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Brent Centre for Young People

Advice, information and support for young people with drugs and alcohol issues, or with mental health problems.

Core Arts

Promotes the artistic and creative abilities of people who experience severe and enduring mental health problems.

Creative and Supportive Trust

For women coming out of prison, rehab or mental health units; with bail and CPOs; or at risk of offending due to substance misuse or mental health issues. Wide range of literacy, numeracy, computing and creative classes.

Drug and Alcohol Foundation

Counselling for people with drug or alcohol dependency problems. Dual diagnosis service for people with mental health and substance misuse problems. Groups for women and for men. Phone for an appointment.

Ethnic Alcohol Counselling in Hounslow (EACH)

Group work, day care and free counselling for people with alcohol, drug and mental health problems in Hounslow, Ealing, Harrow & Brent. Also for victims of domestic violence. Languages: Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Farsi.

Great Chapel Street Medical Centre

Primary healthcare for homeless people.

Holy Cross Centre

A huge range of services, and they work in partnership with the City Lit and Westminster Kingsway Adult Education Colleges to provide vocational and therapeutic courses.

Home Base

Accommodation for ex-service men and women aged 18-55 who are homeless or potentially homeless. Also a highly successful psychological treatment programme for traumatised ex-military personnel. Training and employment opportunities, and help with addictions, through partner organisations. Require proof of military service. Phone, call in or write.

Lambeth Harbour

A free, confidential and friendly service for crack/cocaine and stimulant users, their family and friends in Lambeth. Complementary therapies, advice, counsellors, harm reduction and relapse prevention support and much more.

Mental Fight Club

A creative/arts site for people with mental illness.

Muslim Community Helpline

Part-time telephone support service for Muslim women who have experienced domestic violence.

PACE

London’s leading charity promoting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Also careers coaching and advice.

Santé Project (refugee mental health access)

Advocacy and befriending for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.

Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation

Helps vulnerable and disabled ex-Servicemen and women, particularly the homeless, to live as independently as possible.

SIRI Behavioural Health

Culturally sensitive counselling for African and Afro-Caribbean people. Befriending and outreach work. Drug, alcohol, and dual diagnosis management. Benefits advice. Immigration and asylum casework. Gay, lesbian and bisexual support group and health promotion. Home and hospital visits for older people.

TASHA Foundation

Out of hours helpline for people with mental health or drug use difficulties. Works with substance misuse, anti-depressants, stress, agoraphobia and depression.

The Barons Court Project

Friendly drop-in where people who are vulnerable through homelessness or mental health problems can socialise, find support and access services.

The Pilion Trust

Works with people who have been affected by drugs, alcohol and mental health.

West London Centre for Counselling

Counselling for people who have experienced addiction or are are going through emotional problems. Runs a self-referral service for people affected by AIDS or HIV.

Edward Street Hostel

Shelter, accommodation, care, support, training and a positive future for homeless and other socially-excluded and marginalised groups.

Morning Star House

For single homeless men with alcohol, drugs or mental health issues.

Simon Community (Cliftonville Ave)

For homeless people, including ex-offenders and those with alcohol, drug or mental health problems. Can accept couples.

Simon Community (Saintfield Road)

For single homeless people, including people with mental health problems, drug/alcohol issues, and ex-offenders.

Community Mental Health Homeless Team

Help with accommodation, benefits, employment and resettlement to homeless people with serious mental health problems. Multi-disciplinary help with access to mental health services throughout the city.

Manchester Assertive Outreach

Offers care and an incredible range support for people aged 15-64 and living in Manchester with severe and enduring mental health needs. Contact them by phone or email (info.mao@harp-project.org) The service operates for 365 days a year.

Anxiety Alliance

Advice and support people who suffer from anxiety, phobias, panic attacks or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), or wish to withdraw from tranquillisers and anti-depressants. Informative website. Contact by email or phone the helpline (0845 2967877).

Depression Alliance

Information and support to people affected by depression via self-help groups and other supporter services.

