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SLaM
24 hr Information line:
Helpline gives
information and
support to people
in Croydon with mental health problems.
0800 731 2864
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SAMARITANS
A 24 hour
service providing
confidential
emotional support
to any person
who are suicidal
or despairing
020 8681 6666
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NHS DIRECT
A 24 hour
confidential
helpline
providing advice
and information
on a range of
health issues.
0845 4647
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Association for Pastoral Care
in Mental Health (APCMH) is primarily concerned
with the spiritual needs of people with mental
health problems. We hope to encourage local initiatives
in faith communities in order to support and empower
mental health service users. Several befriending
schemes and drop-in centres have been set up by
APCMH members and the experience gained from them
can be shared. We may also be able to suggest
speakers or help arrange conferences to raise
awareness in the faith communities and amongst
mental health professionals.
Drop-ins:
Women-only: St Mildred's, Tuesday 11.30 am - 1.30
pm
The Rainbow: South Croydon Centre, Ledbury Road,
South Croydon. Monday 7 - 9 pm
The Open Door:Norbury Methodist Church, Pollards
Hill North, Norbury. Friday 7 - 9 pm
The Bridge: URC Church Hall, Cobden Road, South
Norwood. Sunday 2 - 4.30 pm
Workshops:
Well-being: St Mildred's. Monday 2 - 4 pm
Art: St Mildred's. Friday 2 - 4 pm
Creative Writing: St Mildred's. Tuesday 2 - 4
pm
Contact:
Sue Albery, Project Manager
Cornerstone House
14 Willis Road
Croydon
CR2 2XX
Tel: 020 8665 6718
Email: apcmh@cornerstonehouse.org.uk
Web: www.croydon-apcmh.co.uk
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Caring
for Carers Service
Contact:
Croydon Crossroads
410 Brighton Road
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 6AN
Tel: 020 8688 4499
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Croydon Pastoral Foundation
is a network centre of the Westminster Pastoral
Foundation. Counselling is available for individuals
and groups; daytime and evening. This includes
time-limited counselling for appropriate clients.
Self referrals are accepted. Clients pay according
to their means.
Contact: The Croydon Pastoral
Foundation
Kyle House
4 Frith Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 1TA
Tel: 020 8760 0665
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| Information
and advice service. Umbrella organisation which
supports, links and provides information services
for Croydon's voluntary sector. Chief Executive
available to speak to groups on work of CVA in Croydon
and on voluntary activity in the borough in general.
Organisation also manages Cornerstone House and
the Waterside Centre. CVA also provides low cost
training courses and development support for new
groups as well as practical support. In addition
CVA facilitates or is active in several partnership
bodies. Contact:
Croydon Voluntary Action (CVA)
97 High Street
Thornton Heath
Croydon
CR7 8RY
Tel:
Fax: 020 8684 3862
020 8665 1334
Email: cva@cvalive.org.uk
Web: www.cvalive.org.uk
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Bereavement
counselling and support on a one-to-one basis.
Self referrals only.
Social Groups:
2nd Friday of each month at 2pm, at the 'Salvation
Army', Thornton Heath
The Salvation Army Citadel, High Street, Thornton
Heath, Croydon. CR7 8LE
3rd Friday of each month at 7.30pm at 'The Selsdon
Centre'
The Selsdon Centre, Sainsbury Complex, Addington
Road, Selsdon. CR2 8LA
Contact:
CRUSE in Croydon
PO Box 3173
South Croydon
CR2 8WZ
Tel: 020 8916 0855
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Healing
Waters was established in
April 2006 in response to
the lack of culturally and
socially appropriate service
provision to BME Mental Health/Learning
Disabilities service users
within Croydon.
The
Vision
Mental Health/Learning Disabilities
service users, their Carers
and Elders have no voice in
Croydon. We aim to enable
these individuals to articulate
their needs effectively and
to help them make that transition
from apathy to empowerment
through the establishment
of BME User Led service provisions.
