South and Central Sefton Community Champions

South & Central Sefton Community Champions

This network has a membership of over 30 community groups/organisations, health centres and GPs. The network members also open up their venues and events to Healthwatch Sefton, supporting our goal to engage with local people and groups. The community organisations/groups within this network meet every two months to share the issues affecting their service users. The matters arising within these meetings are fed up to the Healthwatch Steering Group.

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See below for further information on our Champions in South and Central, who they are and what’s happening.

Community Champions South and Central Sefton

• Alzheimer’s Society – Organisation that supports people living with alzheimer’s and their families and friends, to learn more about them click here
• Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton – Organisation supporting older people across Liverpool and Sefton, to learn more about them click here
• Bootle Action Group – Volunteer group making Bootle a cleaner, greener place to live, to learn more about them click here
• Bowersdale Resource Centre – Provides friendly and respectful support to people with mental health needs and/or learning disabilities in a non-clinical setting and offers a wide range of structured activities, to learn more about them click here
• Cradle to Career – Right to Succeed partners with Sefton in its Cradle to Career program, a community-led initiative to address childhood inequality and provide young people in high-deprivation areas with better life opportunities. To learn more about them, click here
• Galloways Society for the Blind – A sight loss charity which has been supporting people with sight loss in the North West of England for over 150 years, to learn more about them click here
• Kindfulness Coffee Club – Offer a variety of groups and services that promote emotional and social well-being to help reduce social isolation and loneliness, to build self confidence and worth. To find out more about them click here
• Home From Home – Small Non-Profit service, Providing Meaningful Personalised Support for adults living with early dementia. To find out more about them click here
• L21 Community Network (based Litherland Youth & Community Centre) – Seeks to empower and enable local people to make positive changes in their community, to find out more about them click here
• Lifes for Living – find out more click here
• Linacre Methodist Mission – Neighbourhood Centre and Church offering services such as food bank, community hub, place of welcome and food pantry, to find out more about them click here
• Light for Life – To find out more about them click here
• Maple Court, Anchor Housing – Retirement housing scheme in Litherland, offering 2 two bedroom, 18 one bedroom and 26 studio purpose-built properties for rent for people over the age of 55. to find out more about them click here
• Marine in the Community – The charitable arm of Marine AFC. Marine in the community was created to provide life changing opportunities through sport, education, health, mental wellbeing, community projects and the arts which enrich, inspire and celebrate the Crosby, Sefton and the Merseyside community. To find out more about them click here
• May Logan Centre – Healthy living centre offering nurse-led walk in treatment service and also offered a range of clinical rooms, meeting rooms, an IT suite, children’s ball pool and café. The Centre soon became very busy offering a variety of courses and support services alongside traditional NHS services. To find out more about them click here
• Matthew Lock ADHD Charity – The charity aims to raise awareness about ADHD and its co-existing conditions, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and intervention. The foundation seeks to support individuals affected by ADHD and help them unlock their full potential. To find out more about them click here.
• Maryfield, Anchor Housing – Retirement housing scheme in Liverpool, offering 8 one bedroom and 24 studio purpose-built properties for rent for people over the age of 55. To find out more about them click here
• Merseyside Read Easy – Helping adults learn how to read. To find out more about them click here
• Netherton Feelgood Factory – Provides services for the whole community from childhood to old age, in order to promote health and well-being as holistically as possible.  Our programme of activities are delivered both in the centre and through outreach work elsewhere in Sefton. To find out more about them click here
• Netherton Park Neighbourhood Centre – A safe and fun environment for all age groups. It is a place to learn, play and socialise. To find out more about them click here
• Parenting 2000 Crosby – Parenting 2000 is a registered charity that was set up in 1994 by a group of parents. Based in the metropolitan borough of Sefton on Merseyside and run a range of services that provide emotional and practical support, and information targeted at vulnerable children, young people and families in our community click here

• People First Merseyside – A self-advocacy organisation run by and for people with learning disabilities. To find out more about them click here
• Queen Elizabeth Court, who are part of Anchor Sheltered Accommodation – Retirement housing scheme in Litherland, who offer 39 studios, 20 one bedroom, 3 two bedroom and 1 four bedroom purpose-built properties for rent for people over the age of 55. To find out more about them click here.
• Reach Mens Centre – Provides a range of services including drop in groups, aimed at reducing isolation and improving the mental health of men in the area. To find out more about them click here
• Re-engage – Re-engage and Age Concern Crosby come together. To find out more about them click here
• Salvation Army Bootle – The Salvation Army Bootle is a small growing intercultural church that gathers in different communities across South Sefton to Love God, Love Others click here
• Samaritans Sefton – National suicide charity, to find out more about them click here
• Sean’s Place – Aim is to improve men’s mental health and well-being across Sefton and Liverpool City Region through support specifically identified to improve confidence and self-esteem for men whilst reducing symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety. To find out more about them click here
• Sefton Carers Centre – Provide free advice and guidance, emotional and practical support, training and a range of holistic therapies for unpaid carers living in Sefton. To find out more about them click here
• Sefton CVS Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance – Angela Delea, Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance Action Lead. To learn more about them click here.
• Sefton Opera – Older persons project, providing community support and activities for older people in Sefton. To find out more about them click here
• Select Training CIC – Select Training Community Interest Company was created by two qualified teachers, in response to the mental health crisis. It is their vision that everyone can access support for their mental health. They aim to build individuals confidence to have open conversations around mental health and break the stigma. To find out more about them click here
• Sewing Connection– To find out more click here
• SING Resource Centre – Working for a safer, stronger and more cohesive community, with opportunities for self-development and growth being accessible by all members of our community, to work to enhance the quality of life for the residents of Seaforth and South Sefton. To find out more about them click here
• South Sefton food banks – We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That’s why we provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. click here 
• St Leonards Youth & Community Centre – A lively and connected community centre in the heart of Bootle, offering engaging projects, services and activities delivered by skilled, passionate staff that empower local residents of all ages enabling them and the community to grow in resilience. To find out more about them click here
• Strand By Me – A new Community & Health Services shop in The Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle. Managed by Sefton CVS in partnership with NHS South Sefton CCG. To find out more about them click here
• SWACA – Sefton Women’s and Children’s Aid is committed to safeguarding women, young people and children. Our dedicated team supports them in surviving the impact of domestic abuse by giving free, practical and emotional help. To find out more about them click here
• SWAN Women’s Centre – Supporting women to achieve mental well-being and providing services for women who experience anxiety, depression, stress or mental health issues. To find out more about them click here
• Venus Centre – Charity that aims to empower, promote and support women, young women and their children in developing their potential, recognising their choices, achieving their goals and challenging injustice. To find out more about them click here
• YKids – Works to improve the lives and futures of children, young people and their families living in some of the UK’s most deprived areas. To find out more about them click here