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MENTAL
HEALTH SUPPORT

As a church, we recognise that mental health challenges can affect many people at different times in their lives. We seek to create a culture of empathy, prayer, and support. A community where people feel listened to, are treated with care and compassion and feel safe to share and seek help.

 

While we support one another through our church community, we also understand our limitations, that we do not have all the answers and cannot fix every situation. The church cannot provide the same level of care as specialist mental health services. We encourage and assist people to access professional help from agencies and charitable organisations who offer specialist support and resources.

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As Pastors we are here to support the church pastorally, but are not equipped to provide the support that specialist services can. If you are really struggling or feeling suicidal, the numbers below are a great starting point to get help.

WHERE TO FIND HELP...

Urgent OR IN crisis

SWINDON INTENSIVE SERVICE

If you experience a severe mental health crisis, the Intensive team can provide acute care at home. A team member will contact you within four hours of receiving a referral.

 01793 836820 (24-hour service)

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NHS

24/7 – crisis mental health support urgent support and advice with a trained mental health professional.​

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SHOUT CRISIS TEXT LINE

Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope. Trained volunteers provide people with empathetic support and techniques to handle future problems, as well as directing them towards longer-term support and/or therapy for their particular concerns.

Text “Shout” to 85258

 

​https://www.giveusashout.org

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non-urgent

INITIAL CONTACT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

9AM-5PM MON-FRI​

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GP

First contact can begin first line medication and signpost to other agency for support and refer onto other mental health service where a referral is required.

PRIMARY CARE LIAISON SERVICE

You can accept self-referral.  Non-emergency Support, brief interventions, advice and signposting for; service users and their carers and relatives.

01793 836800

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Counselling support services in Swindon 

NHS SWINDON TALKING THERAPIES

NHS Swindon Talking Therapies - previously known as Swindon LIFT Psychology - aims to help people access support for a range of common mental health problems and provides a service for people registered with a GP in Swindon.

Talking Therapies offers one-to-one therapy and online or in-person courses.

WILLOWS COUNSELLING SERVICE

Willows can help you if you are feeling overwhelmed by life issues, anxious, depressed, confused, stressed, hopeless, isolated or experiencing other difficult thoughts and emotions.  Our counsellors are trained in a range of therapies and specialisms so you can be partnered with a counsellor with specific knowledge around the issues you are facing.

SWINDON MIND

​Their services include personalised advice, guidance, one-on-one support, counselling, group support, and referrals to appropriate resources. They are open 365 days a year from 9am – 11pm.

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It's a dedicated support line for people living in Swindon who are experiencing a mental health issue or concerns, including for carers, friends, family and professionals. This confidential listening service provides a safe space to talk if you or someone you know requires mental health support.  Alongside emotional and practical assistance, our dedicated team can guide you towards appropriate mental health services.

IPSUM

 They are a Mental Health and Wellbeing Charity supporting Swindon and the surrounding area.  Their aims are to help address issues such as mental, psychological and emotional health: loneliness and isolation: increase self-esteem, encourage an active lifestyle: and to help promote positive change.  They offer a range of therapeutic interventions including talking therapies, Music and Art.      

01793 695405

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13 Milton Road SN1 5JE

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www.ipsum.care

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THE KELLY FOUNDATION

Counselling and practical support for adults in the Swindon area who are experiencing mental health issues. 

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Suicide prevention numbers

STAY ALIVE APP

This app is a pocket suicide prevention resource packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.

SAMARITANS 

Provides confidential, non-judgmental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face. Online chat and letter writing also available: details on website. 

National Helpline 24/7: 116 123

 

jo@samaritans.org

 

www.samaritans.org

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​UK NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HELPLINE

 The National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK is a compassionate and understanding lifeline for those grappling with their mental well-being or thoughts of suicide. Our lines are open every day from 6 pm until midnight, offering a safe haven for anyone who needs someone to talk to.

National Helpline 0800 689 565

 

www.spuk.org.uk

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​​​​STAYING SAFE

Online resource to complete a safety plan: If you’re struggling and you’re not sure if you want to live or die, can you, just for now hold off making this decision and keep reading and watching the videos for some ideas about how to get through.  There may be things that you - and other people - can do to make things better.​​

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Swindon addiction service

​​THE RECOVERY COURSE

The Recovery Course is a free fifteen-week Christ-centred course for adults, based on the 12 steps. It provides practical insight and support to help anyone on the path to freedom from the grip of any addiction, secret habit or compulsive behaviour. Each session includes a meal and a short presentation, followed by small group discussion.​​​​

CHANGE GROW LIVE (CGL)

We are dedicated to promoting wellbeing and recovery from addiction when you feel ready to take those steps.

