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What's New?Key Strategic Organisations
Grants Direct at Richmond Council for Voluntary Service (RCVS) supported the appointment of 6 Key Strategic Organisations during 2006/07 and funded 1 designate Key Strategic Organisations during 2006/07.
What is a Key Strategic Organisation?
RCVS has defined a Key Strategic Organisation as being one which, with appropriate financial support, can:
- Command the support of the public and relevant voluntary and community organisations for acting as the lead voluntary or community agency in its area of work.
A Key Strategic Organisation that meets this criteria, can then utilise its management capacity to:
- provide support to other organisations working in the same field and effectively represent their views, particularly to local statutory bodies
- develop the ability to work in partnership with public bodies and provide services designed to complement, enhance or add value to statutory sector provision
- attract additional external funding in support of its work
- achieve continuous improvement in the management and delivery of its services
- articulate the needs of and provide services to diverse communities in a variety of locations
- offer best value in terms of the efficiency, effectiveness and economy of its services
Who are the Key Strategic Organisations?
Age Concern | Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Richmond Aid) | Richmond Citizens' Advice Bureaux | Richmond Environment Network | Richmond Youth Partnership | Creating Opportunities in Richmond for People with Learning Disabilities (C.O.R.L.D.) - (Richmond Homes for Life Trust and Richmond MENCAP partnership) | Richmond Carers Centre and Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Partnership
Appointed in 2006-2007
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Age Concern |
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| area | Older People |
| contact name | Sandra Morrison , (Chief Executive) |
| address | Meadows Hall, Church Road,
Richmond, Surrey, TW10 6LN |
| contact details | Telephone: 020 8940 4052 |
| Email: sandram@acrut.org.uk |
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| purpose | The aims of Age Concern Richmond upon Thames are to improve the quality of life of older people in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and to enhance their status and influence.
Its objectives are To promote the rights and needs of older people. To provide services which appropriately meet the needs of older people. To research new needs and investigate innovative ways of meeting them. To ensure that the needs of older people are included in joint planning with statutory and other voluntary bodies. |
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Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Richmond AID) |
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| area | Physical Disability |
| contact name | Paul Redfern
(Director) Holly Hart (Manager: Information & Advisor) |
| address | Disability Action & Advice Centre, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, TW11 8HT |
| contact details | Reception: 020 8831 6080 Advice & information help line: 020 8831 6070 |
| General email: info@richmondaid.org.uk Paul Redfern's email: p.redfern@richmondaid.org.uk Advice & information email: advice@richmondaid.org.uk |
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| purpose | Provides information and advice to people with disabilities and their carers in Richmond upon Thames and surrounding areas. |
| organisation |
Richmond Citizens Advice Bureaux |
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| area | Advice and Advocacy |
| contact name | Leighton Jones (Chief Executive) |
| address | 61 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4AW |
| contact details | Telephone: 020 8891 2145 |
| Email: leighton@rcabs.org |
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| purpose | Richmond upon Thames CAB provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice including the following areas: Benefits, Consumer matters, Debt, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration and Nationality, the Law, Relationships, Tax. |
| organisation |
Richmond Environment Network |
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| A consortium comprised of BTCV, The Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames and Thames Landscape Strategy | |
| area | Environment and Civic Pride |
| contact name | Colin Cooper (K.S.O. Project Officer) |
| address | Richmond Environment Network, BTCV, Sheen Lane Centre, 74 Sheen Lane, London , SW14 8LP |
| contact details | 020 8831 6150 |
| General Email: info@richenvironmentnet.org.uk Colin's email: colin@richenvironmentnet.org.uk | |
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| purpose | Providing a one-stop-shop for support, information and guidance to organisations, groups and individuals with the overall vision of enhancing the long-term sustainability of the environment and civic pride sector. Specific aims: 1.To improve the access to environmental activities. To provide a one-stop shop for environmental information in the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. 2.To improve capacity of the local environmental groups. To support the borough's groups, organisations and individuals working in the environmental voluntary sector. 3.To enable cross sector activity (such as youth and health) to benefit the environment. To facilitate local environmental groups, organisations and individuals to work in partnership to build a more sustainable sector. 4.To improve continuously the service delivery of REN. To receive feedback and to tailor and adapt the service to suit the needs of the users. |
