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Contact details
Next Chapter
PO Box 40
Colchester
Essex
CO1 2XJ
Public phone: 0330 333 7 444 or 01206 500585
Email: info@thenextchapter.org.uk
Website URL: http://www.thenextchapter.org.uk/forms/get-help
General information
Service offered: Colchester & Tendring Women’s Refuge supports women, together with their children, who have suffered domestic abuse. We offer crisis accommodation and outreach support to help them make independent decisions about their futures. Ofsted Registered Children Dept for Children of Accommodation Services. Preschool Monday - Friday 10am-1pm. Allocated Support Workers for each child. Resettlement Worker for clients moving on from accommodation. Hospital worker delivering domestic abuse advice and working with the safeguarding team. Group work. Freedom - perpetrator tactics. Roads to recovery - rebuilding futures. The care programme - from parents.
Target group: Women for accommodation. Any gender - Community support
Area served: Braintree, Colchester, Chelmsford, Uttlesford, Maldon & Tendring.
How to contact: Phone (0330 333 7444 or 01206 500585) / Email/Website.
Availability
Monday: 9am-5pm / 5pm- 10 pm Evening Support then overnight Emergency on call
Tuesday: 9am-5pm / 5pm- 10 pm Evening Support then overnight Emergency on call
Wednesday: 9am-5pm / 5pm- 10 pm Evening Support then overnight Emergency on call
Thursday: 9am-5pm / 5pm- 10 pm Evening Support then overnight Emergency on call
Friday: 9am-5pm / 5pm- 10 pm Evening Support then overnight Emergency on call
Weekends: Emergency on Call
Office Hours:
Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes - full
Accessible toilets: Yes
Access notes: Ground floor wheelchair assessable, one flat let with low level kitchen. Fully adpated toilets. Parking space, Ground floor, Wet room, Low level cooker
Other information
Languages other than English:
Charity number: 1058295
Year established: 41
Staffing: 1 CEO, 1 Finance manager,1 Refuge & Community Services Manager, 1 Children & Young Persons Manager, 2 Administrators, 3 Refuge Support workers, 4 Community Practitioners, 1 Resettlement worker, 1 Evening support worker, 2 Housekeepers, 2 Preschool practitioners, 2 Children’s support workers, 1 Handy person, 2 Weekend on call workers, 1 Counsellor, 1 Group facilitator, Volunteers x 4
Public transport:
Record last checked: 16 November 2022