jewish mental health services in greater london
| type of service |
| Friday night service followed by shabbos meal. Service on Jewish Festivals followed by festive meal |
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| Address | |
| Alternative Name | Friday Night & Jewish Holidays |
| Address | Jami House |
| 131 Golders Green Road | |
| Golders Green | |
| London | |
| NW11 8HJ | |
| Phone | 0208 731 7319 |
| Fax | 020 8209 0230 |
| Website | www.jamiuk.org |
| main functions |
| To provide cultural and social support for Jewish people who are experiencing mental health problems. |
| other activities |
| Reduce social isolation. |
| Access |
| opening times - one Friday night per month plus jewish festivals, please contact for further information public transport - Golders Green tube station, buses Nos. 13, 82, 83, 102, 183, 210, 226,240, 328 accessibility - wheelchair access , no disabled toilets referral - self-referral accepted, gp referral accepted, mental health worker referral accepted |
| background information on this organisation |
The shabbos meal was set up to help reduce cultural isolation within the Jewish Community. Jami is a recovery orientated mental health charity founded in 1989 by parents, relatives and friends of people with mental ill health. Jami offers a range of culturally specific services for Jewish people who have a severe and enduring mental illness. The organisation is committed to working alongside statutory services to provide a high quality community-based service which enables people to maximise their potential and take control of their own recovery. Jami House day centre offers a range of opportunites that support people to maintain as independent a life as possible. Attendance at Jami House can give meaning and purpose to the day. It offers the safety and security that so many people require. However with the support and encouragement from staff and trained volunteers people are able to rediscover lost independence and social skills. Social workers are available to offer advice, advocacy and support to all service users or carers following telephone or internet contact. Jami also provides an outreach service visiting people in mental health units. This service is carried out by a group of dedicated volunteers who provide a much needed link between those in hospital and the Jewish community. This work is especially important around the Jewish festival celebrations when people may feel removed from their own communities. Volunteers also visit service users in group homes and residential care accommodation. In addition, we run a charity shop which is partially staffed by service users, a carers support group, and a befriending project which matches volunteers with isolated service users. |
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