Hearing Voices Network

A network for people who hear voices and see visions. If you want information about hearing voices groups, leave a message on the contact number, or call the helpline to speak to someone.

Hyperguide to the Mental Health Act

Free (but no longer being updated) online guide to the Mental Health Act.

IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity Advocate)

If you have mental health problems or learning disabilities and need help with understanding care reviews, change of accommodation or serious medical treatment, get in touch.

Men's Advice Line

Advice line for men experiencing abuse. If the lines are busy or if you are calling outside office hours, leave your name and a safe number and you will be called back ASAP. If you are in immediate danger, dial 999 to speak to the Police.

MIND

Information and support for people with experience of mental distress.

National Assn for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)

Help and support for adults who experienced childhood abuse. Call free from mobile networks: 3, Orange and Virgin mobile - 0800 085 3330; O2, Vodafone and T-mobile - 0808 801 0331.

National Problem Gambling Clinic

Treats problem gamblers living in England and Wales aged 16+. Evidence-based treatments and interventions to assist with financial, employment, social and relationship difficulties. Also offers assessment and short-term treatment of co-existing mental health conditions. The team includes psychiatrists, psychologists, family therapist and CAB debt management specialist. Self-referral. Contact in person, by phone, fax or e-mail (gambling.cnwl@nhs.net).

National Self-Harm Network

Resources and information for people who self-injure. Site has details of local contacts and help, and a message board.

No Panic

Support for those suffering from panic attacks, phobias, OCD, general anxiety disorder and tranquilliser withdrawal. Info, advice, counselling, listening, befriending and referrals. Free helpline: 0808 808 0545

One in Four

Support and resources for people who have experienced sexual abuse and/or sexual violence. Useful info about coping with flashbacks and panic attacks.

Respond

Free service for children, young people, adults and elders with learning difficulties who have experienced trauma, loss or abuse. Respond offers therapy for people in London and South East England. Phone or write.

Rethink

Employment, supported housing, day services, helplines etc for people affected by severe mental illness, including special BME services. Phone, or email advice@rethink.org.

Sane

Information on schizophrenia, depression and bi-polar disorder in Bengali, Chinese, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu as well as English - check the website. SANEline: 0845 767 8000. Or try SANEmail: sanemail@sane.org.uk

The Opal Project

Helps 11- to 19-year-olds to cope with self-harm and to help them develop alternative coping strategies. Contact them at info@theopalproject.co.uk.

The Samaritans

24/7 confidential support for people who are feeling distress or despair, or considering harming themselves. Phone or email (jo@samaritans.org). Also work with members of the armed forces, offenders and schools. If you are phoning from Ireland, call 1850 60 90 90.

Youth Access

Confidential phone (charged at national rate) and email service which can put you in touch with local contacts for mental health counselling, advice and information.

AdvoCard

Advocacy, advice and information for adults who have experience of mental ill health.

Breathing Space Scotland

Helpline for young people, esp. men, experiencing low mood or depression. If you are in despair, suicidal or need support outside office hours, contact Samaritans on 08457 909090 (24/7). If you can't wait until your GP surgery opens, call NHS 24 on 08454 242424. If you need an ambulance, dial 999.

Depression Alliance Scotland

Information, support, understanding and care for people suffering from depression. Self-help support groups in various parts of Scotland.

Edinburgh City Mission

A helpline and listening service for anyone in emotional crisis, with face-to-face counselling by appointment.

Edinburgh Crisis Centre

Free 24-hour helpline and one-to-one support for people (18+) who use or have used mental health services. Practical help to access local resources.

GAMH Homeless Support Project

Emotional and practical support, information and advice for homeless people with mental health problems. Phone, write or just drop in.

National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)

Support and action for all people - homeless and not - affected by mental illness. This includes carers, friends and families.

NSF (Scotland)

For people affected by schizophrenia and other mental illness. The website has details of drop-ins, outreach, education and training, and support groups.

Penumbra

Provides a wide range of mental health support services for adults and young people. Good leaflets on self-harm.

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