The Vine Centre

About

The Vine Centre's mission is "Serving the Community".

They offer support to anyone needing it including mental health support, anger management, addiction, housing sustainment, benefits, budgeting and general support. For full details please see their website or contact The Vine Centre directly for their timetable. Current groups offered include the following:

Skills, training and job related support:
-My Space (help with gaining employment including CV writing, job applications, job searches and more)
-My Helping Hand (support to gain basic skills including basic Maths, Literacy, IT)
- Barista training

Social & Wellbeing groups:
- The Culture Cafe is for people under 55 to learn and socialize (examples of previous activities include flower arranging, photography, first aid, yoga, arts and crafts).
- Silvers is for people over 55 and is a social group with quizzes, arts and crafts and chair yoga activities.
- Therapeutic art
- Waste cookery (cooking with what is left in the cupboard)

Digital awareness & outreach project:
Stepping Out is a project aimed at pensioners in Hart and Rushmoor who would like help becoming digitally aware. A support worker will be able to make home visits to help individuals connect to a basic IT programme and show them how to deal with medical, shopping and social needs over the internet in a safe way. They will also be offered support with any other support needs.

Other help & services include:
- Community cupboard where those in need can supplement their weekly food shop with items to ensure they can feed their family.
- Cosy Hub where anyone can just come to keep warm, charge their phone, have coffee or soup etc.

About The Vine Centre

The Vine Centre has been in existence since 1987 and developed from its humble beginnings as a soup kitchen to an organisation which now provides a broad range of services to the most disadvantaged members of our community (aged 18+). These services are delivered Monday to Friday addressing the immediate physical & mental health needs of our clients, as well as their longer term needs.