Mental Health Help Sussex CIC

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MENTAL HEALTH HELP SUSSEX CIC

SUSSEX SIGNPOSTING AND USEFUL CONTACTS
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 In an emergency…

 Call an Ambulance on 999 – if you have a serious injury or have overdosed on alcohol and/or drugs/meds

Go to A&E yourself by cab or with a friend taking you by car– You will need to wait to see a triage nurse who will assess your current needs & determine how urgently you need to be seen by a doctor and/or the mental health team. You are likely to have to wait quite sometime before being seen by the mental health team.

Samaritans are Open 24 hours every day Call: 01424 436666 or 116123 Email: jo@samaritans.org Web: http://www.samaritans.org

Sussex Mental Health line 5 pm – 9 am everyday Call: 0300 5000 101 They can give you advice & support; calls limited to 20 minutes.

MIND 0300 123 3393 Text: 86463 Weekdays 9 am – 5 pm except Bank Holidays Saneline 0300 304 7000 7 days a week 4.30 pm – 10.30 pm Email: info@sane.org.uk

Hopelineuk for people under the age of 35 Call: 0800 068 4141 Text: 07786209697 Weekdays 9 am – 10 pm Weekends 2 pm – 10 pm Bank holidays 2 pm – 10 pm Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org Text: 07860 039 967 Confidential support and practical advice for people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide and/or anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide.

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) for men 0800 585 858 5pm – 12 pm Offering support to men in the UK, of any age, who are down or in crisis via a helpline, webchat and website http://www.thecalmzone.net The Silver Line 08004708090 24 hrs a day 7 days a week for people aged 55 and older National 24hr

Domestic Violence Helpline Freephone 0808 2000 247 For women experiencing domestic violence & abuse & for anyone calling on their behalf. Community Mental Health Team Weekdays 9 am – 5 pm Call: 01424 726 660

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Weekdays 9 am – 5 pm 01424 758 910 For people already getting support from Cavendish House

Apps Stay Alive App A mobile phone suicide prevention app Happify Headspace

Websites StayingSafe.net A website providing Safety plan tools for anyone who is distressed, thinking about suicide or worried about someone they care about. NHS 111

General signposting

The common room – The Hastings Commons – A multi-use area to socialise with hot drinks and a comfortable seating area open to all. 27 Cambridge Rd, Hastings, TN34 1HG open Tuesday – Saturday 12-4 pm. The Common Room — The Hastings Commons https://hastingscommons.com/common-room

ESCC Mental health directory https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/

Mental Health Help Hastings search on the Facebook page and join for a safe place to post in a private group. Get support from experienced members who care.

Mental Health Help Sussex – signposting – workshops – yoga search Mental Health Help Sussex in Facebook and follow for regular updates.

Sussex Police Number to call 101 Bohemia Road Hastings.

Citizen’s Advice East Sussex 03444 111 444

Citizens Advice West Sussex Tel: 0808 278 7969

Sussex Partnerships: Headquarters

Sussex Partnership’s headquarters are based in Worthing, West Sussex, but we operate services from a range of locations across East Sussex, West Sussex Brighton and Hove. We also provide specialist services for children and young people in Hampshire. Our address is:

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Swandean
Arundel Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 3EP
0300 304 0100. Mental health services and support

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/main-contacts

If you are concerned about someone who may harm themselves, please read For People in Crisis and suicide prevention

Contact mental health services

The Sussex Mental Healthline is there to offer support and advise you where to get help for yourself or someone you are concerned about.

For callers whose first language is not English, a telephone interpreter can be arranged for other community languages, by phoning the helpline and letting them know the language needed.