01793 328150

 

4 Temple Chambers, Temple Street, Swindon, SN1 1SQ.

 

www.changegrowlive.org/drug-and-alcohol-service-swindon/info

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SELF HARM

SWINDON MIND SELF-HARMONY COUNSELLING SERVICE

Our counselling services offer either generalised counselling or specialised self-harm and self-injury counselling. The service uses a person-centred trauma-informed approach, providing a one-to-one confidential and non-judgemental safe space for people who require counselling. We work with individuals to understand their own needs as well as offer a specialised service for those who self-harm and/or self-injure to understand their self-harm and/or self-injury.

BLUEICE APP

Available for iOS and Android.

BlueIce is a prescribed evidence-based app to help young people manage their emotions and to reduce urges to self-harm.  It includes a mood diary, toolbox of evidence based techniques to reduce distress and automatic routing to emergency numbers if urges to harm continue.

CALM HARM APP

Available for iOS and Android.

The Calm Harm app provides some immediate activities and techniques to help you break the cycle of self-harm behaviour and explore underlying trigger factors; the app supports you in building a ‘safety net’ of helpful thoughts, behaviours, and access to supportive people, as well as providing the opportunity to journal and self-reflect. The Calm Harm app also signposts to help.

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OTHER RESOURCES

​RESTORED

Restored is a Christian charity with a vision of a world where women live free from the fear of violence.

Women: Call on the freephone, 24-hour, National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247​​

 

www.restored-uk.org/about/contact-us

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THE SURVIVORS TRUST

Runs a free, national helpline 7 days a week for people aged 16+.

We welcome and encourage all survivors of rape or sexual abuse and violence to call our helpline. We are a fully inclusive service, providing safe, non-judgemental support to survivors, their supporters and professionals.

RETHINK

Rethink Mental Illness is a leading provider of mental health services in England, and with over 200 services and groups, we have the experience and record of success that makes commissioning us straightforward and effective. As experts in mental illness, we know that with the right support and information people severely affected by mental illness can have a good quality of life. That’s why our aim is to meet each person’s individual needs and make sure everyone living with a mental illness is treated with dignity and respect.

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We support tens of thousands of people every year through our diverse range of mental health services and life-changing support groups. These are vital in helping people get through crises, live independently and recognise that they don’t have to face mental illness alone.

​​THE BEREAVEMENT JOURNEY

NATIONAL

The Bereavement Journey is owned by the Christian charity AtaLoss, which offers UK wide signposting for bereavement and equips churches to provide community bereavement support through The Bereavement Journey. The programme is run by Christians as it uniquely offers a final Session on faith questions that arise in bereavement, provided from a Christian perspective. This follows the main Sessions and is clearly optional for those who attend, making The Bereavement Journey suitable for everyone.

LOCALLY RUN AT CITIFAITH

The Bereavement Journey is a 7-Session series of films and discussion groups, offered in person, that gently guides people through the most common aspects of grief and bereavement to help them process the death of someone important to them, whether recent or long ago.

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Facilitated by experienced volunteers and accompanied by a Participant Manual, any person bereaved at any time is helped to consider for themselves the implications of their bereavement and to discern next steps. For most people The Bereavement Journey provides the tools they need, either to process their loss without one-to-one professional assistance or to identify where further support might help.

​​TRAUMA RECOVERY UK

At the TRC we are trauma recovery focused rather than just trauma informed, because we believe that recovery from trauma is possible.

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From single incident trauma to complex trauma and dissociation, Trauma Recovery UK are passionate about recovery. We are proud to be the first pioneers using the TRFM® model, uniquely providing:

1:1 Creative Psychotherapy and Play Therapy for children and young people from age 3 years to 24 years. 

They provide Therapeutic Mentoring to help create a sense of safety and stability for the child or young person, as well as helping empower them with psychoeducation.

They support Parents and Carers with therapeutic support groups as well as guiding them through the TRFM® Parenting Course.

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​​SWINDON SAFEGUARDING PARTNERSHIP

Children and adults do not die in the arms of professionals.

Tragedy comes in the gap between them. As long as we see partnerships as an "add on" to the day job, this will continue to be the case.

We need to strengthen partnerships by putting both children and adults at the centre of good practice.

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Adult Safeguarding Team, Swindon Borough Council

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01793 463555 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm)

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Child Safeguarding Team, Swindon Borough Council

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01793 464646 (8.30am to 4.40pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4.00pm Friday)

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The Emergency Duty Service (EDS) is available outside office hours on 01793 436699

 

www.safeguardingpartnership.swindon.gov.uk

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​​THIRTY ONE EIGHT

For almost 50 years we've worked together with likeminded individuals, organisations and governments to safeguard vulnerable people. For us impact looks like being able to equipempower and encourage society to create places and communities that are truly safer for all.

 

Independent and thought-leading, we equip organisations, churches, other faith groups, individuals and government with the safeguarding tools they need to protect vulnerable people.

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0303 003 1111

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info@thirtyoneeight.org

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​www.thirtyoneeight.org

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