Contact details Tel 01702 466772 Fax 01702 613140 Email lifstanway@together-uk.org Project Manager Jo Burton Our partners in running this service South Essex Health Authority Referrals accepted from Lifstan Way offers a supportive home to ten people with long-term mental health problems. Current residents are aged between 40 and over 80. The house is a two-storey, detached building in a residential area of Thorpe Bay, a quiet part of Southend. The house has a large back garden which backs on to a school playing field. The front garden is given over to flowerbeds. Residents make their own breakfast, snacks and evening meal, and lunch is prepared by a cook. The house has laundry facilities and residents do their own washing, with support from staff when it is needed. Residents meet once a month to discuss issues about the house, plan trips and menus and talk about any other matters which affect them. The staff team includes seven social-care workers. Staff are available 24 hours a day, with at least two staff on duty during the day and one sleeping in each night. We also have a cook, and a cleaner looks after the communal areas (and can help people clean their own rooms if necessary). Most residents see Lifstan Way as their long-term home, but staff will support anyone who wants to move on to find suitable housing through the local council or housing associations. Residents are free to use local day-support services. There are great leisure facilities locally, including Southend pier and seafront, cinemas and theatres and the local football club, Southend United. The house is close to bus routes and train stations. More information To find out more about this service, contact us direct.