road, SW12 9AQ

The Poppy Cafe is a monthly gathering where people with dementia, their families and friends can get together for a light lunch in a relaxing, friendly environment, in the company of others in a similar situation. Currently based at St. Luke's Community Hall, Ramsden Road, Balham, SW12.
For further information on dates please contact either Theresa Grainger on 020 8772 8755 or
Ellen Halley, Age Concern, on 020 8870 2020.

This is a joint project between Alzheimer's Society SW London, Age Concern Wandsworth, The Furzedown
Project, Wandsworth Crossroads and Wandsworth Carers Centre.

For people with mental illness (Club Houses)

A Clubhouse is a place where people who have had mental illness come to rebuild their lives. The participants are called members, not patients and the focus is on their strengths not their illness. Work in the clubhouse, whether it is clerical, data input, meal preparation or reaching out to their fellow members, provides the core healing process. Every opportunity provided is the result of the efforts of the members and small staff, who work side by side, in a unique partnership. One of the most important steps members take toward greater independence is transitional employment, where they work in the community at real jobs. Members also receive help in securing housing, advancing their education obtaining good psychiatric and medical care and maintaining government benefits. Membership is for life so members have all the time they need to secure their new life in the community.

Mosaic Club House

126 Atkins Rd, SW12 0AN
Tel: - 020 8674 2349

Falcon House

Falcon Mews, 46 Oakmead Road SW12 9SJ
Tel: 020 8673 9922

Southside Partnership

31-33 Lumiere Court
209 Balham High Road, SW17 7BQ
Tel: 020 8772 6222
Fax: 020 8772 6223
Email: info@southsidepartnership.org.uk

Website: http:// www.southsidepartnership.org.uk

Southside Partnership was formed in 1991 following a merger of Lambeth Consortium and Camberwell Housing Partnership. We specialise in providing high quality tailor-made services for people with mental health needs and people with learning disabilities.

We provide residential and outreach services with the emphasis on enabling our service users to live as independently as possible. We also have a division, Southside Partnership Fanon Care who provide culturally specific support to African and Caribbean people with the mental health needs.

This includes residential and day services and a joint project for African and Caribbean offenders with mental health needs with the London Probation Service. Southside Partnership also work with offenders/ex-offenders with mental health needs before and after release from prison with the Southside Prison Project. This work includes linking our service users into crucial services such as housing, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and primary health care.

Voicing Views

W.C.A., Bedford House, 215 Balham High Road, SW17 7BQ
Tel: 020 8682 3089

email: voicingviews@wandcareall.org.uk
Voicing Views is a project of Wandsworth Care Alliance.

Voicing Views exists to enable all Wandsworth residents who have experienced mental health problems to share their views and their experiences with local service providers in order that current and future services can be improved for the benefit of all. The objective is to enhance user involvement in the planning, development and monitoring of mental health services in Wandsworth. Users and Survivors of mental health services who wish to be involved in the work of Voicing Views should get in touch with the User Involvement Development Worker.