Sussex Mental Healthline 0800 0309 500 (freephone)

 Community mental health teams

Cavendish House,
 Breeds Place
 Hastings
 East Sussex
 TN34 3AA Tel
0300 304 0244

Brighton General Hospital
Elm Grove Road
 Brighton
 East Sussex
 BN2 3EW
 Tel: 01273 696011

Department of Psychiatry Kings Drive
 Eastbourne
 BN21 2UD
 Tel: 01323 417400

East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre
Elm Grove
 Brighton
 East Sussex
 BN2 3EW
 Tel: 0300 304 0089

Hove Polyclinic
Nevill Avenue
 Hove
 East Sussex
 BN3 7HY
 Tel: 01273 621984 (option 3)

Glebelands Mental Health Centre
Glebelands Day Centre
 Middle Road
 Shoreham by Sea
 West Sussex
 BN43 6GA
 Tel: 0300 304 0055

Chapel Street Clinic
 Chichester
 West Sussex
 PO19 1BX
 Tel: 0300 304 0400

Ifield Drive, Crawley
218 Ifield Drive,
 Ifield
 Crawley
 West Sussex
 RH11 0EP
 Tel: 01293 652300


Langley Green Hospital
Martyrs Avenue
 Crawley
 West Sussex
 RH11 7EJ
 Tel: 01293 590400

Linwood

Linwood,

Butlers Green Road

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH16 4BE

Tel: 0300 304 0052

Pepperville House

(WSCC Building) Pepperville House

Fort Road

Littlehampton

West Sussex

BN17 7QU

Tel: 0300 304 0055

The Bedale Centre

1 Glencathara Road

Bognor Regis

West Sussex

PO21 2SF

Tel: 0300 304 0400

https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/service-adult-community-mental-health-teams

Shout Sussex text service

By texting the word SUSSEX to 85258, you can access a free, confidential, 24/7 service and have a text conversation with a trained volunteer. The volunteers offer real-time support if you are anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed. You may prefer this to speaking on the phone. 

Get advice from 111

If you are not able to speak to the Mental Healthline you can get advice by calling 111 or visiting NHS 111.  https://111.nhs.uk/

For urgent mental health support

Call 999 or go to A&E if you do not feel you can keep yourself or someone else safe. A mental health emergency should be taken as seriously as a physical one.

Two East Sussex hospitals have an A&E department.  https://www.esht.nhs.uk/service/emergency-department/

Call 111 or 999

  • Conquest Hospital – The Ridge, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7RD
  • Eastbourne District General Hospital – Kings Drive, Eastbourne, BN21 2UD

For those living on the edge of the county:

  • Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Rd, Brighton BN2 5BE
  • Princess Royal Hospital, Lewes Rd, Haywards Heath RH16 4EX

Please consider whether your GP, Sussex Mental Healthline or the NHS 111 service can help before travelling to A&E.

Contact the Samaritans

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, the Samaritans can offer help and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Staying Well crisis café for out-of-hours support

Staying Well provides a support service for people experiencing distress due to their mental health, during evenings and weekends when other support may be unavailable. Open for face-to-face support in Hastings St Leonards and Eastbourne, with phone and video call support if you are unable to attend in person.

Open 7 days a week, 4 pm to 10.30 pm on weekdays and 3 pm to 10.30 pm at weekends.

Other suicide prevention services

Sussex Partnership NHS Trust Urgent Help Advice

Preventing suicide in Sussex

Advice for people who may be at risk of suicide and their friends and family, on warning signs and how to seek help.

‘Warning Signs’ is a suicide prevention campaign targeting East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove, specifically aiming to support the reduction of annual suicide amongst men in Sussex.

Grassroots Suicide Prevention

Work with communities, organisations, services and individuals to help them to become ready, willing and able to effectively support someone at risk of suicide.

Available in Brighton & Hove with advice for all.

Counselling partnership

Free to access, timely support for those who are currently at risk of taking their own life, or who have attempted suicide. Support is also offered to people bereaved by suicide.

RunningSpace

Based in Sidley Bexhill, but with other free running groups in Eastbourne, Hastings and (coming soon) Rye and Hailsham. RunningSpace promotes life and good mental health through small friendly groups. No running experience is necessary.

National services

Suicide support National Support

Public Health England and the Suicide Prevention Alliance have produced Help is at Hand for people bereaved by suicide or other sudden, traumatic death. https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/resource/help-is-at-hand/

Suicide&Co supports people bereaved by suicide, with a helpline run by bereavement counsellors.

