This guide lists some of the resources available to Hertfordshire residents based on how you're feeling today. Click the image to open the guide.
Able2Enable
Able2enable takes a holistic approach to support individuals to develop key life skills, improve wellbeing and increase employability skills. They offer each individual a tailored approach that explores the areas for personal development that the individual would like to focus on. This could include building confidence, developing self-esteem, communication skills, employability skills.
Tel: 01727 634877
Website: Able2Enable | Communities 1st
Referral form: Able2Enable Referral Form | Communities 1st
Accessable
Accessable have surveyed 10,000s of venues across the UK and Ireland, including shops, pubs, restaurants, cinemas, theatres, railway stations, hotels, colleges, universities, hospitals and more, to help you find wheelchair friendly venues or check out disabled access and facilities.
Website: Home | AccessAble
Access to work
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability.
The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply for:
- a grant to help pay for practical support with your work
- support with managing your mental health at work
- money to pay for communication support at job interviews
Tel: 0800 121 7479
Website: www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Carers in Herts
Provides free advice, information and support to unpaid carers - for people looking after someone who is elderly, disabled, has a physical or mental health challenge, or who misuses drugs or alcohol.
Tel: 01992 586 969
Website: Carers In Herts | Supporting Carers in Hertfordshire
Communities 1st
Communities 1st develops, connects and supports local voluntary and community organisations, helping to improve the quality of people’s lives across the districts of St. Albans and Hertsmere.
Website: Welcome to Communities 1st | Communities 1st
Create Community
Create community works in partnership with steps to skills and offers free wellbeing courses that focus on the individual journey sup,porting individuals to make the next step for their mental wellbeing.
Website: Create Community (create-community.co.uk)
Combatting loneliness
COVID-19 has had a dramatic effect on how people feel. If you're feeling lonely or isolated, consider:
- Using Chatbot apps — immediate support, advice and friendly messages
- Listening to podcasts — includes interviews from people having similar difficulties
- Download loneliness help apps — to improve mood, chat to others in safe spaces and make friends
- Volunteering, get coaching for a hobby, join a group activity — connect with people who like the same things or face similar difficulties
- Find ways to connect with friends, family and neighbours — play games, use video conferencing on the PC, Mobile and Tablet, join friendship group chats such as via Facebook and WhatsApp
- You can also find additional tips on our keeping well during social isolation resources page
Creative Hertfordshire
The online network for the arts & creative community in Hertfordshire. Get creative, attend something or volunteer to help improve your wellbeing and mood. View what’s on in Hertfordshire, including wellbeing related activities, webinars, training, shows and events.
Website: www.creativehertfordshire.com
East and north Hertfordshire clinical commissioning group
This page is to help you find the right service that can give you the right treatment as quickly and easily as possible.
Website: Your local health services | NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (enhertsccg.nhs.uk)
Future Living
Future Living is a charity which primarily supports people's recovery from domestic abuse. The service offers gender-specific programmes, The Monica Programme for female survivors of domestic abuse and Wise Guys for male survivors. They also offer affordable counseling services.
Email: info@futurelivinghertford.co.uk or call 01992 537344
Website: https://www.futurelivinghertford.co.uk/
Guideposts
Delivers information, advice, guidance and community based services focusing on helping you build on your strengths, maintain your independence, achieve you aspirations, develop supportive connections and prevent loneliness.
Website: Services in Hertfordshire - Guideposts
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Provides health and social care services for adults of working age, older adults, children and adolescents and specialist learning disabilities services.
Hertfordshire Wellbeing Service offers free, confidential talking therapy and practical support for people experiencing common emotional difficulties. You can ask to be referred by a GP or self-refer online.
Email: hpft.spa@nhs.net
Website: Hertfordshire Partnership (hpft.nhs.uk)
Hertfordshire Directory
A comprehensive guide to all the wellbeing support services available across Hertfordshire.
The Hertfordshire Directory offers information on a wide variety of services and activities for residents of, or visitors to, the county. It can also act as a guide to sources of support for people with long term conditions and parents and carers of children and young people with disabilities or learning difficulties.
Website: Home | Hertfordshire MarketPlace
Hertfordshire Library
Free books and resources, including reading well on prescription books and support for getting online and connecting digitally.
Website:
Libraries and archives | Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council | Hertfordshire Libraries - Help to get online or connect digitally
Reading Well Books on Prescription | Hertfordshire County Council
HertsHelp
Providing a gateway for Hertfordshire residents, families and professionals to access a range of local organisations and services. They find what support and information is best for you.
Tel: 0300 1234044
Website: HertsHelp - We're here for you
Herts valley commissioning group
This page is to help you find the right service that can give you the right treatment as quickly and easily as possible.
Website: Local Services :: Herts Valleys CCG
Hertfordshire Mind Network
Delivers mental health support to Hertfordshire residents over the age of 18, including counselling, wellbeing courses, crisis support and education groups.
Tel: 020 3727 3600
Website: Hertfordshire Mind Network (hertsmindnetwork.org)
Mind in Mid Herts
Mind in Mid Herts supports people who are experiencing mental or emotional distress and has wellbeing centres in St Albans, Stevenage, Hertford and Welwyn Garden City, in addition to offering a range of mental health services in these areas. For more information, contact admin@mindinmidherts.org.uk.
Website: Homepage | HPFT IAPT Services (hpft-iapt.nhs.uk)
OLLIE Foundation
OLLIE is a charity dedicated to delivering suicide awareness, intervention, and prevention training by empowering professionals and young adults.
Website: https://theolliefoundation.org/
Steps to skills
Step2Skills adult community learning and employment support service provides opportunities for adults in Hertfordshire to get involved in learning and employment within the community.
Website: https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/microsites/adult-learning/step2skills-home.aspx
Spot the Signs
Spot the Signs & Save a Life is a suicide prevention campaign, helping to remove the stigma of talking openly about suicide. The campaign provides a number of useful suicide prevention resources – please email hpft.spotthesigns@nhs.net.
Website: Spot the Signs (hpft.nhs.uk)
Togetherall
Togetherall, an online 24/7 peer-to-peer platform. It is a community for people of all walks of life, coming together to get (or give) the mental health support they need. The platform also offers evidence-based courses lasting 2- 6 weeks. Topics include positive thinking, problem-solving, managing anxiety and depression, and smoking cessation, as well as many others.
Any Hertfordshire resident aged 16+ can join the Togetherall community at any time for free
Together all leaflet. Together all poster.
Telephone: 01992 555419
Website: https://togetherall.com/
Turning point
Turning point offers a wide range of health and wellbeing services to help people lead more independent lives; including helping people with disabilities, mental health challenges and drug and alcohol misuse.
Website: Turning Point | Health & Wellbeing (turning-point.co.uk)
Viewpoint
Viewpoint is a charity that supports people with experience of mental health and addiction challenges. By encouraging and inviting people to have their say, their feedback can significantly improve mental health and addiction services.
Whether it's through courses, events, or sharing their own experiences, whatever their story, Viewpoint welcomes people to become members so they can support them with their mental health and addiction.
Website: Viewpoint (hertsviewpoint.co.uk)