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Neighbourhood Link
Region: London
Location: Islington
Delivery Partner: St Mungo's
Summary
Neighbourhood Link is run by St Mungo’s and is developing a partnership with the police’s Safer Neighbourhood Team to intervene early and identify and support people with mental health problems who are at risk of offending.
Project type: Service delivery
Service status: Active
Partners
- Islington Police
- Homes for Islington
- Islington PCT
- Metropolitan Police Mental Health Unit
Project description
This service aims to prevent people with mental health problems living in Islington who are involved, or at risk of being involved, in crime, from becoming homeless.
St Mungos work jointly with Islington's Safer Neighbourhood Team (Police) and other agencies involved in the Safer Islington Partnership, and are able to provide early intervention and a holistic service. Other agencies include Homes for Islington (registered social landlord), Highbury Grove Crisis Centre, the Drug and Alcohol Action Team and the local Primary Care Trust.
We hope that this way of working, and the lessons that have been learned, will be replicated by other local authorities across London
The service helps people to access the support services they need to find different paths and opportunities away from crime, making a visible difference to the community
The service is funded by the Big Lottery, Section 64 Department of Health and Safer London Foundation.
The scheme was praised in the Bradley Review as exceptional.
To learn more about our previous Link Worker Schemes click here.
Contact
To contact the project directly, please call Eleanor Levy, Manager Islington Neighbourhood Link Scheme, St Mungos, 020 7549 8219.
To learn more about our Partnership and Development work in London please contact the central team.
