Offering advice and information about mental health and other services in the local area. Services include one to one support including goal setting and progress reviews, focused learning and development workshops to help improve mental and physical well-being and support personal development, access to a peer mentor, and group sessions to socialise with others.
There is a young people's service in Shoreham, Southwick, Lancing, Worthing, Steyning, Storrington, Pulborough, Henfield, Littlehampton, Bognor, Chichester and Midhurst areas, as well as a service for older people in the Bognor, Chichester and Bognor areas.
West Sussex Mind’s help point is the first point of contact for anyone looking for support. The team listens to people, talks through their needs and discusses options. These may include passing on details to the mental health recovery team, offering well-being advice, signposting to self-help videos and information, talking through a diagnosis, and giving information about treatments or support options available in the community.
Areas covered: Adur, Chanctonbury, Littlehampton, Midhurst, Worthing
Email: helppoint@westsussexmind.org
Website: https://www.westsussexmind.org/help_and_support/getting-help
Phone: 0300 303 5652
Providing an Asian Mental Health Helpline across West Sussex.
The Sahayak Asian Mental Health Helpline offers a culturally sensitive listening and information service for anyone affected by mental health issues - whether they are service users, carers or friends, and people affected by domestic abuse.
Callers may speak to us in Asian languages (Gujarati, Punjabi, Hindu, and Urdu) or English.
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.
Calls to our number are free and will not show up on your bill.
Areas covered: West Sussex
Tel: 0800 800 2073
Providing a range of advice and information, advocacy and support services, to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem to achieve what they want with their lives, and play a full part in society.
Mind in Brighton and Hove offers peer mentoring support in Crawley and Horsham, as well as community advocacy and Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) services across West Sussex. Our advocacy services take action to help you say what you want to say, secure your rights, make your views and wishes heard, and support you to obtain the services that you need. IMHA services are available to those who have been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Areas covered: Crawley, Horsham (peer mentoring); West Sussex (advocacy)
Website: https://www.mindcharity.co.uk/services/services-in-west-sussex/
Tel: 01273 666950