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Richmond Youth Partnership |
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| area | Young People |
| contact name | David Lemon (Chief Officer) |
| address | The Garage, Heatham House Youth Centre, Whitton Road, Twickenham, TW1 1BH |
| contact details | Telephone: 07851 862305 |
| Email: david_lemon@hotmail.com |
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| purpose | Richmond Youth Partnership is committed to meeting the needs of young people by supporting and expanding the range of community and voluntary services available to them in LBRuT. It is an umbrella membership organisation supporting other youth organisations in the delivery of their services. Richmond Youth Partnership's aim is to ensure that the range of activities and opportunities which they and their members offer for young people meet a diverse range of needs. |
| organisation | Creating Opportunities in Richmond for People with Learning Disabilities (C.O.R.L.D.) - (Richmond Homes for Life Trust and Richmond MENCAP partnership) |
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| area | People with Learning Disabilities |
| contact names | CORLD Nicky Newberry (CORLD Chief Executive Officer) Homes for Life: Lydia Hansbury (Development Manager) Richmond MENCAP: Richard Jeffries (Chair of Trustees) |
| address | CORLD The Avenue Centre, Normansfield Avenue, Teddington, TW11 9RP Richmond Homes for Life: The Avenue Centre, Normansfield Avenue, Teddington, TW11 9RP Richmond MENCAP: 40B Cambridge Park, East Twickenham Middlesex, TW1 2JU |
| contact details | CORLD 020 8977 5447 Richmond Homes for Life : 020 8977 5447 Richmond MENCAP: 020 8744 1923 |
| CORLD nicky@corld.org.uk Richmond Homes for Life: lydia.rhlt@btconnect.com Richmond MENCAP: richmondmencap@btopenworld.com |
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| purpose | CORLD: To understand the needs and aspirations of people with learning disabilities and to find effective ways of supporting them to express their views in order to influence the future direction and policy of the opportunities available to all people with learning disabilities locally. Richmond Homes for Life: Provide long term residential provision for adults with learning disabilities living in the Richmond Borough Provide supported activities where small groups of people are supported by staff to experience an overnight stay away from the family home. Offer individual and general support and information. Richmond MENCAP: Support Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities and their family carers. Provide respite care and other practical services to meet needs. Represent their interests and campaign on their behalf. Offer individual and general support and information. |
Appointed in 2006-2007 Designate KSO
| organisation |
Richmond Carers Centre and Richmond upon Thames Crossroads partnership |
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| area | Carers |
| contact names | Richmond Carers Centre: Melissa Wilks, (Chief Executive) Richmond upon Thames Crossroads: Eleanor Willett , (Director) |
| address | Richmond Carers Centre, 5 Briars Road, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW2 6RB Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Caring for Carers, D.A.A.C, 4 Waldegrave Road, Teddington, TW11 8HT |
| contact details | Richmond Carers Centre: Telephone: 020 8867 2380 Richmond upon Thames Crossroads: Tel: 020 8831 6088 |
| Richmond Carers Centre: info@richmondcarers.org Richmond upon Thames Crossroads: richmonduponthames@crossroads.org.uk |
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| purpose | Richmond Carers Centre: Richmond Carers Centre is a local charity that is affiliated to Princess Royal Trust for Carers and exists to make life easier for Carers. We offer free and confidential information, support and advice to any Carer living in the borough, to help improve their quality of life and to prevent them from reaching crisis point. Other services include: support groups for adults and young Carers, complementary therapies and counselling, regular social activities and leisure events, a breaks service for Young Carers and Black and Minority Ethnic Carers, drop in service and helpline.Our Mission Richmond Carers Centre to be the gateway to direct support, information and access to services for Carers in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Richmond upon Thames Crossroads Caring for Carers: Richmond upon Thames Crossroads is a local charity set up in 1987 and affiliated to the Crossroads Association. Its purpose is to provide practical and emotional support in the form of respite breaks to Carers who are responsible for caring for adults including older people and children who have a physical/sensory disability or who are chronically ill. Services include: home based respite breaks, Café for people affected by dementia, two Saturday Clubs for Children with Special Needs and Macmillan/Crossroads Palliative Care Service.Our Mission To promote, offer, support and deliver high quality services for Carers and people with care needs within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. |
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