Advice services
A large number of free advice and individual one-to-one support sessions take place weekly at St Luke's Centre:
Legal Advice
Welfare benefits advice
Help on your doorstep advisors
Age UK Islington advice
MP surgery
Councillors surgery
Money made clear - financial counselling service
NHS psychological therapies
One-to-one basic computer coaching
Social Care and Well-being for over 55's
Free legal advice service
In partnership with Islington's People's Rights and Nabarro LLP Solicitors we are providing a new pro bono legal clinic for people living, working or studying in Islington. Confidential advice will be available about debt, housing, employment, benefits, immigration etc. For an appointment please email reception@slpt.org.uk or telephone 020 7549 8181.
Welfare benefits advice
Appointments are available every Tuesday afternoon to see an adviser from Islington's People's Rights to ensure people are claiming the benefits they are entitled to, to help with form filling and to advise on debt problems. For an appointment please telephone Islington People's Rights on 020 7561 3685.
MP and Councillor advice surgeries
Emily Thornberry, Labour MP for Islington South & Finsbury, holds monthly surgeries at St Luke's Centre for all local constituents on the first Friday morning of every month. For an appointment please telephone the Constituency Advice Line on 020 7697 9307.
Bunhill Ward Councillors Troy Gallagher, Robert Khan and Claudia Webbe hold monthly advice surgeries on the 1st Thursday of the month from 6pm to 7pm at St Luke's. No need to book - just turn up.
EC1 Connect/ Help on Your Doorstep
EC1 Connect (Help on your doorstep) visits residents in the EC1 New Deal Communities area, offering advice about services to help them. They aim to connect with EC1 residents and refer them to services that will help with finding work or improving their quality of life in other ways. Their offices are based at St Luke's Centre and for your more information you can email Jwarby@helponyourdoorstep.com or telephone 020 3142 5064/5.
Money made clear - Financial counselling service
Would you look help to sort out your finances? Do you want help finding out more about benefits, consumer rights, mortgages, pensions or how to better manage your money. No selling, no jargon just the facts.
St Luke’s in partnership with the Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB) is launching an new FREE service in November. CFEB is a free independent confidential charity that is sponsored and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
NHS Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies
There are times when everyone feels stressed or unhappy. Generally, these bad times pass, but sometimes there are problems that do not go away and it gets harder and harder to cope. At some point in their life, one in every four people feels this way.
Talking about your problems really can help. The new Improving Access to Psychological Therapies project in Islington provides effective help and support for common difficulties such as anxiety or depression. The service can give you the time to talk, and help you learn ways to help yourself, so that you feel more able to cope with your own problems. It is provided by trained workers, based in GP surgeries, health centres, service hubs and community venues.
To find out more about the service or talk to a Primary Care Mental Health Workers about making an appointment, please contact the NHS IAPT team between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday on 0303 123 1000
At times their line may be busy and you will be asked to leave an answer phone message with your contact details. They will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can e-mail them at IAPT.referrals@islingtonpct.nhs.uk
Age UK Islington Advice Service
Age UK Islington offers a fortnightly advice and information service covering a wide range of issues including welfare benefits, housing, community care, transport etc. The service is open to anyone aged 55 or over and living in Islington and the advice can be provided in English, Bangla, Hindi and Urdu. This service takes place on a Tuesday morning and appointments can be made by telephoning St Luke's Reception on 020 7549 8181.
St Luke's supports older people's health and well-being in many ways. Quite often this involves just chatting to someone, listening to their problems, providing advocacy, filling out forms etc. Other times we provide or host a specific service such as eye tests, community nursing, and men's health screening.
Basic computer skills - one-to-one mentoring
Do you know someone who wants to learn about computers and the internet, but they don't have the equipment to start off, or don't like formal teaching methods. We have the answer!
Volunteers from Slaughter and May and RGA give up their time to teach people the absolute basics of computing in our UK Online Centre on a one-to-one basis.
Call our reception on 020 7549 8181 or pop in to find out more.
Social Care and Well-being for over 55's
Please refer to our social care and well-being service pages for more details. |
