Who pays for the care provided?

The funding of residential care is a statutory responsibility of a local authority social services departments and hence we receive the majority of our income through that means. This has two knock-on effects:

1) Because Social Services fund the placement, they also ensure that they monitor the care given and can act as an important independent advocate for the resident. They also can assist with any move on planning to more independent living.

2) However, any spending we wish to do for additional services or building new facilities needs to raised separately. Hence we are always grateful for donations towards the work and future plans of Crossways and little improvements beyond the provision of residential care would have been achieved without the generosity of many people throughout the years.

As a charity, do you provide any free places?

Unfortunately, we do not have a bursary scheme where we can fund places. 

How much does it cost to live at the Care Home?

Since Crossways Community is based in Kent, we receive about half of our referrals from the local mental health teams, with the remainder coming from the surrounding authorities of East Sussex, Surrey, Sutton, Lambeth, Greenwich, Croydon etc. (although we have had referrals from Devon, Stoke-on-Trent and Lancashire.)

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