Your Community Hub, Borehamwood

When? Every Friday from 1pm - 3pm.

• Creating online job-seeking profiles
• Writing CVs, personal statements, and cover letters
• Interview techniques 
• And much more!

For more information, please email training@communities1st.org.uk or call 01727 649960.

When? Every last Tuesday of the month from 24 September 2024, from 10am - 12 noon.

Hertsmere Borough Council's Housing and Homelessness Prevention Team is providing a new drop-in advice service. They will be able to give guidance on:

• Homelessness and housing issues
• Housing register, tenancy issues, rent arrears, evictions, disrepair, overcrowding and more.
• Options available to those in difficulty tenancy situations.

When? Pop down whenever Your Community Hub is open!

We can help you with signposting to local organisations, health and wellbeing activities, information on local services, and volunteering opportunities. For example, visit us to find out about:

• Accessible community transport.
• Health and Wellbeing activities, e.g. bowls, Creative Community Cafés, days out, shopping trips, and more!
• Household support, e.g. our Handyperson and Gardening services.
• Signposting to the Healthy Hub.
• Signposting to local agency hubs, e.g. Borehamwood Foodbank, SAHWR Outreach, Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care, Herts Sport and Physical Activity Partnership, for NHS Health Checks, and more!
• Volunteering opportunities in your community.

When? Office services and digital support are available whenever Your Community Hub is open.

Your Community Hub has a computer available to use for free. You're also welcome to bring your own device to connect to our internet.

• Basic form filling
• Typing and email services
• Printing and scanning

We can also support you to use smartphones, tablets and other technological devices. And if you're struggling to contact your GP via online services or an automated telephone system, just come along and we will help.

When? Weekdays from 9am - 3:45pm.

Could you be entitled to Pension Credit? Pop into Your Community Hub for a free eligibility check and help to apply! Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if you're over State Pension age and on a low income. It is worth, on average, £3,900 per year.

Please bring with you:

• National Insurance Number
• Bank details
• Information about any income, savings or investments

Alternatively, start your application at home by visiting: www.gov.uk/pension-credit

When? First Tuesday of the month from 10:30am - 11:30am.

Rennie Grove Peace’s Compassionate Support Hubs ​are drop-in sessions - there is no need to book. They provide a space for members of our community who have been affected by any type of loss and would like to come along for a friendly chat and a chance to meet others over a cup of tea.

When? Drop-in to start your journey when Your Community Hub is open.

Quitting smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your physical and mental health, and is better for your family and friends. Pop down to Your Community Hub to book an appointment. If you're not able to visit us, you can :

• Click here to self-refer online
• Call 0800 389 3998
• Or text SMOKEFREE to 80818

The Hub is hoping to soon be able to host an evening Foodbank session for those in need of support who are unable to get to the Foodbank during daytime hours due to their work patterns. For more information, visit the website, email info@borehamwood.foodbank.org.uk or call 0208 583 1109.