Community Groups
Peterborough Streets
Website
www.peterboroughstreets.co.uk
Contacts
Denise Lewis
Centre Manager
Peterborough Streets Day Centre
Adderley
North Bretton
Peterborough
PE3 8RA
Tel (Work): 01733 331871
Email: georgina.millward@peterboroughstreets.co.uk
Meeting place of Organisation
Peterborough Streets Day Centre
Adderley
North Bretton
Peterborough
PE3 8RA
Time of Meetings or Hours of Opening
Monday to Friday: 9.30am to 3.30pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday.
Activities of organisation or services provided
Founded in 1991, Peterborough Streets, formerly known as St Theresa's, caters for the needs of the homeless, the poor and the socially excluded adults in the City of Peterborough.
As well as providing a safe and secure environment where the homeless can access low priced hot food, clothing, laundry services, and showers, the Day Centre enables clients to access free health related activities, counselling, resettlement advice, tenancy support, vocational training and welfare assistance.
The Centre is an open access facility for those aged 18 or over who are homeless or claiming a social benefit.
• Housing, Resettlement and Benefits advice
• Smoking cessation and reduction programmes
• Healthy eating and cooking classes
• IT skills, numeracy and literacy classes
• Peterborough Streets are agents for the Big Issue magazine in Peterborough and Stamford
• Hot food. Breakfast is served from 9.30 - 10.30am with lunch served from 11.00 - 1.00pm. Hot drinks and snacks are available throughout the day.
• Social activities such as table tennis and football competitions
• Access to Wood green Animal Centre drop in services for client's cats and dogs. Services provided free of charge include operations de-fleaing, de-worming, electronic tagging, food etc
• Laundry and drying facilities
• Access to hot showers and free provision of towel, shampoo, shower gel and shaving equipmen