Community advice
These pages provide useful information and
help to deal with many of the issues that we face in everyday
life.
You can find information and advice on your
rights and entitlements, through a range of sources including local
advice agencies, solicitors, websites and telephone advice
lines.
Community and day centres
Adults Health and Wellbeing have six day
centres within the borough that assist people to live their lives
at home and within the community.
Community
grants
The Council recognises the unique position of
local voluntary and community groups in supporting residents as
well as providing services for them. There is a range of funding
opportunities available to local groups.
Community plan
The Tower Hamlets Partnership has refreshed
its community plan through to 2020. It is based on
consultation with local people, businesses, third sector and
statutory organisations about their hopes and aspirations for the
borough, as well as research and information about the way our
borough is changing.
Translating and
interpreting services
If you use services provided or arranged by
adult health and wellbeing or children services social work teams,
and need to discuss something with a member of staff who does not
speak your language, we can provide an interpreter to allow you to
understand each other.
Welfare rights advice
The council funds a number of voluntary
organisations to deliver advice services to provide advice and
information on a range of welfare rights.
The Claim the Max project is part funded by
the council and offers benefit advice sessions at various centres
in Tower Hamlets.
Young people
Young people can access advice on a whole
range of issues from drugs and sexual health to careers by
searching the council’s young person’s website amp.