Mental Health - useful organisations
Alzheimer's Society, Barnet Branch
The Alzheimer's society is a care and research charity for people with all forms of dementia. They provide information and education, and support for carers.
Advice and Information Centre, Edgware Community Hospital, Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware HA8 0AD
- Tel: 020 8937 7171
- Email: barnetbranch01@alzheimers.org.uk
- Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk/barnet
MIND in Barnet
MIND have been providing mental health services to people in Barnet for over 40 years. They have strong links with the local community and encourage people to share their opinions to help shape MIND's policies and the services they provide. MIND also campaign for change and educate the local community on mental health issues.
2 Schoolway, North Finchley, N12 0RY
- Tel: 020 8343 5700
- Fax: 020 8343 5707
- Email: admin@mindinbarnet.org.uk
- Website: www.mindinbarnet.org.uk
Samaritans
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgmental emotional support 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or dispair. You can phone, email, write or see someone face to face in the local Samaritans branch:
40 Queens Road, Bounds Green N11 2QU
- Tel: 08457 909090 (24 hours, 7 days a week) or 020 8889 6888
- Email: jo@samaritans.org
- Website: www.samaritans.org
Saneline
Helpline offering support and information for people experiencing mental health problems and their families and carers. SANE also undertake research into the causes of serious mental illness and help raise awareness and respect for people with mental illness.
- Tel: 08457 678 000 (6-11pm)
- Email: sanemail@sane.org.uk
- Website: www.sane.org.uk
MIYAD Jewish Helpline
Miyad is a national telephone helpline run for the Jewish community and staffed by professionally trained volunteers. They have many years’ experience of providing a listening service to callers, offering them the opportunity to talk and be heard in a confidential and non-judgmental environment.
- Tel: 0800 652 9249
- Website: www.jewishhelpline.co.uk
Richmond Fellowship Barnet (Employment and Day Services)
Richmond Fellowship is one of the biggest providers of mental health care in the country. They offer a wide range of housing, care and community support services, and work extensively with people who might otherwise be excluded from the workplace because of mental ill health.
52 Moxon Street, Barnet, Herts EN5 5TS
- Tel: 020 8364 8466
- Fax: 020 8364 9030
- Email: barnet@richmondfellowship.org.uk
- Website: www.richmondfellowship.org.uk
Rethink
Rethink run support groups for people with severe mental illness and their carers. They also provide services such as advocacy, carer support, employment and training, helplines, housing, nursing and residential care and services dedicated to black and minority ethnic communities.
- Tel: 020 8974 6814
- Email: advice@rethink.org
- Website: www.rethink.org
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