Other Services
GCS regularly enters into Service Level Agreements with other organisations to provide a range of professional services relating to emotional wellbeing including short-term counselling, clinical supervision for counsellors, reflective supervision for staff groups as well as training to improve mental health awareness, listening skills and wellbeing-related training. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs.
Useful Links
- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) – https://www.bacp.co.uk
- Samaritans – https://www.samaritans.org
- The British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) – https://www.bpc.org.uk
- NHS Let’s Talk – https://www.talk2gether.nhs.uk
- Turning Point – http://www.turning-point.co.uk
- P3 – https://www.p3charity.org/
- Shaw Trust – https://www.shaw-trust.org.uk
- Stroud District Council – Homeless – https://www.stroud.gov.uk/housing/homelessness
- Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning – https://www.ghll.org.uk/partnership-projects
- Glos Families Directory – https://www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/home.page
- On Your Mind – https://www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk/
- Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers – http://www.garas.org.uk/Services.aspx
- Mind – https://www.mind.org.uk
- Your Circle – Gloucestershire – https://yourcircle.org.uk/
Referral/Collaboration with other appropriate agencies
GCS have strong links with other charity and voluntary sector organisations and has a mutual signposting or direct referral partnership where another service is more appropriate or where joint working is required such as:
- HOPE Support Services (for young people coping with a family member with a life threatening illness).
- Infobuzz (Schools exclusion, Young Offenders, Transitions to adult mental health).
- GDASS (Gloucestershire domestic Abuse Support Service)
- GRASAC (Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre)
- RETHINK (Self-Harm Helpline)
- Winston’s Wish (Bereavement Support)
- Young Carers Gloucestershire
- Carers Gloucestershire
- AGE UK Glos
- GAY GLOS (LGBT)
- Family Lives (for parenting support)
- Young Gloucestershire (Young parents and NEET education and support)
- CGL (Addictions)
- SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide)
- Independence Trust (Mental Health Support Groups)
Specialist Statutory Services
- NHS 2gether Trust Children and young People Service
- Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
- Eating Disorder Service – Brownhill Centre
- The clients GP in the first instance
- NHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams
- NHS 2gether Adult Mental Health Services
- Gloucestershire Recovery in Psychosis (GRIP) Team
- SARC (Sexual Assault referral Centre)
Mental Health Helplines
(https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/)
Anxiety UK
Charity providing support if you’ve been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.
Phone: 03444 775 774
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Bipolar UK
A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder.
Website: www.bipolaruk.org.uk
CALM
CALM is the Campaign against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
Men’s Health Forum
24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.
Website: www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation
Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities.
Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
No Panic
Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia/OCD. Includes a helpline.
Phone: 0844 967 4848 Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
OCD Action
Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources.
Phone: 0845 390 6232
Website: www.ocdaction.org.uk
OCD UK
A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments.
Phone: 0845 120 3778
Website: www.ocduk.org
PAPYRUS
Young suicide prevention society.
Phone: HOPElineUK 0800 068
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
Rethink Mental Illness
Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
Phone: 0300 5000 927
Website: www.rethink.org
SANE
Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
SANEline: 0300 304 7000
Textcare: comfort and care via text message, sent when the person needs it most: http://www.sane.org.uk/textcare
Peer support forum: www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
Website: www.sane.org.uk/support
YoungMinds
Information on child and adolescent mental health. Services for parents and professionals.
Phone: Parents’ helpline 0808 802 5544
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
NSPCC
Children’s charity dedicated to ending child abuse and child cruelty.
Phone: 0800 1111 for Childline for children
0808 800 5000 for adults concerned about a child (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.nspcc.org.uk
Refuge
Advice on dealing with domestic violence.
Phone: 0808 2000 247
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Alcoholics Anonymous
Phone: 0845 769 7555
Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
National Gambling Helpline
Phone 0808 2020 133 (Daily 8am-Midnight)
Website: www.begambleaware.org
Narcotics Anonymous
Phone: 0300 999 1212
Website: www.ukna.org
Alzheimer’s Society
Provides information on dementia, including factsheets and helplines.
Phone: 0300 222 1122
Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care
Phone: 0844 477 9400
Website: www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk
Rape Crisis
To find your local services phone: 0808 802 9999
Website: www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Victim Support
Phone: 0808 168 9111
Website: www.victimsupport.org
Beat
Phone: 0808 801 0677 (adults) or 0808 801 0711 (for under-18s)
Website: www.b-eat.co.uk
Mencap
Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
Phone: 0808 808 1111
Website: www.mencap.org.uk
Family Lives
Advice on all aspects of parenting including dealing with bullying.
Phone: 0808 800 2222
Website: www.familylives.org.uk
Relate
The UK’s largest provider of relationship support.
Website: www.relate.org.uk