twelve step groups at hinde street
Weekly 12 Step Groups Schedule
Please click here to view our weekly schedule.
Update 9 December 2021
Government’s Latest Restrictions
Following the government’s latest restrictions issued on Wednesday, nothing has changed regarding 12 Step Group Meetings. We are already in line with the guidance on wearing face coverings in indoor public spaces and would encourage you to do so when entering / exiting the venue and in the corridors. We continue to request that you sanitize on entry and complete track and trace.
Update 30 November 2021
Government takes decisive action against new COVID-19 variant
As per the temporary and precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant in the UK we would like to ask you to wear face coverings when entering/exiting the venue please unless individuals are exempt from doing so.
Thank you very much in advance.
Update 17 August 2021
We are pleased that we can allow bookings in the church without any Covid-19 related restrictions from 1 September 2021. This will be subject to any further government imposed rules. See below for link to updated Terms & Conditions.
TRACK & TRACE
We encourage all visitors to Hinde Street Methodist Church to either
• scan the NHS Track and Trace QR code,
OR, if you don’t have the app on your phone to
• complete a Track & Trace slip with your Initial, Surname, date and time of your visit and your contact number and/or email*
Names of attendees will only be given to NHS track and trace at their request – names will not be given to any member of any group
About the NHS COVID-19 app
The NHS COVID-19 app is part of the NHS Test and Trace service and will be used, alongside traditional contact tracing, to help notify you if you have come into contact with someone who tests positive for coronavirus. The app will allow you to report symptoms, order a coronavirus test and check in to venues by scanning a QR code.
It is important to remember that the app helps the NHS track the virus, not individuals. Any data shared with the app is held on your phone. Nobody, including the government, will know who or where you are, or have been. You can delete the app and all data at any time.
The app uses Bluetooth so shouldn’t drain your phone battery, especially if you normally have Bluetooth enabled.
More information can be found at: www.covid19.nhs.uk.
*Data Protection
We are using paper slips rather than a list to protect anonymity.
For any paper contact slips completed, we keep all slips received on each day in a sealed envelope for 21 days. These will be held securely in the event of a contact by NHS Track and Trace. If we do not hear anything within 21 days the contact slips will be confidentially destroyed.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/maintaining-records-of-staff-customers-and-visitors-to-support-nhs-test-and-trace
Please click here to view our weekly schedule.
Update 9 December 2021
Government’s Latest Restrictions
Following the government’s latest restrictions issued on Wednesday, nothing has changed regarding 12 Step Group Meetings. We are already in line with the guidance on wearing face coverings in indoor public spaces and would encourage you to do so when entering / exiting the venue and in the corridors. We continue to request that you sanitize on entry and complete track and trace.
Update 30 November 2021
Government takes decisive action against new COVID-19 variant
As per the temporary and precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant in the UK we would like to ask you to wear face coverings when entering/exiting the venue please unless individuals are exempt from doing so.
Thank you very much in advance.
Update 17 August 2021
We are pleased that we can allow bookings in the church without any Covid-19 related restrictions from 1 September 2021. This will be subject to any further government imposed rules. See below for link to updated Terms & Conditions.
TRACK & TRACE
We encourage all visitors to Hinde Street Methodist Church to either
• scan the NHS Track and Trace QR code,
OR, if you don’t have the app on your phone to
• complete a Track & Trace slip with your Initial, Surname, date and time of your visit and your contact number and/or email*
Names of attendees will only be given to NHS track and trace at their request – names will not be given to any member of any group
About the NHS COVID-19 app
The NHS COVID-19 app is part of the NHS Test and Trace service and will be used, alongside traditional contact tracing, to help notify you if you have come into contact with someone who tests positive for coronavirus. The app will allow you to report symptoms, order a coronavirus test and check in to venues by scanning a QR code.
It is important to remember that the app helps the NHS track the virus, not individuals. Any data shared with the app is held on your phone. Nobody, including the government, will know who or where you are, or have been. You can delete the app and all data at any time.
The app uses Bluetooth so shouldn’t drain your phone battery, especially if you normally have Bluetooth enabled.
More information can be found at: www.covid19.nhs.uk.
*Data Protection
We are using paper slips rather than a list to protect anonymity.
For any paper contact slips completed, we keep all slips received on each day in a sealed envelope for 21 days. These will be held securely in the event of a contact by NHS Track and Trace. If we do not hear anything within 21 days the contact slips will be confidentially destroyed.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/maintaining-records-of-staff-customers-and-visitors-to-support-nhs-test-and-trace
Hinde Street Methodist Church has a long tradition of hospitality to 12 step groups. There are over 60 different anonymous groups that meet on our premises, and it’s important to us to make meeting rooms available at low cost for these groups, here in the heart of the West End. People struggle with a wide range of addictions, and this church is a safe space for them to find understanding and support from each other, and from the congregation that worships here. Many of the people who come to the groups during the week will never meet the people who gather here on a Sunday but we care about you, and we hold you in prayer.
We have also made a quiet space available in the entrance to the church, where you can sit before or after group meetings to think, to pray, or just to have a bit of peace in a busy city.
Every Tuesday lunchtime, from 1-2pm, a meditation group meets in the Quiet Room – many anonymous group members come along to share in our quiet time together, either every week, or just occasionally when they have time. Meditation is, of course, the 11th of the 12 steps, and this is a good place to practice quiet attention to the present moment. We find that the quality of the silence created by the group is really quite special. All are welcome – and there is no cost.
Every Tuesday lunchtime, from 1-2pm, a meditation group meets in the Quiet Room – many anonymous group members come along to share in our quiet time together, either every week, or just occasionally when they have time. Meditation is, of course, the 11th of the 12 steps, and this is a good place to practice quiet attention to the present moment. We find that the quality of the silence created by the group is really quite special. All are welcome – and there is no cost.
If you want to know which groups are meeting, in which room, and at what time, either call into the reception office at 19 Thayer Street to look at the weekly diary, or phone them on 020 7935 6179. Groups are arranged individually, so we encourage you to check with the group you are interested in to see whether they are meeting, and whether there have been any timetable changes. The most well-known of the 12 step groups that meets here is Alcoholics Anonymous: they meet every lunch time from 1-2pm in the main hall in the basement. Methodist churches are a good place for AA to meet, as no alcohol is allowed on the premises. Hugh Price Hughes, the founder of the West London Mission, was also a founder of the temperance movement, and worked hard at the end of the 19th century to support people struggling with alcohol addiction.
Here is a list of contacts and websites for some of the groups that meet here:
Click on the name of the group to view the website.