SLaM 24 hr
Information line:
Help line gives
information and
support to people
in Croydon with
mental
health
problems.
0800 731 2864
SAMARITANS
A 24 hour service providing
confidential emotional support to any person who are suicidal or despairing
020 8681 666
A 24 hour confidential help line providing
advice and information on a range of health issues.
0845 46474
Hear Us is a Company Limited by Guarantee.
Hear Us
Orchard House 15a Purley Road,
South Croydon, CR2 6EZ
020 8681 6888
hear.us@hear-us.org
www.hear-us.org
| Service name: | Drop In Services |
| Provided by: | Imagine |
| When and where: | |
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| Aim of service: | |
| The four drop-in services
will provide a safe place to go - a base from which users can:
develop and increase their confidence and skills, without specific
expectations or pressure maintain the community spirit and environment
that many see as an important part of their life decrease their
social isolation, meeting with people they know and trust, to
establish social ties reduce their dependence on secondary mental
health services |
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| What will be offered: | |
| Each new group will be staffed
by at least one support worker during opening hours. Over time,
services will be encouraged to develop greater levels of user
involvement with professional support as needed. Women–only sessions
will be provided. Inclusion workers and volunteers will:provide
certain types of advice and a range of activities to develop skills;signpost
to appropriate services;organise occasional visiting advice sessions
from external experts (eg. welfare benefits);support group activities
in the community. |
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| [New referrals]: Who is the service for and how to access it? | |
| People in various stages
of recovery from mental ill health or distress
Open access - anybody who feels they have, or are recovering from,
mental illness or distress |
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