Greenwood Centre - Neighbourhood Care

The project continues to address the needs of the TW12 community and responds to situations as the need arises.

If you wish to register in order to use the services that the Greenwood Centre provides then please click here to download a registration form.

Members of the Will & Way group working with pupils from Hampton Hill Junior School on the "Tree of Life" mosaic

The Will and Way crafts and social group is thriving under the new direction of Rosemary Davies. We are not only a Group out to enjoy ourselves! We do go on outings to museums, stately homes, garden centres, sea side, boat trips etc. As well as experiencing educational sessions. We have talks about various religions, instruction on Signing, Introduction to hedgehogs and other wildlife And encouragement to do painting and handicrafts. In the past blankets have been knitted and sent abroad and up to the moment about 30 small hooded shawls have been sent to Ethiopia for new born babies.

The mosaic project which partners Will and Way with The Environment Trust for Richmond and Hampton Hill Junior School is going from strength to strength and has been extended till the end of the summer. The project has been so well received that it has been extended to Hampton Nurserylands. A new set of mosaics illustrating the history of the Nurserylands now adorns the wall outside the White House.

For the mosaic page please click here for an explanation of the tree of life mosaic in pictures and text.

Please click here for a pictorial history of Hampton Nurserylands.

The befriending project continues to support isolated and lonely people in the community and recruitment, training and evaluation are ongoing. Project Co-ordinator Tessa Trapmore and VCG Vice-Chair Carole Atkinson are working to fine tune the monitoring and evaluation processes.

Neighbourhood Care Project Befriending workshops: 2-3 Befriending workshops per year from the Greenwood Centre (numbers are limited) free of charge. The workshop will encompass listening skills, involvement and boundaries round up and finish.

Neighbourhood Care in action

Support has been given to:
- Young disabled lady to access kennels for her guide dog's further training and transport to equine centre for client's de-stress weekend treatment.
- Set up contacts for client in homeless situation.
- Husband coping with wife's palliative care from home had daily visits arranged through volunteer.
- Vulnerable client during inclement winter weather unable to renew credit on gas card, or subsequently to operate meter.

Tessa Trapmore

Dr Vince Cable, MP

Vince Cable's view of the contribution made by volunteers

In a recent articlefor the Mail On Sunday entitled "Don't despair, Britain isn't a broken society", local MP Vince Cable wrote:
"Last week I attended a party organised by a voluntary group that helps the elderly and disabled by giving them lifts to shopping centres or appointments. Numerous people spend their spare time raising money for many charities................................... There is a vast reservoir of civic pride and community spirit and it is insulting to say that these people belong to a 'broken society'. "

Click here to download a PDF copy of a leaflet about the Neighbourhood Care scheme. (You will need Adobe Reader to view this file - you can download a free copy by clicking here.)