East Sussex Support for people bereaved by suicide

A service for people whose loved one has died as a result of suicide, offering practical and emotional support.

If you have been affected by witnessing a suicide

Firsthand is a new resource to support and advise people who are impacted by the suicide of someone they don’t know.

If you are showing signs of mental ill-health which are not improving with self-help interventions, the first thing you should do is speak with your GP, or if you have one, your Lead Practitioner in your Community Mental Health team.  https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/social-care/health-advice/mental-health/east-sussex-mental-health-directory/self-help

If your poor mental health is linked with financial concerns, please see our mental health and money worries page.  https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/social-care/health-advice/mental-health/east-sussex-mental-health-directory/and money

Mental health issues are common and treatable. The sooner you seek help, the better. Please also check out the support available both locally and nationally.

Sussex Mental Healthline

You can call this helpline for care and advice (24 hours, 7 days a week, for all ages) to discuss concerns you have for the mental health of yourself or someone else.

For callers whose first language is not English, a telephone interpreter can be arranged for other community languages, by phoning the helpline and letting them know the language needed.

Shout Sussex text service

By texting the word SUSSEX to 85258, people can access a free, confidential, 24/7 service and have a text conversation with a trained volunteer. The volunteers offer real-time support to people who are anxious, stressed, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed. Some people may prefer this to speaking on the phone. If appropriate, users will be signposted to other local services.

Health in Mind

A free NHS service for East Sussex residents who are experiencing stress, anxiety or low mood. You can self-refer through the website, and also find videos, top tips and free online therapy programmes. The service is offered via the phone or online via a secure video platform, with limited face-to-face treatment.

Once a referral has been received, the team will talk to you about what can be offered based on your needs.

Alcohol and substance misuse

Alcoholics Anonymous Find a meeting and more (www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk)

0800 9177650 help@aamail.org

Cocaine Anonymous (Deals with all mind-altering substances)– http://www.cauk.org.uk Select find a meeting tab.  0800 612 0225  Email helpline@cauk.org.uk

Narcotics Anonymous  Helpline 0300 999 1212

10 am-12 am Find a meeting and more https://ukna.org

CGL & Star East Sussex drug and alcohol recovery service. 13 Wellington Pl, Hastings TN34 1NY  0300 303 8160 (Lift House, 6 St Leonard’s Rd, Eastbourne BN21 3UH 01323 410092)  changegrowlive.org

Esra Drug Recovery Centre 5 Harold Pl, Hastings TN34 1JA 01424 435318 https://www.esrauk.org

Adult Social Care

Contact Adult Social Care if you or someone you know needs social care support.

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/social-care/getting-help-from-us/contact-adult-social-care

East Sussex Community Network

Wellbeing centres

Seven Wellbeing Centres, located across East Sussex, provide a range of community-based mental health and wellbeing support to enable you to get well, stay well and prevent crisis. The centres are now offering some face-to-face support with social distancing measures. Staff also continue to offer phone, email and virtual support for new and current clients age 16+ who are experiencing ongoing concerns about their mental health.

Support for mental health and wellbeing is offered through a support plan developed with each client. 

Peer Support Service

People who have their own lived experience of mental health challenges will support you to take control of your mental health and stay well. Peer Specialists work with clients to develop Wellness Plans, identifying strategies and tools to help manage recovery and prevent crises.

The service is accepting new referrals, including self-referrals from East Sussex residents.

  • Phone: 01323 405334
  • Email: PeerServiceESussex@southdown.org

Staying Well Space

Out-of-hours ‘crisis cafe’ support is available 7 evenings a week for adults (aged 16+) experiencing acute distress due to their mental health. The service has reopened venues in St Leonards and Eastbourne, with continuing phone support for those who can’t visit in person.

People supported by Staying Well are generally experiencing distress related to a mental health condition. They are not considered at imminent risk of suicidal or self-injury, or to pose an imminent risk of harm to others.

Thinking Well

Specialist day support for adults living in East Sussex with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).

There is a film about EUPD (https://www.southdown.org/how-we-help/mental-health-recovery/thinking-well-east-sussex-community-network) for people with the diagnosis and family, friends, and practitioners, with further info on the SPFT website (https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/whats-new/new-film-helps-people-living-emotionally-unstable-personality-disorder).

