Feeling stressed anxious or concerned about your mental health, City and Hackney have local services to help.
IRIE Mind
The IRIE Mind project champions black mental health and provides community-based solutions to mental illness. The project itself is Black-led to reflect the culture and know-how of the individuals they work with. There is a strong emphasis on ensuring that the methods used reach the needs of the Black community. You can make a self referral here.
Talk Changes
Talk Changes is an NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies service, provided by Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’. They are a friendly team of Psychological Therapists who are trained in evidence based talking therapies to help people overcome common mental health problems like depression and anxiety. You can refer yourself here
Support When It Matters
SWIM is a community interest company that empowers people in Hackney and its neighbouring communities to improve their health, well-being and life chances through support to reduce re-offending, drug and alcohol support, mental health outreaches as well as programmes on social inclusion and employability. You can refer yourself here
City And Hackney Wellbeing Network
Holistic support to improve mental health – The City and Hackney Wellbeing Network, offers high-quality free support to help people prevent the onset of mental health problems and alleviate issues such as stress, anxiety and low mood. We also offer support to adults with severe and enduring mental health condition you can refer yourself here
Anxiety Uk
We are a dedicated, friendly and approachable charity that believes that anxiety, stress and anxiety based depression are treatable and manageable. We offer a range of innovative and high quality services delivered by professionals; supported by staff and volunteers with personal experience of anxiety, stress, and anxiety based depression. Refer yourself here
Volunteer Centre Hackney (VCH)
Volunteer Centre Hackney (VCH) projects enable people with disabilities or mental health needs, local employees and lone parents – to make a difference and meet life goals. They offer bespoke volunteering opportunities and tailored support to ensure all volunteers have a valuable experience and benefit from positive outcomes like improved wellbeing and steps towards employment. You can become a volunteer here
James’ Place
Our team works with referrers to offer an intervention to men who have arrived at a crisis point in response to predominantly social and psychological stressors, such as debt, loneliness and relationship problems. James’ Place supports the person practically and emotionally through the crisis period, we do not replicate or replace existing statutory services, but instead work closely with the local NHS and wider services to ensure the right men are referred to our service and you can refer here
Anxiety Uk
We are a dedicated, friendly and approachable charity that believes that anxiety, stress and anxiety based depression are treatable and manageable. We offer a range of innovative and high quality services delivered by professionals; supported by staff and volunteers with personal experience of anxiety, stress, and anxiety based depression. Refer yourself here
Volunteer Centre Hackney (VCH)
Volunteer Centre Hackney (VCH) projects enable people with disabilities or mental health needs, local employees and lone parents – to make a difference and meet life goals. They offer bespoke volunteering opportunities and tailored support to ensure all volunteers have a valuable experience and benefit from positive outcomes like improved wellbeing and steps towards employment. You can become a volunteer here
Sexual Health
NAZ
BAME communities are disproportionately impacted by poor HIV, sexual and reproductive health with Black Caribbeans having the highest diagnosis rates of many STIs of all ethnic groups. At the heart of our work is a passion and drive to redress sexual health inequalities to enable all people from minority communities to enjoy positive sexual health and well-being through Care and Support Services for people impacted and living with HIV, Sexual health prevention and promotions services Clinical Services, HIV/ selected STI pop-up services and psycho therapeutic counselling Research, influencing and policy.
Emergency and Crisis Services in Hackney
City and Hackney
East London NHS Foundation Trust and Mind have joined forces to launch a trio of services available 24 hour a day to support local residents in the City of London and Hackney available at weekends, bank holidays and outside office hours.
The Walk-in Crisis Cafe
SUN
24-Hour Helpline
Call 020 8432 8020
Mental Health Crisis Line
The crisis line is available to those who currently require an urgent mental health assessment, support and arrangement of treatment. The Crisis line will consider options that are suitable to support service users in crisis, either by phone or face to face depending on the severity of need.
Call 0800 073 0006
Service User Network (SUN)
SUN is for people who experience emotional and psychological distress, frequent mood changes, emotional instability, self-harm and/ or have thoughts of suicide. It is a supportive and therapeutic group for individuals to develop self-help management strategies to prevent future crisis.
Call 075 0884 2688
Maytree House
Maytree’s house is open 365 days a year for people when they’re feeling suicidal. They provide a unique residential service for people in suicidal crisis so they can talk about their suicidal thoughts and behaviour. We offer a free 4 night, 5 day one-off stay to adults over the age of 18 from across the UK. maytree@maytree.org.uk
Call 020 7263 7070
Perinatal Service City and Hackney
If you are currently pregnant and suffer from a complex, long term serious mental health condition and on medication. Or if you believe you are becoming unwell with a serious postnatal illness for the first time and unable to access your GP, to discuss a referral to our service, please call the local perinatal team to discuss your needs.