Mental Health

Self help – on line information, resources and tips about how to support your wellbeing.

Every Mind Matters

Every Mind Matters - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Adult E-Wellbeing

https://e-wellbeingadults.co.uk/

Support for young people

Rise above

Rise Above

YMCA’s E-wellbeing

Home - e-wellbeing

Sussex Mental

Healthline

provides direct support for mental wellbeing and signposting to other services. Sussex Mental Healthline 24/7 telephone service:

0300 5000 101.

Mental Health Rapid

Response Service

(MHRRS)provides support for adults (18+) experiencing a mental health crisis.

Anyone can refer: 0300 304 0078 - if the line is busy, an advice message will be given.

UOK (previously known as Community Roots)

is a group of sixteen community groups working together to provide prevention, wellbeing and recovery support for people with a range of mental health issues. Support for carers and families is also available.

A Freephone Central Access Point phone number is operated by a team of Community Navigators who can guide people through the support available and provide professional advice.

See website here or Tel: 0808 196 1768.

Open Monday to Friday 9-5pm.

Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service

The wellbeing service supports people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The service provides talking therapies to adults (18+) with mild to moderate depression, anxiety disorders and some trauma.

The Children and Young People’s (CYP) service provides a range of treatment for young people from 4-25 who require support for anxiety, low mood, stress and phobias.

The Brighton and Hove Wellbeing Service is not an emergency service and does not pick up messages outside of normal working hours of 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday. 

The service offers an open access Advice and Information Service to the public as well as to Wellbeing clients.

Self-refer online Tel: 0300 002 0060

Email: bics.brighton-and-hove-wellbeing@nhs.net

Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust (SPFT)

is the specialist mental health service. Access to support is via GP and primary care team and other professional referral routes.

Find more information about the Trust

Suicide

Need someone to talk to?  Call Samaritans on 116 123  and look at the Preventing Suicide in Sussex website.

Grassroots Stay Alive App

A suicide prevention resource if you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.  Download the suicide prevention app

Together Co

Support to navigate local services and make connections with people and places to support your health and wellbeing.

Social Prescribing Brighton & Hove | Together Co

01273 229 382

Drug and Alcohol Services  To contact call on 01273 731900 or email

Brighton and Hove Recovery Service

Brighton & Hove City Council

provides support for social care, education, housing, finance and related public services.

Go to the Brighton & Hove website for more information. 

Breakeven Sussex

Free gambling counselling.

Breakeven Sussex: free problem gambling counselling in East Sussex

Are Money Worries affecting your mental health?

Information and support available here: (link to the pages below).

Mental health and money

Website offering practical advice, tips and a toolkit.

Mental health and money : Mental Health & Money Advice (mentalhealthandmoneyadvice.org)

Mental health and debt guide

The MoneySavingExpert.com guide to mental health and debt

Online money advice resources

Benefits Calculators

Turn2us Benefit Calculator - About You - Turn2us

Entitled 2 Benefits Calculator - entitledto - independent | accurate | reliable

Budgeting tools

Policy in Practice Benefit and budgeting calculator | Policy In Practice (betteroffcalculator.co.uk)

Money Advice Service

Budget Planner – Free online daily, monthly and yearly budget planning tool - Money Advice Service

Money Advice Plus

Specialist debt and benefit advice, casework and support.

Tel:0800 988 7037

https://www.moneyadviceplus.org.uk

Moneyworks

Here to help Brighton & Hove residents save money, make money and manage their money better. The services are for anyone who is struggling to make ends meet. Drop-ins and helpline support.

Helpline: 0800 988 7037

Money Advice Brighton & Hove – Helping Brighton & Hove residents manage their money (advicebrighton-hove.org.uk)

Citizens Advice Brighton and Hove

Provide free confidential and impartial advice

08082 78 78 15

Citizens Advice Brighton & Hove

St Lukes Advice Service

Provides free advice, information and help with form filling in relation to debt, benefits and pension credit.

01273 549203

Home – St Luke’s Advice Service

Possability People

Disability advice centre can help with disability advice, welfare benefits and a range of other issues. Can help with enquiries about;

Disability benefits (ESA, UC, PIP, AA, Carers Allowance, WTC).

• Disability benefits appeals
• Some pension credit enquiries
• Some Council Tax enquiries
• Fuel debt or changing fuel providers
• Utilities debt
• Information on equipment or assistive technology
• Accessible holidays
• Food bank referrals

Advisors are available by telephone, from 10am – 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday (closed Wednesdays). 01273 894050.

If you are deaf or had of hearing text us on 07769 612015.

Disability advice in Brighton and Hove - Possability People

Youth Advice Centre in Brighton

Offers housing advice, family mediation, floating support, advice and support around emotional health and wellbeing and debts and benefits. Budgeting and money management advice and support with benefit claims. Access to specialist benefit advice.

01273 624432

YMCA Youth Advice Centre (YAC) in Brighton - YMCA DownsLink Group (ymcadlg.org)

The Financial Support Line for Victims of Domestic Abuse

Financial support for victims of domestic abuse.

01323 635 987

https://www.moneyadviceplus.org.uk/fsl/

Money Advice Service

Offers free and impartial money advice, set up by the government.

Telephone: 0800 138 7777

Type Talk: 18001 0800 915 4622

Whatsapp: 07701 342744

Free and impartial money advice, set up by government – Money Advice Service

StepChange

Online and telephone free, confidential debt advice.

0800 138 1111

StepChange Debt Charity – Free Expert Debt Advice.

National Debtline

Free independent debt advice on the telephone or webchat and offer online tools.

0808 808 4000

Digital Advice Tool | National Debtline

Debt Advice Foundation

Debt advice, tools and resources.

0800 043 40 50

Personal Debt Analyser | Debt Advice Foundation

Community hub

If you need emergency help with food, energy bills and other essentials, please phone 01273 293 117 and select option 1. You will be directed to the Local Discretionary Social Fund.
 
If you are over 18, require food or shopping related support and can afford to pay for this, please phone 01273 293 117 and select option 3. You will be directed to Food Support at Impact Initiatives.
 
If you need help to stay safe and well, or if you need care and support, please call Access Point on 01273 295 555.

Request help for yourself or someone else (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Brighton & Hove Food Partnership

A not for profit organisation including community organisations, statutory agencies, local business and individual residents. Offering various community food projects, including community gardens, food sharing, food banks and free or low cost meals.

Brighton and Hove Food Partnership – We’re a non-profit organisation helping people learn to cook, eat a healthy diet, grow their own food and waste less food. (bhfood.org.uk)

Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project

Provides practical support, education and advice to those in poverty, poor living conditions or low incomes.

01273 671 213

BUCFP

Impact YPC

City Centre space for drop-in support, affordable meals, activities, counselling, peer support

01273 887886

YPC - Impact Initiatives (impact-initiatives.org.uk)