The
Mission
To restore the hidden potential
of BME Mental Health/Learning
Disabilities service users,
Carers and Older people living
in Croydon by improving their
self confidence and awareness
through empowerment training
and related activities.
Contact
For more details contact:
Healing Waters/AIMHS
Park House
4th Floor
22 Park Street
Croydon CRO 1E
Telephone Marjories on 020
8726 0049
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To
promote, educate, communicate and empower, For
the benefit of all mental health service users’
Interest.
Hear Us is the Mental
Health Service User Group which acts as a coordinating
body to facilitate, and ensure service users involvement
in, the planning, delivery and monitoring of mental
health services in Croydon. Helping to improve
the quality of the services commissioned and delivered
in Croydon
- Represents the views of
people that use the local mental health services
in Croydon to service providers and commissioners.
- Contributes to the local
mental health promotion agenda, and promotes
positive mental health within the local community.
- Promotes mutual respect
and equality of rights and opportunities, regardless
of disability, with particular reference to
local mental health service users and service
survivors
We attend regular committee
meetings with South London and Maudsley Trust
(SLAM) and Croydon Primary Care Trust (PCT), and
other planning and monitoring meetings to represent
the voice of service users by ensuring service
user representation at these meetings. We are
looking to recruit service users as volunteers
to participate at these foresaid meetings, please
call us on 020 8681 6888 if you would like to
get involved.
We also promote empowerment
by influencing decision making by organising
and facilitating ‘Service User Representative
Groups’ in adult mental health service
outlets; statutory, voluntary and community
services. We are currently setting up Link Workers
to help form and hold these Meetings/Groups
at:
At these
meetings you will be able to:
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raise your
concerns about the service you receive
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feed back
and give constructive criticism that could
influence decision making
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identify
areas where your Centre/Service can improve
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identify
areas where you feel unsupported
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and get
those ‘grumbles of disapproval’
heard
If you think a your centre/group
needs a ‘Service User Representative Group’
forming which would voice your collective opinions
and influence current and future policies made
by the providers; then please contact us on 020
8681 6888
We also produce
a quarterly service user newsletter, and maintain
a web site, which includes information about our
organisation, the Croydon User Council, local
and national service and includes details of Self
Management programmes.
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To actively
campaign with users on issues raised by users
themselves.
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To reach
out to all service users to encourage and
support participation in the Croydon User
Council.
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To actively
oppose discrimination against service users
in Croydon.
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To support
a user council in which to discuss and debate
current concerns.
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To offer
service users a communication platform for
the constructive exchange of ideas on issues
affecting them.
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To campaign
for improvements in mental health services.
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To
provide a wide range of information about
local/national services and issues that concern
users of mental health services in Croydon,
through our Newsletter and Web site
Contact: Tim Oldham
Coorrdinator
Orchard House
15a Purley Road
South Croydon
CR2 6EZ
Tel: 020 8681 6888
Email: tim@hear-us.org
Web: www.hear-us.org/
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This project is for young people
from the age of six (maximum of 18 at point of
referral) who look after or help to look after
a family member with an illness, disability or
a drug, alcohol or mental health problem. It offers
home visits, information, advice, advocacy, holiday
grants, a volunteer befriending scheme and help
with school issues. There are regular activities,
outings and holidays, a weekly youth club and
a learning support club.
Contact:
Off the Record Youth Counselling Service
72 Queens Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR0 2PR
Tel: 020 8251 0251
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Helps carers and their families
of adults with severe mental illness, particularly
those with schizophrenia, manic depression, OCD
and related conditions. At our meetings we offer
support to carers and occasionally have a speaker.
This project has a carers support worker who works
with carers, friends and relatives of adults with
severe mental health problems by providing support,
advocacy, advice, information, education and training.
Carers Support Groups:
3rd Wednesday of each month at 7.00pm at Courtyard
House, 1d Church Road, Croydon.
