Funded Services: Bridge The Gap, Crisis Prevention & Changing Lives Programme
Public Health England Statistics show that our regional area is of high deprivation, negatively impacting on peoples' mental health, employability, our economy and local statutory services, with hospital admissions for self harm & suicidial rates recorded amongst the highest in the United Kingdom. Local Adult Health & Scrutiny Committee cites increased pressure and clearly identified a need to increase mental health service provision in our communities.
Since opening the Centre in 2007, we've built an in-house team of specialist practitioners and pool of experienced volunteers (some having lived experience) and an excellent track record of working tirelessly with vulnerable people needing help, linked into and driven by Community need, who help shape our organisation and vision, by seamlessly bringing together Stakeholders, Management & Committee Members and through close collaboration with local service providers, engage and lead by example to deliver replicable models of care that are holistically tailored and person-centred to each indiviual, plugging identified gaps in provision and alleviating strain on traditional main-stream services.
Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health in 2023 stated prevention was key and further to help requests to access our services from local people, crisis teams, GP's and NHS waiting times of up to 18 months to access mental health counselling, we approached the People's Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, to request their financial support to fund our Changing Lives Programme and in Nov 2023 they awarded us with a Grant to run this service for an entire year!
Our programmes focus was on providing immediate access to a Mental Health Service Provision to people in Tees Valley Area suffering addiction, anxiety, depression and at high risk of crisis. This included a full assessment of need, structured support & access to referral pathways and a Weekly " Changing Lives Addictions, Depression & Alleviation of Social Anxiety & Isolation " Drop-In Group to help develop coping strategies and life-skills to manage & maintain their mental health.
We have learnt that being able to provide immediate grassroot help, support and resources to people who would otherwise fall into crisis, results in fewer unnecessary GP emergency and secondary mental health appointments. The outcomes and feedback from participants over the past 12 months, demonstrate this projects comprehensive and replicable model successfully works.
Furthermore increased productive contributions to the community resulting through voluntary work and increased employability, has left a lasting legacy model of care, lead by example for others to replicate. Every beneficiary received immediate help at a crucial juncture to change their lives and stop further decline, helping to reduce strain on their carers, immediate families and statutory services, with good outcomes and positive impacts on our community.
Many beneficiaries stated they were unable to access timely support intervention and help from main-stream services, being simply unaware of the help and support available to them. This project closed on 31st December 2024 with a high demand for crisis intervention, help with alleviating social anxiety and isolation with some still requiring further therapeutic sessions, ongoing help with liaising and advocacy together in-house counselling sessions over the medium term, in order to address and overcome more deep-routed issues.
Our ethos and policy is NEVER to turn anyway away who needs timely urgent access to intervention services and help. Thanks to the grant received from The People's Postcode Neighbourhood Trust (funded by players of The Postcode Lottery) four peoples lives were saved, whilst many others received urgent, immediate help and support, including access to the weekly Drop-In Group.
Here at the WellBeing Centre we regularly find people accessing help because they just don't know where to go or what to do. We approached the National Lottery Community Fund, to request their support to help fund our Services as the need was evident, but prior to this, we were not funded for this type of work previously.
This short term project helps provide evidence of need and assists those most vulnerable in our community, who are in urgent need of help and experiecing barriers of entry such as social anxiety or financial hardshop and thus unable to access timely service interventions.
If you or someone you know finds themselves slipping through the net of health and well being services then get in touch for an
appointment and we will liaise and do all we can to help you access the services that are right for you
eMail: info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk Tel: 01287 20 44 00 or alternatively send us a text to: 07855 99 04 91
WellBeing Recovery Group
Our Well-Being Recovery Group has re-started and meets every Tuesday morning 10.00am until 12:00pm.
The WellBeing Recovery group is for people who are in recovery from Alcohol/Drug addiction. The group focuses on WellBeing. This group creates a safe space for people to explore any challenges and learn from each other.
It explores ways of moving on from a life of addiction back into living a life with new ways of coping with difficulties.
If you think you or someone close to you could benefit from this group please get in touch for more information.
Stress Management Clinic
Saltburn Well-Being Centre - Stress Management Course & Workshop
We will be re-commencing our Stress Management Clinic Summer 2025.
Our Stress Management Courses run for 6 weeks.
Please contact us to register your interest by emailing info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk
eMail: info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk Tel: 01287 20 44 00 or alternatively send us a text to: 07855 99 04 91
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