The World Well being Organisation recognises World Psychological Well being Day on 10 October yearly.
The theme of 2022’s World Psychological Well being Day, set by the World Federation for Psychological Well being, is ‘Make psychological well being and wellbeing for all a worldwide precedence“.
As we speak, for Blogtober, the theme is “Psychological Well being”. When your psychological well being (or the psychological well being of somebody you realize) is struggling, it may be arduous to know the place to get assist. The psychological well being disaster within the UK is rising, and everyone knows the NHS are struggling and the way tough it may be to entry CYPMHS (beforehand CAMHS). However there IS assist on the market. There are a number of psychological well being providers accessible supplied by the Well being Service, Grownup Care and the voluntary sector. On this publish we’ll take a look at psychological well being providers at the moment accessible in Pembrokeshire:
Psychological Well being Emergencies
Firstly, in case you come throughout this weblog publish, in want of pressing assist for you or somebody you take care of then don’t hesitate. Telephone any of the contacts beneath for assist (this recommendation applies nationally):
Hywel Dda College Well being Board Psychological Well being Recommendation Service
A single level of contact for well-being and psychological well being for individuals dwelling in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire launched in June.
Hywel Dda College Well being Board is the primary well being board in Wales to launch a devoted psychological well being recommendation service, providing assist for all age teams by the established 111 name line. You’ll be able to entry this service by, phoning 111 and deciding on choice 2 the place you can be put by to a psychological well being practitioner.
The service is accessible 7 days every week from 9.00am by to 11.30pm, with plans in place to maneuver to 24/7 working hours later within the yr.
Native Organisations That Supply Assist and Recommendation for Folks with Psychological Well being Issues
Numerous organisations concentrate on assist and recommendation for individuals with psychological well being issues and for his or her households and pals:
(covers Pembrokeshire. See Thoughts to search out your nearest Native Thoughts)
A Psychological Well being Charity supporting the individuals of Pembrokeshire (learn their backstory right here).
They provide quite a few psychological well being providers together with useful resource centres in Haverfordwest and Pembroke Dock (extra information beneath), drop-in periods for 11-18 years olds, Mums Matter periods and a Roots to Restoration Outside Challenge (Nature Remedy). Please go to their web site to see a full listing of providers.
Thoughts Haverfordwest Useful resource Centre
Open three hundred and sixty five days a yr in Haverfordwest. 10-1pm
For anybody in search of psychological well being assist.
Psychological well being drop-in and 1:1 appointments for data, recommendation and steerage.
Open on daily basis for everybody.
Thoughts Night Assist
From 5pm-2am Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
No appointment wanted!
The Sanctuary is there for anybody fearing a deterioration of their psychological well being.
Thoughts can assist with:
- Stress and/or Nervousness
- Low Temper
- Monetary Worries
- Isolation
- Household or Relationship Worries
Hafal (covers Wales)
Hafal is a Member-led Charity supporting individuals with psychological well being issues – with a particular emphasis on these with a severe psychological sickness – and their carers and households. In addition they assist others with a variety of disabilities and their carers and households.
Click on right here to see the psychological well being providers they supply in Pembrokeshire, from drop-in centres to supported lodging: https://www.hafal.org/in-your-area/pembrokeshire
men2men is a Hywel Dda Well being Board seed-funded distinctive service for males, led by males. They have interaction males round Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigionshire to arrange small, exercise teams to attract in native males.
Such shared actions will be enjoyable and allow males to attach with others, producing a way of belonging, fellowship and an area wherein they could really feel snug speaking about how they are surely.
The Pembrokeshire Males’s Hub weekly schedule, the way it stands, is:
Wednesdays 11.30 -12.30 Males’s Group at Pembrokeshire Thoughts – 2 Perrots Street, Haverfordwest
Wednesdays 13.00 – 14.00 Males’s Speaking Circle on the V.C. Gallery occasions constructing – 30 Excessive St, Haverfordwest
Wednesdays 16.30 – 18.00 Males’s Speaking Circle at HaverHub – The Previous Submit Workplace, 12 Quay St, Haverfordwest
Thursdays 14.00 – 16.00 Haverfordwest Males’s Shed – Pembrokeshire FRAME – Previous Hakin Rd, Haverfordwest
Thursdays 18.00 – 20.00 Males’s Music Group – Hubberston and Hakin Neighborhood Centre, Church Rd, Hubberston, Milford Haven
Fridays 14.00 – 16.00 Males’s Music Group – Hubberston and Hakin Neighborhood Centre, Church Rd, Hubberston, Milford Haven
And from the 2nd of September working each Friday can be a Males’s Speaking Circle on the Torch Theatre 18.00 – 19.00 – The Torch Theatre Milford Haven
Contact Charles on 07719880456 to e-book a spot
GTBAL is a not-for-profit organisation that gives the individuals of West Wales with a free, award-winning, psychological well being assist service funded by espresso, clothes and group. Since they opened their doorways in 2019, their drop-in service has proved over 250 individuals with free and simple assist, freed from ready lists.
After 14 yr previous Megan tragically took her personal life in 2017 after a silent battle with cyber-bullying, her mum, Nicola arrange Megans Starr Basis. They provide FREE skilled counselling & peer assist alongside bullying recommendation and have lately opened up a Neighborhood Espresso Home in Milford Haven. Control their Fb web page for drop-in instances and occasions.
Dezza’s is an area not-for-profit charity who’ve been shaped to assist susceptible individuals inside the group who could also be struggling with poor Psychological Well being or some other difficulties.
Control their Fb web page for drop-ins and occasions.
In partnership with Space 43, POINT supply knowledgeable confidential counselling service at their Printworks constructing in Fishguard. The counselling is supplied by a certified skilled counsellor with a few years of expertise of counselling younger individuals. It is freed from cost to younger individuals aged 10-25. They’ll supply face-to-face counselling on the centre or digital counselling through video conferencing, e-mail or textual content relying on what’s most popular.
Sandy Bear Youngsters’s Bereavement Charity is devoted to bettering and strengthening the emotional well being and well-being of younger individuals aged 0-18 (and their households), who’ve skilled the dying of a liked one. They goal to scale back emotional difficulties in childhood and the prevalence of psychological sickness in later life that can lead to a decreased high quality of life, poorer instructional attainment, social and wholesome issues and elevated vulnerability. They obtain this by working intently with youngsters, younger individuals and households to assist them by their grief, and by educating related professionals to know what to do when they’re coping with bereavement. They’re solely in a position to present assist face-to-face in Pembrokeshire, nevertheless, we will present recommendation & signposting the place acceptable on a bigger scale.
Please let me know of any extra Psychological Well being Charities/Providers in Pembrokeshire and I’ll add to this listing.
