This is a list of local services to help you get the most out of SW1. If you would like to add your local service to this list please contact us.
Malcolmson House, Tachbrook Estate SW1
Youth centre for 5 - 19 year olds
Millbank, SW1P 4RG
www.tate.org.uk/britain
Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art. The Collection comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day. Tate Britain has extensive and innovative interpretation, education and events programmes, including a wide range of talks, lectures, free and paid-for gallery tours, symposia, seminars, courses and workshops, as well as film, music, performance, schools, family and community programmes and online events. For details of all programmes please visit the Tate Britain website.
Westminster City Council’s TaxiCard Scheme allows residents with disabilities, which prevent them from using public transport, to travel in black cabs at greatly reduced fares.
There are numerous Tenant and Residents Associations across SW1, formed by residents living in the same block, estate or street coming together to represent their mutual interests. Some represent council estates (managed by CityWest Homes), some housing association properties, and some represent people who own or rent properties in the same street or local area.
If you would like to know more about Tenants and Residents Associations in your area please contact WFRA - Tel: 020 7641 4425, wfra@cwh.org.uk
For more information about Tenants and Residents Associations for CityWest Homes (council owned properties) please visit the CityWest Homes website.
The CityWest Homes website also sets out other ways you can get involved and have a say about the services that CityWest Homes provides.
39 Westminster Mansions, Great Smith Street, SW1P 3BP
The Thorney Island Society takes its name from the island in the Thames which was once no more than a dense thicket upon which Westminster Abbey was first built. It is a conservation and amenity group founded in 1985 - its objective being to save the library erected in Great Smith Street in 1893. Today it continues to look after the interests of both residents and businesses within the area and acts as 'watch dog' on local planning and development issues. The Society is also concerned about the extension of conservation boundaries and the scale and aesthetics of building programmes within its remit.
www.threshold-housing.org.uk
Threshold Housing manages over 500 properties in SW1, including the following blocks and street properties:
Housing management issues are dealt with by: the team at the Churton Street office:
22 Churton Street
Pimlico
London SW1V 2LL
Tel: 020 7821 1002
Other useful Threshold Housing numbers include:
Repairs freephone
Tel 0800 526 217
Emergency out of hours repairs
Tel 0845 601 3227