https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/ Latest Blog OpenACS 5.0 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:12:55 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56304099 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56304099 Once again we'll be joining thousands of other walkers taking on the 10km London Legal Walk on Tuesday 17th June to help those in need gain access to life-changing free legal advice. Let us know if you'd like to join our team by emailing manager@centre70.org.uk. Or sponsor our team here Tue, 27 May 2025 20:12:55 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290888 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290888   We regularly support people apply for Personal Independent Payment (PIP) or appeal negative decisions to their applications. Here we share a couple of examples where this work has made a huge difference both financially and emotoinally.   Our client was a single woman in her 40’s suffering from severe mental health problems. She lost her job due to ill health and was signed off sick by her GP. However, her assessment for Universal Credit concluded that she was fit for work. S... Mon, 26 May 2025 21:11:15 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290265 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290265 Stella started as a service user at Centre 70 and as a result we saw a change in her spirit and self.  We approached her to become a facilitator for our Bereavement group and now one year on she is thriving at the group, supporting attendees each week with her understanding and confident manor.  She is also a Befriender for the Wellbeing service and has been doing so for nearly one year supporting her befriendee through loneliness by being someone she can talk to each week.  She... Mon, 26 May 2025 19:44:12 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290225 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=56290225 Congratulations to Centre 70 trustee Laura Cassidy who ran a personal best in the Great Manchester Run half marathon this May and raised an incredible £1,920 for Centre 70.   Mon, 26 May 2025 19:36:54 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=55774909 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=55774909 With only nine weeks to train, I have decided to run the Great Manchester Run Half Marathon on Sunday 18th May and raise critical funds for my charity, Centre 70.   This will be my first fundraising challenge since 2021, and now feel like time to take on another for a couple of reasons:   I have been a proud trustee of Centre 70 since 2019, a charity based in the heart of West Norwood (South London) since 1970. We provide essential services to the community including free legal adv... Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:52:07 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=53578542 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=53578542 At the Death Cafe people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.  Our aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their (finite) lives. The session consists of a free-flowing conversation surrounding death, where you can share as little or as much as you like. Come and listen to others' stories/feelings about death, whether this be in a practical or emotional sense.    Feedback from October 2024 attendees: "I felt very relaxed, people were understanding ... Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:53:34 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=54549189 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=54549189 We are sad to report the death of Jill Panni.  We, both trustees and staff, offer our sincere condolences to her husband Aziz and to the whole family.  We also want to express our appreciation of Jill and for all she did to help Centre 70 over many years do the things we do to serve people and communities in South London and beyond.    Jill was a trustee of Centre 70 for nearly 16 years until she stepped down in July 2013 and acted as chair of trustees for some of this time... Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:44:53 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=54552087 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=54552087 It was with great sadness we report the death of Sir Anthony.  Centre 70, both trustees and staff, offer sincere condolences to his widow and family. Sir Anthony served Centre 70 in many ways over the years – as a trustee (he was on the board of trustees for over fifteen years), as chair of trustees for several years and as a valuable and generous supporter.  His efforts contributed substantially to the strength of the organisation, to the good outcomes for those we seek to ser... Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:40:43 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=50589568 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=50589568 Join our supportive and dedicated Counselling team - we're recruiting a clinical supervisor We are looking for an experienced clinical supervisor to undertake fortnightly group supervision for our counsellors, at our offices here in West Norwood. Our counsellors are from person-centred, psychodynamic or integrated backgrounds and the majority are in training placements, while some are qualified. Our BACP accredited community counselling service offers 20 weeks of free or low-cost counselling, ... Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:24:14 GMT https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=53295680 https://e-voice.org.uk/centre70/blog/one-entry?entry_id=53295680 We are seeking new Trustees and a Chair to complement our existing Board of Trustees and support Centre 70 as we move forward in our 55th year.   If you are passionate about the importance of social justice and improving community mental health and wellbeing, then this is the right voluntary role for you.  Becoming a Centre 70 trustee is a great opportunity to contribute your knowledge and experience to an organisation that really makes a difference to the local community in West Nor... Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:48:12 GMT