Self Care Directory

Living Brands is delivered by the Wellbeing department at the Museum of Brands and offers creative resources, engaging events and training opportunities for a wide range of audiences, around the topics of memory and brand heritage. Activities at the Museum include student worksheets, professional development talks and multi-sensory guides and trails suitable for neurodivergent communities to ensure all visitors have an enjoyable experience at the Museum of Brands. Our outreach team is also available to lead reminiscing sessions for care homes and community groups in London.

We offer monthly carers events (with free admission to the museum) every third Friday and fourth Sunday of the month. We also have free downloadable activities ideal for people living with dementia as they are meant to inspire reminiscence and encourage social and cultural engagements.

Please contact Sara Sarf, Community Development Project Assistant with any enquires
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea
If you need help because of an emergency or a crisis, you may be entitled to a Local Support Payment (LSP).
You may also qualify if you need help to remain or settle in the community. The payments are not given to you as cash. They are usually given as good quality, secondhand furniture or white goods (for example, refrigerators or washing machines) or store vouchers for specific goods.

Before you can claim a Local Support Payment you have to:
- be claiming a qualifying benefit*, or about to claim one, because you are leaving care or an institution such as hospital or prison
- live in WCC, RBKC or LBHF, or have been housed elsewhere by one of those boroughs, and
- not have too much in savings, and not have had more than two LSPs in the last 12 months
* Universal Credit, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, Pension Credit, Incapacity Benefit, Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance.
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham
Open to people who are isolated, homeless or in crisis. Open: Tuesday, 12.30pm-1.30pm. Venue: 205 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, W11 1LU
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea
A programme of workshops and activity groups for people with progressive, life-limiting illnesses and their carers aimed at promoting self-management and peer support. Activities include Feel Good Days, relaxation groups, yoga classes, dementia groups, breathlessness, anxiety and fatigue management.
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham
Subsidised massage sessions every 3rd Weds of the month.
Cost is £10 for those in work and £5 for those who are not
Contact Eva
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham
One-to-one massage sessions delivered by a qualified and experienced therapist. Massage can be delivered at peoples' homes or at one of 3 local centres.
**Referrals made via SystmOne MCMW**
Where they Work: Queen's Park & Paddington, Kensington & Chelsea
Our Maternity Champions are local volunteers who are trained to provide support and information for expectant and new parents through pregnancy, child birth and the transition into parenthood
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea
Socialising, wood work, making, workshops, courses, drop in sessions
Maxilla Men’s Shed (MMS) is a Community Workshop and Makerspace. All are invited to come and share skills, learn new ones, stay active, engage and socialise.
Alongside providing specialised workshops and courses, MMS runs ‘Tinkering Drop in Sessions’ where users can pop in and work on projects, follow hobbies and share their skills. All this centres around the premise of interacting with other users and embracing new members into the fold. Our members can also attend just to socialise, meet new people, drink tea or access a computer.
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea
Free, independent and confidential IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocacy) and Mental Health Advocacy. This is available to older people with a mental health issue in hospital and in the community.
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham
This project gives support to people from BME communities experiencing emotional upset and distress, but without a formal mental health diagnosis; face to face sessions in clients own mother tongues by volunteers trained to be active listeners and to offer non-judgemental support
Where they Work: Kensington & Chelsea