About St. Martin's

Location

St. Martin's is located in a residential area, a short distance from Chalkwell Park, local shops and main bus routes. Chalkwell, Westciff and Southend Esplanades are within easy reach.

The A13 road is nearby and the A127 is approximately one mile away.
Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SS0+8NQ&hl=en

The Mission of Help

The Charity was founded in 1894 by two ladies, Miss Perram and Miss Craig to provide relief for the 'suffering poor irrespective of creed, colour or financial means'.

In the early days this consisted of providing financial assistance, clothing and food to deserving people who had fallen on hard times, were ill or simply needed help. In addition, the Charity operated a Home in the London suburbs to provide what we today call 'respite care'.

In the 1930's the Charity closed its London Home and opened a Home at Westcliff-on-Sea. This was to provide deserving people with respite care by the seaside, a real holiday in those days. During World
War Two the residents were evacuated to Goat Hall at Galleywood near Chelmsford.

This work continued until 1946 when, with the introduction of the Welfare State, the Charity decided to sell its existing premises and to purchase one large house with extensive gardens so that permanent residential care could be provided. Thus St. Martin's was founded and is the only operational arm of the Charity remaining today.

Today the sole efforts of the Charity are the continuing provision of permanent and respite care for the elderly. 

The Trustees

St. Martin's trustees are listed below. They may be contacted via St. Martin's.
Mrs. M. Lubel MBE (Chair); Mr. J. Anderson; Mrs. A. Andrews; Mr. D. Beavis; Mrs. V. Dickens; Mrs. J Dunn; Mrs. L. Inglis; Mr. B. Pallant QPM; Mr. R.B. Riley.

If you would like to be considered for the interesting and varied voluntary role of Trustee, please contact Mrs. M. Lubel, via St. Martin's.

The Staff

St. Martin's currently employs 35 staff in a variety of full and part time roles.
The home is run on a day to day basis by the manager Ms. Sue Field and her Deputy Mrs. Debbie Snow. 
All administrative aspects of the home are run by Mr. Geoffrey Wakeling.