Scrine Foundation

The Scrine Foundation is a registered charity that works with people in need including people who are homeless, young people, ex offenders and individuals who live with issues related to mental ill health and or addiction. The charity formerly known as Canterbury Open Centre which was formerly known as Canterbury Open Christmas.

History

The name was changed to The Scrine Foundation in 2004 in order to expand their work out of Canterbury and in recognition of the work of two key founders, Ralph Scrine and Joan Scrine.

Ralph Scrine wrote a book about the organisation and its work called "Every Day Of The Year"Timefact

In 2005 the organisation moved its head offices from Canterbury to Clifftonville in Margate

Methods

The charity's methods of development based on primary research conducted with members of the pulic who are asked:Fact|date=June 2008

*"What groups from the list below should The Scrine Foundation be working?"
*"How do you think the charity could make a difference to those in need within the community?"
*"Would you be willing to volunteer with the charity to work directly with people in need or to raise funds in aid of the charity's work?"

In this way the charity maintains it's strategic independence ensuring that the local communities (where it is active) influence and in some cases determine strategic planning prioirties (based on evidence of need).

Key services

* homeless shelter in Canterbury
* Various Supported and Managed Housing Projects
* Resettlement and Tenancy Sustainment
* Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health care (advocates of Dual diagnosis, i.e recognition that any or all of these problems can be interlinked rather than a simple cause and effect)
* Jobs, Education and Training programs

Areas of potential growth

* Offering routes out of prostitution
* Becoming an education provider
* Developing branches of the charity in other parts of the country

funding

The charity is currently funded by way of a range of statutory streams and public subscriptionOr|date=June 2008. Unrestricted income from the public is undertaken by volunteer Local Community Fundraising Co-ordinators who operate small groups of volunteers at a local community level.

Additional

*Registered Charity Number 1014868
*Limited Company Number 2719436

ee also

Street Life

References

External links

* [http://scrine.org scrine.org]