The Wandsworth Community Safety Unit (CSU) is in charge of investigating domestic violence and hate crimes (any incident that is seen to be racist, homophobic, transphobic or due to a person's religion, beliefs, gender identity or disability/special need) in Wandsworth. They also investigate complaints about…
The team offers assessment and treatment mainly to people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorders. Personality disorders relate to permanent characteristics of an individual's personality that cause problems with how they interact with other people and react to things emotionally.The services works with people aged 18-65 years.Benefits…
The contact service provides safe venues and supervisors to facilitate contact between parents, children, siblings and children looked after by Children's Specialist Services. Contact sessions take place in purpose-designed rooms with one or two contact supervisors. The service…
Council Tax Reduction (CTR) is to help people who are on a low income to pay part or all of their council tax. The Government requires us to protect the claiming process for pension age claimants so there are two CTR schemes…
This is a new leaflet for practitioners and managers, about new ways of thinking about involving fathers in their children’s upbringing. Dads have an impact on their children’s wellbeing and achievement. The ‘Wandsworth Dads Test’ leaflet aims to help you start to assess how “Dad-inclusive”…
Wandsworth Discretionary Support Grants offer help and support to residents in Wandsworth who are experiencing hardship and crisis. There are three types of grants. Discretionary Community Care Grant Provides support by the way of furniture (e.g. beds) and white goods (e.g. fridges).
This service is closed until further notice, however you can contact a support worker on 020 7801 1777 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. ******************************************************************************** This service provides a drop in meeting place for those experiencing domestic violence and abuse in the borough. This service provides…
This service arranges weekend breaks with a foster carer for children and young people with severe disabilities. The age range catered for is 0-18 years old.The benefits are: the child or young person gets to have…
Wandsworth Foodbank provides emergency food and support to local people in crisis across the Wandsworth Borough. It provides a minimum of three days’ nutritionally balanced, non-perishable emergency food and support to people experiencing crisis for reasons including: redundancy benefit delay receiving an unexpected…
This is a benefit which will help you pay the rent on your home. Housing benefit can pay up to 100 per cent of your rent. This benefit can be paid on either council or private housing.This benefit is for people on low incomes.To…
