Resources to support you during the Covid-19 crisis

 

Health and general advice:

• Ask NHS App: connects patients to their GPs

• Accessible health advice resources for the Covid-19 pandemic

• Citizens Advice Lewisham (CAL): provides a range of general advice services,

     call 0800 231 5453 (Mon to Fri, 9:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 4:00pm)

• Free Your Mind: NHS mental health advice and/or referral to talking therapies.

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Wellbeing (exercise, mental health):

• therapy4healing: offer FREE befriending, talking therapies, physical therapies over

     video, meditations, as well as anxiety and stress coping strategies, and breathing

     and relaxation techniques. Info & self-referral form here.

• Stay in, Work Out: Tips and advice on exercise at home

• Take Part at Home through Trinity Laban. Offers a wealth of music and dance

     resources and activities to explore

• Mind: Advice on managing stress and self-isolation

• Qwell: free, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing service for

     adults from digital mental health pioneers Kooth. Commissoned by South East

    London CCG and accredited by the BACP. Offers early preventative care and support.

• 60-Up Group: Offer a variety of health and well-being Zoom classes throughout

     the week. 020 3667 3704;

• Telegraph Hill Centre: A variety of free Zoom classes from yoga to dance to

     craft and more! ; 020 7639 0214

• Mindful Museum of Me: Turn your home into your very own museum with this

     activity which focuses on mental health and mindfulness

• Befriending phone services: contact Ageing Well in Lewisham at  or VSL

• Meet Me: Free telephone cluster groups for older people, focused on different

     topics or activities. 07593 580574;

• Sadler’s Wells: Company of Elders online workshops and activities for over
  60s to dance along to in their own homes

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Practical support (shopping, errands):

• Food shopping delivery service through VSL

• Lewisham Local: Best first stop for advice and support

• Lewisham Mutual Aid groups: Find the group that is supporting  your local area

     in Lewisham

       Bellingham Mutual Aid

       Tel: 07762 119 359 (9am to 7pm)
      e-mail:  bellinghammutualaid@gmail.com

• Thames Water: payment support and FREE priority services during the coronavirus

     outbreak

• Computer/ Internet/ IT assistance: Virtual Aid is a telephone service from

     Catbytes CIC. Contact Damian, ; 07939 288 079;

     020 8314 4702

• Tech Support Thursdays with Soulchip. Contact ;

     07376 962966

• Green Doctors: FREE energy advice as we're all at home, using more energy. Phone, 08001691779

• Benefits and housing advice and services: Bench Outreach,  email admin@benchoutreach.com, or phone on  07586544206 Monday-Friday,
  10am-4pm

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Arts and community:

**(pictured right) Golden Pavilion (Kyoto, Japan), oil, by AWiL member and volunteer, Philip Crump

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•  Lewisham Library Service: Free lending service of books, CDs, DVDs. Register

       to receive a monthly visit from a library staff member who will get to know the things

       you like and take your requests. Find out if you qualify: 020 8314 6254; 020 8314 8642; 

                    

• The Albany theatre: Celebrating our local area and supporting artists with some

    online events and the Meet Me on the Radio show.

• Music in Hospitals & Care: Free live concerts on Facebook throughout each week.

• National Theatre at Home: enjoy performances online while theatre is closed. 

• Local Small Business Directory: support small independent businesses through

     this crisis

• Lewisham Wellbeing Map: This interactive map with has added an extra

     section re coronavirus which shows where help is available

• 12 world-class museums you can visit online

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Volunteering opportunities in response to the Covid-19 crisis

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