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We offer 7 major services at the centre;
Inner West Family Support Services
This is a free service that helps families who are in stress or crisis. The service is available to families with children under 16 living in the council areas of Ashfiled, Burwood, City of Canada Bay and Strathfield.
This service aims to:
- Help families develop their parenting and coping skills
- Assist families to realise their own strengths and meet their own goals
- Help families deal with their health, legal and finacial problems in appropriate ways
- Help families build support networks through their local community
This service provides:
- Information and referral for services in your local area
- Support to overcome lonliness and isolation
- Family Counselling
- Home visits
- Help with planning your budget
- Support groups/activities for parents and children
For more information or confidential enquiries please phone (02) 9744 1866 or email: bcwsfss@bigpond.com
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Emergency Financial Relief
The Emergency Financial Relief program aims to assist people in financial crisis to deal with their immediate crisis in a way that maintains their dignity and encourages self-reliance. The service is free and confidential.
Emergency Relief is provided for:
- Food
- Medication
- Overdue Bills - Telstra, Energy Australia, Sydney Water
- Transport
- Child expenses
Assistance is provided either as a cash cheque or voucher.
The service may also provide information and referrals to other services if necessary.
Who is eligable:
Anyone who is experiencing a financial crisis in:
Abbotsford
Ashfield
Breakfast Point
Burwood
Burwood Heights
Cabarita
Canada Bay
Chiswick
Concord
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Concord West
Croydon
Drummoyne
East Greenacre
Enfield
Five Dock
Flemington
Haberfield
Homebush West
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Mortlake
North Strathfield
Rhodes
Rodd Point
Russell Lea
South Strathfield
Strathfield
Summer Hill
Wareemba
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Appointments for an assessment are essential and are available:
10am - 4pm Monday to Wednesday
10am -- 1pm Thursday
For further information or to make an appointment please phone:
(02) 9744 1866
or email: centre_manager@bcwsinc.ngo.org.au
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Burwood / Ashfield Food Services (Meals on Wheels)
This service provides nutritional meals to frail aged, or people with disability and their carers, with the aim of helping people live at home as independently as possible.
This service offers:
- Hot, cold or frozen meals delivered daily
- Meals for the weekend delivered on Friday
- Italian, Greek and Spanish meals on request
- Daily contact with Meals on Wheels volunteer
- Limited shopping service to assist with everyday needs
- Weekly bus outings
- Referral to other services if necessary
Service is provided within the Burwood Local Government Area
For more information phone: (02) 9744 1866
or email: bcwsmow@bigpond.com
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Inner West Couselling Services
This service provides face to face couselling for issues such as:
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Depression
- Grief and loss
- Relationship difficulties
- Domestic violence
- Substance abuse
- Gambling
- Improving coping skills
- General personal development issues such as self esteem and motivation
The service also provides refferals for specialist counselling if necessary.
For further information or confidential enquiries please phone:
(02) 9744 1866
or email: centre_manager@bcwsinc.ngo.org.au
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Inner West Women's Domestic Violence
Court Assistance Service
This program aims to empower women experiencing domestic violence to use legal system by providing support, legal representation, information and appropriate refferals to other services.
The service provides:
- Support during court appearances in a safe, private environment in the Shine Room at Burwood Court
- Information regarding court procedures and protocol
- Access legal representation and information
- Referral to local agencies and support services in relation to income, support, housing, order enforcement, counselling and other needs as required.
For further information or confidential enquiries please phone:
(02) 9744 1866
or email: bcwsshine@bigpond.com
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Skead House Neighbourhood Centre
The Centre provides a number of services to the Inner West Community.
These services include:
- Information and referral programs
- Children's play groups
- English classes
- Tax help. This is a free service run from 1st July to 31st October, providing tax information, advice and assistance in lodging tax returs.
- Food bank. This service gives clients the opportunity to purchase low price food and household products. The community bus takes clients to the warehouse once a month.
- Volunteering opportunities
(if you would like to volunteer please contact (02)9744 1866 and ask for Yvonne)
Other community programs include...
- Work experience for students
- Community Market
- Outreach Services
(Indonesian Welfare Association, Canterbury Bankstown Migrants Resource Centre, Mission Australia Financial and Gambling Counselling)
For further information please phone: (02) 9744 1866
or email: centre_manager@bcwsinc.ngo.org.au
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Community Hall - "The Barn"
There is also a Community Hall better known as "The Barn", which provides a low cost meeting place for socially and economically disadvantaged and disabled people, self help and ethnic groups within the Inner West. As well as the large meeting space there is also a fully equipped kitchen, ample parking and easy access to public transport.
Some of the groups that use our facility are:
- St Johns Ambulance
- Deaf Women's Guild
- Home Care Carer's Program
- Rhythm Factory
- Korean Mother’s Group
- SOLACE
- And many more...
To book please phone: (02) 9744 1866
or email: centre_manager@bcwsinc.ngo.org.au
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