Voluntary/charitable organisations cover a range of organisations that are neither public sector nor private sector. They include voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, mutuals and co-operatives. (For example, Mind in Mid Herts, Hertfordshire Mind, View Point, Carers in Herts, etc.)

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) provides mental health and learning disabilities inpatient care and treatment in the community in Hertfordshire (sometimes people know this service to be 'as one'.

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) is an NHS organisation providing adult and children's community health services, such as diabetes services, physiotherapy, podiatry and respiratory services, across Hertfordshire.

Hertfordshire County Council social care services provide care and support for older people and people with learning or physical disabilities, mental health needs or sensory needs.

Other health care specialist - this could include a private counsellor, key worker, dietician, nutritionist etc.

Job Centres are government funded organisations providing support and assistance to people who are unemployed and claiming benefits, with the aim of helping people of working age find employment in the UK.

A carer is anyone, including children and adults, who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their illness, frailty, disability, mental health challenges or an addiction and cannot cope without their support. The care they give is unpaid.