Access local services to improve your mental well-being

Community Connectors

When everyday life affects your mental health and well-being, we work in partnership with GPs to help you access local services and activities that can help. Community Navigators support people to improve their own health and well-being by developing personalised and practical solutions to everyday issues, following the Social Prescribing pathway, and encouraging self-help during the current period.

Local wellbeing project in Eastbourne and Hastings

Wellbeing in Hastings and Eastbourne is a project that promotes the emotional and mental well-being of communities within Hastings and Eastbourne.

Low-cost or free counselling services

Sussex Community Counselling

Low-cost counselling by a BACP-accredited service offered in Newhaven, Lewes, Hailsham and Eastbourne, or by phone or video call.

Counselling Plus Community

A charity which offers confidential affordable counselling to people aged 16+. Available face-to-face in Hastings, Bexhill and Rye and also remotely through phone, Zoom or Skype.

Support for Survivors of Suicide (SSOS)

For those who are struggling with suicidal thoughts or who have attempted suicide. Assessments and counselling services can be offered via phone or video call. Support is also provided if you have lost someone to suicide.

Breakeven counselling

Breakeven offers free counselling for people with gambling-related issues, either face to face or via video call or phone, with offices in Eastbourne and St Leonards.

The Pelham Counselling service

A charity in Bexhill offering affordable counselling to people aged 16+ in person or over the phone or via Zoom. 

Counselling directory (may not be low cost)

Mental health support for people in minority groups

The Links Project

A multi-agency support and advice project for asylum seekers, refugees and new migrant communities living in East Sussex.

Bad Nerves, Mental Health

Friends Families and Travellers (FFT) provides confidential and private mental health support for Gypsies and Travellers.

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic mental health

A national organisation giving information for people in ethnic minority groups who experience mental health issues, including options for support and treatment.

Seaview

Seaview is an open-access wellbeing centre in St Leonards. It helps to improve the lives of people who are marginalised for a variety of reasons, and who often have mental health difficulties. Open 7 days a week over the winter.

LGBTQ+ support

MindOut

MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbian, gay bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) people, with lots of advice and guidance.

Switchboard

Switchboard B&H is a Brighton-based charity with an LGBTQ helpline for people living in Sussex.

LGBTQ directory

This directory of free support (Sussex and UK-wide) lists the local support and social groups run by and for people who identify as LGBTQ, or who are unsure or questioning their gender and/or sexuality.

Mindline Trans+

National evening helpline offering emotional and mental health support for anyone who identifies as transgender, non-binary or genderfluid.

Mental health support for young people

I-Rock

Young people in East Sussex (aged 14 to 25 years) can access advice and support on emotional and mental wellbeing. The service is open daily from 11 am to 6 pm through video link, phone, or email.

There are some face-to-face appointments available at i-Rock sites in Hastings, Eastbourne, and Newhaven.

E-wellbeing

A digital wellbeing service to support 13–25 year olds in Sussex with their mental health, designed by young people, for young people. The website provides self-help information, handy toolkits, and a directory of local services.

E-motion

Free online counseling service for 12–18-year-olds in East Sussex. It is not a crisis or emergency service, but can allow you to talk about your problems and feelings in a safe supportive, and private space. Visit the website to register.

Sussex CAMHS

Support with emotional and mental wellbeing, for children, young people and their parents or carers. Their website has lots of information, resources and short films about common problems.

The Mix

National support for young people under 25, with an online community and a helpline, free counseling services ,and other support.

YoungMinds

For support and information on services for children and young people up to 25, and their parents and carers. 

Support for eating disorders

People of any age or gender can develop eating disorders, and it’s best to get help as soon as possible. The first place to go is your GP, who should refer you for further assessment or treatment by a specialist eating disorder service.

You can also talk to an advisor with Beat, the UK’s leading eating disorder charity, and find information and resources.

Website: Beat  https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

Website: Sussex-wide service for under 18s https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/eatingdisorder

Holding Space (Eastbourne)

A small charitable organisation which support families going through mental ill health. It offers free, friendly online support sessions for parents and carers, as well as phone support.

