Scrine Foundation
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The Scrine Foundation is a charity that works with people in needs 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 Center which was formerly known as Canterbury Open Christmas. 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
In 2005 the organisation moved its head offices from Canterbury to Clifftonville in Margate
Key services include:
- homeless shelter in Canterbury
- 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, Eduction and Training programs
The charity is funded by way of a range of statutory streams and public subscription. 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.
[edit] Excerpts taken from their website
"The Scrine Foundation is a registered charity that aims to improve the lives of vulnerable or marginalized people. We work all year round to support people in need, offering food, shelter, primary healthcare and the chance to develop potential and transform lives."
"We offer a range of meaningful occupation services to help people learn new, or update skills they already possess. We also work hard to find appropriate permanent and secure accommodation and to overcome addictions and mental health problems."
"We work with young people in order to provide structured youth projects including a homelessness advice service and a youth club. We also facilitate an alternative curriculum scheme. We have good working relationships with other agencies to ensure we can offer the best services to those who need our help."
"The Scrine Foundation assists in developing and improving local communities for everyone by focusing work and resources on the most disadvantaged and marginalized sections of the community. Whilst many people are now aware of the all too familiar problems faced by those disadvantaged by homelessness there are many other individuals living in the community whom The Scrine Foundation supports to maintain tenancies, develop lifelong learning skills and participate positively to improve their environment."