4th Tuesday of each month at 2.30pm at Courtyard
House, 1d Church Road, Croydon
Contact:
Rethink
Courtyard House
101 Church Road
Croydon
CR0 1SG
Tel: 020 8649 9339
Fax: 020 8686 3472
Email: croydoncarers@rethink.org
Web:
www.rethink.org
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STATUS
Employment is a registered charity which aims
to assist disabled people in finding and retaining
paid employment.
Contact:
Status Employment
6 West Way Gardens
Shirley
CR0 8RA
Tel: 020 8655 3344
Email: info@statusemployment.org.uk
Web: www.status-employment.co.uk
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When |
Where |
How |
| Monday 2 - 5pm |
Parkway Health Centre, New Addington |
Call Parkway on 01689 842117 to book |
| Monday 1.30 - 5pm |
Outpatients clinic, Old eye clinic, Mayday Hospital |
Call Sonia on 020 8274 6390 |
| Tuesday 6.30 - 7.30pm |
Talkbus @ Fieldway |
Drop in anytime between 6.30 and 7.30pm |
| Tuesday 3.15 - 5.45pm |
"The Chat Room" at Longheath Community Centre (Term
time only) |
Drop in anytime between 3.15 and 5.45pm |
| Tuesday 3.30 - 6.30pm |
Walk In Centre, 45 High Street, Croydon |
Drop in anytime between 3.30 and 6.30pm |
| Tuesday 2.30 - 6pm (From October 14th) |
Valley Park Surgery, Franklin Way, Croydon |
Call 020 8251 9470 to book |
| Tuesday 9.15am - 11.15 am (From 11th November) |
Tunstall Nursery School, 25 Tunstall Road, Croydon |
Call 0800 019 8570 for more information |
| Tuesday 4pm - 5.30pm Pregnancy group |
Croydon Town Hall |
Call 020 8274 6390 for more information |
| Wednesday 10am - 11.30am |
Croydon Town Hall |
Drop in anytime between 10am and 11.30pm |
| Wednesday 12.30 - 3.30pm |
Service for Mayday staff, at Occupational Health Department,
Mayday Hospital |
Call 020 8274 6389 |
| Wednesday 1 - 3pm |
Fieldway Family Centre, Fieldway |
Drop in anytime between 10am and 11.30pm |
| Wednesday 'After Work Clinic' 5.30pm - 7pm |
Croydon Town Hall |
Call Amanda/Sonia to book on 0208 274 6390/6447 |
| Wednesday 12.45pm - 2.45pm (From 12th November) |
Tunstall Nursery School, 25 Tunstall Road, Croydon |
Call 0800 019 8570 for more information |
| Thursday 10am - 1pm; 2 - 5pm |
Parkway Health Centre, New Addington |
Call Parkway 01689 842117 to book |
| Thursday 1.30 - 2.30pm; 2.30 - 5pm |
Antenatal clinic, Mayday Hospital |
Drop in 1.30pm - 2.30pm. Appointment only from 2.30pm - 5pm
call 0800 019 8570 |
| Thursday 6.30 - 7.30 (Under 25's) |
Talkbus @ North End |
Drop in anytime between 6.30 and 7.30pm |
| Thursday 7pm - 8.30pm (From late October) |
Fieldway Community Centre, Fieldway |
Call 0800 019 8570 for more information |
Additional new clinics being
set up near you. Call our free phone heline to
find out more: 0800 019 8570 |
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The Bereavement Service is
open to any person, male or female, of any age,
sexuality, ethnic origin, culture or religion.
Those using the service might be: parents whose
children have died; survivors of disasters; children
or adults who have lost parents; mothers whose
babies have died through cot death; people whose
friends or relatives have been killed in accidents;
women who have suffered from miscarriage or termination
of pregnancy; those who have lost partners; in
fact any who have been bereaved or suffered loss
in any way and feel that we can help them; including
pre-bereavement counselling for the terminally
ill (including HIV/Aids) & their carers.
Woodside Bereavement Service
The Listening Ear
143 Tennison Road
South Norwood
London
SE25 5NF
Tel: 020 8662 1648
Email: wbs@fish.co.uk
Web: www.thelisteningear.org.uk
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About Hear Us