Support with employment

Free skills and employability support

An online brochure full of the latest information on free-to-access skills, employment, and other support, arranged by area.

Southdown Individual Placement and Support

Offer one-to-one support to gain and retain employment, self-employment, voluntary work and education. For adults (aged 18 years +) living in East Sussex who are using a mental health service.

Available across East Sussex

Work in Mind

One-to-one support to find and retain employment, self-employment, voluntary work and education for adults (aged 18 years +). Referrals are accepted directly from Health in Mind teams only.

Available across East Sussex

Education for learning and recovery

Sussex Recovery College

Free educational courses about mental health and recovery which are designed to increase your knowledge, skills and promote self-management. 

Face-to-face courses are available in Hastings, Eastbourne, and Lewes, with many other courses delivered online. Open to people with a moderate to severe mental health challenge, their family and close friends, or people who work to support them.

Additional free online courses can also be accessed at Recovery College Online.

Adult Community Learning

East Sussex College offers activities and learning experiences which can be tailored to support people aged 19+ with mild to moderate mental health issues. Normally available in Eastbourne, Lewes, and Newhaven, limited courses are currently being delivered by video tutorials. Please contact the college to find out more and see what’s on offer.

Sussex Discovery College

The Discovery College is a community of children and young people up to 21 years and their families and supporters. They offer a range of free courses online and in different venues, which are fun and informative and support people to deal with mental health challenges.

Southdown ‘padlet’ listing online learning opportunities

A range of places to find free courses to keep you occupied and learning.

Service user involvement and advocacy

People in Partnership

If you want to help shape the experience and improve the quality of mental health services, we can work alongside you to do so.

Available in Hastings and Rother, Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford.

POhWER

Information and advocacy services for people who need support because of problems with their mental health.

Available across East Sussex.

Information, advice and campaigning

Rethink Mental Illness

Rethink improve the lives of people with diagnosed mental illness with expert information and successful campaigning. The advice and information service is open from 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

Bereavement support and helpline

The Sussex Health and Care Partnership (SHCP) have produced a guide for people who are recently bereaved. This includes information and advice on practical requirements as well as listing available support for you at this time. There is also a bereavement helpline.

East Sussex 1Space directory lists local and national support:

If you have been bereaved by suicide

Public Health England and the Zero Suicide Alliance have produced Help is at Hand for people bereaved by suicide or other sudden, traumatic death.

East Sussex Support for people bereaved by suicide

A new service for people whose loved one has died as a result of suicide, offering practical and emotional support.

  • Phone: 07542 305 419

Website: Bereaved by Suicide Support https://sussexcommunity.org.uk/our-services/wellbeing/bereaved-by-suicide-service/

Cruse Bereavement Support http://www.cruse.org.uk

Mental health and money worries

Welfare benefits service and financial advice

Are worries about money or debts impacting your mental health? This service offers free, confidential advice and information. Open to people living in East Sussex Mon to Fri, 9 am to 5 pm.

Money Helper 

A government-approved online advice service, providing impartial free advice on money and debt issues.

StepChange debt advice

A national debt help charity giving free, confidential and expert advice. Support with a personal action plan for as long as its needed, online or over the phone.

Mental Health Breathing Space

This is a debt relief scheme if you are receiving specific types of mental health crisis treatment. The protections offered include pausing enforcement action, and freezing interest and charges on your debts.

Mental Health Breathing Space information https://www.maps.org.uk/mental-health-crisis-breathing-space/

Money Saving Expert

Specialist advice and a Mental Health & Debt guide.

Money Saving Expert  https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/credit-cards/mental-health-guide/

Arts in the park –– Community Arts projects – Arts on Prescription artsonprescription.org/Theraputic art and Reminiscence/East Sussex

 Hastings voluntary Action – Community project – volunteering options – food network.  Jackson Hall, Portland Place TN34 1QN Hastings, East Sussex.

His Place – workshops – cafe – church – 45A Robertson Street, Hastings TN34 1HL ·

01424 423501