Specialist support - mental health and wellbeing

Needing a little help

Sometimes we may need more specific support with our mental health, to help us to remain as independent as possible, and there are several places within and outside the borough we can access this support.

Mental health centres and drop-ins

Mental Health Enablement Drop-in Service. Provides advice, information and advocacy to people who have mental health support needs. There is also support for healthy living, coping skills, developing community links, increasing confidence, lessening isolation and improving mental and physical wellbeing.

General drop-in for advice and support:

• (Mixed) Mon and Wed 10am-12pm, Friday 10am-4pm,
• (Women only) Thursday – 10am-4pm
• Mental Health Resource Centre, 1st Floor, 65C Park Avenue, Enfield EN1 2HL. Tel 020 8364 1855

Additional information Factsheet

• Enfield Counselling Service
• MIND in Enfield
• NHS Enfield Talking Therapies
• The Wellbeing Co.
• Wellbeing Connect Services

Local and national helplines

• Enfield crisis line
• Samaritans
• Rethink – Call: 0845 456 0455 (Monday to Friday, 10am – 2pm)
  Rethink is the largest severe mental illness charity in the UK. The advice team are available to provide specialist advice on a wide range of mental health issues.
• Saneline – Call: 0300 304 7000 (Daily 4:30pm – 10:30pm)
  Saneline is an out-of-hours telephone helpline offering practical information, crisis care and emotional support to anybody affected by mental health problems.
• Maytree
• CALM
• Silver Line
• Grassroots
• Papyrus
• Shout
• Young Minds
• FRANK helpline – Call: 0800 77 6600 (24 hours a day)
  The FRANK campaign helpline provides information and advice about drugs and information on local services. The service can take calls in over 120 languages via a three way call with a translator.
• LGBT
• Premier Lifeline
  0300 111 0101
  Helpline providing a listening service, information, emotional and spiritual support from a Christian perspective
• NHS information

Supported learning

• Community Link College
• Clarendon Recovery College, Haringey (funding required outside of borough)

Support with bills and energy efficiency

• LEAP
• The HEET Project
• Shine London
• Citizens Advice Bureau – Access to information on benefits and tax credits if you are working or unemployed, sick or disabled, a parent, a young person, an older person or a veteran. There is also information about council tax and housing costs, national insurance, payment of benefits and problems with benefits.
• Mind in Enfield – Advice on welfare benefits. Provides information, advice and support to help individuals apply for entitles welfare benefits and provide representation at welfare benefits appeals, tribunals and revisions.
• Riverside Care and Support, Engage Enfield – 18+, Individual tailored support. Vulnerable & in need of short – medium term housing related support 1:1 Key work, telephone support. At risk of losing home, homeless, temporary accommodation, moving on from supported-tenancy.

Wavelength charity, offering radios, TVs and tablets to people who are isolated

Wavelength charity, offering radios, TVs and tablets to people who are isolated.

Family support

Family support:

• Family Based Solutions

Requiring additional assistance

If you’re living with a longer-term or more severe mental health condition, you may need more specialised support and advice. You can also access the more informal support listed above, to help manage your symptoms.

Other Mental Health Services

Mental Health Enablement Service – Short-term referred service, working closely with people who have mental health support needs to achieve independent living, community participation, healthy living, self-determination, and an improved quality of life (referral via mental health teams).

• Mental Health Resource Centre, 1st Floor, 65C Park Avenue, Enfield EN1 2HL
• Tel 020 8364 1855

Additional information factsheet

• Mental Health information Mind - a-z mental-health