Church Street Advice Plus
Advice Plus sessions are held at the Greenside Community Centre (view map) in the heart of the Lisson Green estate every 2nd Wednesday of each month between 3-5pm
Next sessions:
10th March
14th April
12th May
9th June
all 3-5pm
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Advice Plus?
Advice Plus is a new service for Church Street residents so you can have one point of access to dozens of specialist advice services.
What can you get advice about?
Housing, immigration, jobs and training, benefits and tax credits, debt, crime and noise or health. Local Church Street Councillors will also be at every session. For a full list of agencies then see the column to the right.
What if my English isn't great?
Importantly there are also Arabic and Bengali translators to help make sure the advice is understood.
Why Advice 'Plus'?
This advice service has an added bonus: they will help parents coming home after collecting their children from school to focus on accessing the advice they need whilst their children can play to their hearts content in a regular crèche that will run along side it. There will also be health benefits for parents who can get a massage or a free health check whilst they wait; for older people there will be specialist advice for the over 50s such from finance to consumer rights as well as activities they can sign up to to keep them healthy in mind and body.
When and where is it?
It will be in the second Wednesday of each month in the Greenside Community Centre (view map), Lilestone Street (Lisson Green estate) between 3-5pm Dates in 2009 are: 9th September, 14th October, 11th November and 9th December.
How much does it cost?
The service is absolutely free to residents.
For more information call 020 7641 6633.
Organisations that are available at Advice Plus:
Local councillors & Karen Buck MP
Housing advice
Housing Options Service
City West Homes
Notting Hill Housing
Octavia
Peabody Trust
Sanctuary Housing
Noise, ASB, Crime
Environmental Health
Safer Neighbourhood Team
City Guardians
Job Shop
Westminster Works
Apprenticeships Advice Service
Translations
Arabic
Bengali
Financial assistance
CHAS - ‘Money Matters' sessions
CAB - Debt workshops
Young people and families
Library service
Family Information Service
Crèche facility
Other activities
Older people
Advocacy Plus
The Pension Service
Open Age (activities)
Lisson Green TARA (activities)
Health
PALS
Lisson Green Health Centre health checks
Immigration
Migrant Resource Centre
