BME User Voice (Gravesend)

• DA11 0BQ, < 1 mile from this service
• Tag: Advice and helplines

WHO IS THE HELPLINE FOR? Our Sahayak Asianline telephone helpline offers a culturally sensitive listening and information service for the Asian community in Kent and West Sussex. The service is for anyone affected by mental health issues - whether they are service users, carers or friends and people affected by domestic abuse. When you call the helpline you can expect to be listened to, treated with dignity and respect, given emotional support and signposted to useful sources of information. WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? Callers may speak to us in Asian languages (Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindu, and Urdu) or English. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? Calls to our number are free and will not show up on your bill. WHEN ARE YOU OPEN? - Our helpline team will be available to support you Monday and Wednesday 4pm-7pm and Tuesday and Thursday 12noon to 3pm. IS THE SERVICE CONFIDENTIAL? - Our service is confidential. We do not pass on information except in exceptional circumstances, for example, if we feel there is a serious risk of harm to you or another person. This is because of our duty of care to you and others. If we need to break your confidentiality we will, where possible tell you and explain the reasons why.

• , 21 miles from this service
• Tag: ADVOCACY

Rethink Advocacy provides services under the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and in other situations where advocacy is not a legal right.

• , 21 miles from this service
• Tag: ADVOCY

Rethink Advocacy provides services under the Care Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and in other situations where advocacy is not a legal right.

• , 42 miles from this service
• Tag: Employment and training

A free employment support service for any person suffering with any form of mental health condition (diagnosed or undiagnosed) looking for paid employment of 4-hours per week and live in the East Kent areas of Thanet, Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh.

• CT19 5TQ, 42 miles from this service
• Tag: Housing

Supported housing project for those recovering from severe and enduring mental illness and supporting them to return to independent living.

• BN3 7FP, 48 miles from this service
• Tag: Criminal Justice

MENDOS provides support, information and advocacy for people aged 18+ who live in Brighton and Hove, who have mental health challenges who are involved with the criminal justice system. We work with people who are on probation, going through the courts, or have recently been released from prison or discharged from secure psychiatric hospitals. You can download our MENDOS service leaflets and referral form from the 'Our downloads' section below. MENDOS can help you get back into the community after discharge from probation services or prison. Through joint working with other partners and services locally. We can provide a range of support. This can include: • Connect with you through 12 weeks of one-to-one support. • Information about your rights. • Support your learning through education, training or volunteering opportunities. • Support you in being active with information about debts and housing services. • Support with statutory benefits and grants. • Give you self-help tools and coping strategies. • Provide advice and signpost to appropriate services relating to your medication diagnosis and other treatment. • Provide peer support courses / workshops

• NN3 2JS, 77 miles from this service
• Tag: Housing

Lindsay House is a 17 bed supported living service registered under CQC. Lindsay House provides support to individuals with a primary mental health diagnosis.

• NN18 0JT, 85 miles from this service
• Tag: Housing

Nash Close consists of four shared houses. Two of the houses have two bedrooms, and two of the houses are four bedrooms. The aim of this project is to keep those with a mental illness living in the community but with some staff support where needed.

• NN18 0JT, 85 miles from this service
• Tag: Housing

This is an 8-bed house plus a sleep in room, for those with a severe and enduring mental illness who need support to enable them to live in the community. Clear goals will be agreed between the tenant and Rethink on how to support them to prevent them going back into hospital.