Links to welfare, physical and mental health support services can be found below.

Mental Health Central Access Point

Do you, or someone you care about, need urgent mental health support? 24/7 support is available over the phone, call NHS 111, selecting option 2 for mental health.

This number is open 24 hours a day and is totally free and confidential. 

Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafes 

Does talking on the phone make finding support difficult for you?

There are Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafés spread around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, run by trained and supportive staff, who are there to listen and provide the practical support you may need when you need it most.

Everyone’s different, so we’ll give you a choice of ways you might like to receive support from us and you can decide what’s best for you. For example, you may want:

  • A safe and relaxing space where you can be yourself and take part in gentle activities
  • One-to-one support with a member of our team to explore ways to cope and how to manage your mental health
  • Practical advice and information about other services that might be helpful to you for longer-term support

You can just drop in - no appointment needed.

All the locations and opening times can be found below

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust website

Joy

Joy is a new social prescribing website for people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The aim of social prescribing is to improve your health, wellbeing and independence by linking you to groups, services and activities that suit your needs and interests, local to you.

Visit www.LLRjoy.com and search for what you need. You can filter by postcode too to find what’s most local to you.

Find a Warm Welcome Space near you

Warm Welcome Spaces come in all different shapes and sizes, from a homework club in a local church, to over an over 65s community centre drop-in and library co-working desks.

Simply enter your postcode and requirements to find the right space for you:

Find a Warm Welcome Space near you

Welfare and mental health support

  • Charnwood Welfare Provision - an emergency service ran by The Bridge East Midlands available to assist people in crisis who are without food/gas/electricity.
  • Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland - Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland is an independent local charity working in the local community to help older people live happier, active, fulfilled and socially-engaged lives in communities.
  • Start a Conversation - committed to building a community that supports the mental health and wellbeing of people across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
  • Mental Health Central Access Point -24/7 free helpline for people of all ages in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Call 0808 800 3302
  • Mind – mental health charity which provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
  • Every Mind Matters – practical tips and advice from the NHS on how to look after your mental health and support others.
  • East Midlands Gambling Harm Service - Free NHS support to stop the harm caused by gambling. Tel: 0300 013 2330. Email: .

Food provision

  • Charnwood Food Poverty Group - strives to help any individual or and family, living in Charnwood, who needs access to food provision.
  • Your Store - a social supermarket which aims to support people who are eligible and may currently be using food banks transition to more independence by becoming a Your Store member

Health and wellbeing

Active Charnwood offer a range free of charge/low-cost health and wellbeing programmes.

For further information on any of the schemes listed below please contact: active.charnwood@charnwood.gov.uk

  • Free weekly Health & Community led walks
  • Free cycling and running programmes
  • Subsidised stay and play active early years offer
  • Discounted Holiday Activity programme via the Active Charnwood Wild Card scheme
  • Youth Engagement Activator offer to schools and free access to a youth sports club at Loughborough Leisure centre       
  • Access to free/ low-cost targeted Health intervention schemes, that include GP/Cardiac Referral and Falls prevention programmes
  • The Council’s three leisure centres operated by Fusion-Lifestyle offer concessionary rate on all activities which are targeted at those 60+, Students, Children under 16, the unemployed and those on disability living allowance
  • Fusion-Lifestyle in partnership with Children & Family Wellbeing Service help families in need and Care Leavers providing access to swimming and gym sessions for 50p across all three CBC owned leisure centres
  • The Fusion Sports Development team offer a range of targeted activities for residents 
  • Free health roadshows within Community settings which includes health advice, signposting and support to relevant NHS services, health checks and information on how to keep active/local physical activity opportunities
  • Low-Cost weight management/physical activity sessions

Active Charnwood are collaboratively working with Active Together (County Sports Partnership) and all local authority partners to continually promote the ‘sport and physical activity offer’ through the county wide ‘Let’s Get Moving Campaign’ utilising all forms of media i.e., Active Charnwood/CBC website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, resident keep in touch newsletter, etc.

Visit the Active Charnwood website

Last updated: Wed 21st August, 2024 @ 13:55