THE WELLBEING CENTRE (SALTBURN) CIC & EVIDENCE OF NEED:
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 to help strengthen them.
Since the opening of our Centre in 2007, we've built an impressive in-house team of specialist practitioners and pool of experienced volunteers (some having lived experience) with an excellent track record of working tirelessly with vulnerable people needing help, linked into and driven by Community need, who've helped shape our CIC organisation and vision.
Since inception of our Community Interest Organisation in October of 2016, by seamlessly bringing together Stakeholders, Management & Steering Committee Members (Many of which are Service Users themselves) and through close collaboration with local service providers, we engage and lead by example to deliver replicable models of care that are holistically tailored and person-centred to each indiviual. Rather than replicate services we plug identified gaps in main stream provision to deliver bepoke projects and support directly needed to people in our local community, who are unable to get the help they need and face crisis.
Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health in 2023 stated prevention was key and further to help requests to access our services by local people, crisis teams, GP's and NHS, yet feedback we have obtained confirms waiting times of up to 18 months to access mental health service provision.
Recent CIC Grant Funded Projects & Services: Comprising Bridge The Gap, Crisis Prevention & Changing Lives and Resilience Programmes are showcased below:
PROJECT: 49 - (SPORT ENGLAND)
EXERCISE FOR HEALTH & WELL-BEING 2025
VALUE: £ 7, 165.00.
In Spring of 2025, we were successfully awarded a grant from Sport England, enabling us to begin teaching YOGA exercise skills to adults living in hard to reach and deprived areas, who face barriers of entry into exercise, mental health problems, addictions, isolation, anxiety and experiencing financial hardship.
Our programmes focus is on teaching basic YOGA exercise fitness to better manage mental health & wellbeing priorities, encourage social interaction & provide gateways to other exercise health and wellbeing services, helping to foster adoption, education of importance & likelihood of people undertaking sport/fitness regimes.
There will be four courses run each quarter begining early Summer of 2025. Each course comprises of 8 x Weekly YOGA Exercise Classes for a maximum of 8 people. The first course of classes will take place on Tuesday afternoons at 13:00pm. Please refer to our Calendar of Events page for more information about the dates andf times of other 3 courses.
To register your interest in securing a place, please email info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk
PROJECT: 48 - (SLEEP OUT)
WELL-BEING ADDICTIONS GROUP SPRING 2025
VALUE: £500.00.
In Spring of 2025, we were awarded a grant from CEO Sleep Out to part fund the continuation of an established Wellbeing Addictions Recovery Group that provides an achor and life line amidst much turbulence for vulnerable adults living in hard to reach and deprived areas across Redcar and Cleveland, who are struggling to manage their addiction and mental health issues. The Grant funded the group for a total of 8 weeks of the proposed 22 weeks. The group meets every tuesday anonymously in a therapeutic and friendly atmosphere in the Saltburn Wellbeing Centre, within a safe, non-judgemental space wihtout stigma.
Groups members are encouraged and given oportunities to engage with wellbeing service organisations both within and outside of the Centre, in a peer group lead setting with highly skilled and experienced in-house Counsellors on hand to provide extra specialist support where necessary.
The groups focus looks at "building up" participants emotional resilience and transferable life skills, so as to empower them to live more flourishing lifestyles without the need to abuse and use substances as crutches anymore.
PROJECT 44 - (WOODSMITH FOUNDATION)
CHANGING LIVES RESILIENCE PROGRAMME (2024 - 2025)
VALUE : £4, 950.00
In the Summer of 2024, the Woodsmith Foundation provided a grant allowing us to deliver a Wellbeing Recovery Group alongside some Therapaeutic Clinical Service Intervention to vulnerable adults contacting us in crisis requesting help. This project directly helped 25 vulnerable adults from our local community in addition to some of their family members and friends, who were also introduced and required help. 8 people received timely access to a full mental health assessment of needs by a qualified specialist in-house therapeutic practitioner and several therapeutic follow-up appointments. Outcomes and feedback from project beneficiaries was very good. We have been sharing our learning and experiences with our steering and management committees, local service organisations including statutory services.
PROJECT 43 - (NATIONAL LOTTERY)
CHANGING LIVES & RESILIENCE PROGRAMME (2024 - 2025)
VALUE : £20, 000.00
In the Summer of 2024, the National L:ottery Awards For All provided a grant allowing us to deliver a 12 month lfexible mental health & wellbeing resilience limited pilot programme to vulnerable adults contacting us in crisis requesting help. This project brought 76 vulnerable adults from our local community together to alleviate social isolation, stress and anxiety, helping people disseminate information about organisations in the local community that may be beneficial to them, including timely access to a full mental health assessment of needs using specialist in-house therapeutic practitioners, who agreed individual care plan packages, tailored around the needs of each indivudal beneficiary and the outcomes they wanted to achieved. This pilot project ended in huge success with some amazing outcomes and feedback from project beneficiaries and we have been sharing our learning and experiences with our steering and management committees, local service organisations and statutory services.
PROJECT: 42 - (POST CODE NEIGHBOURHOOD TRUST FUNDED BY PLAYERS OF THE PEOPLES POST CODE LOTTERY)
CHANGING LIVES PROGRAMME 2024
Value: £24, 965.00
In 2023, 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 Project Programme for an entire year!
The 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.
COMMUNITY WELLBEING & RESILIENCE GROUP
Our Well-Being Recovery & Resilience Group meets Tuesday mornings 10.30am until 12:00pm.
This peer-supported led group is for people in recovery from addiction / substance misuse who are interested in improving their WellBeing. Meeting in an anonymous, non-judgemental safe space to explore challenges, share ideas & learn from each other.
It explores ways of moving on from a life of addiction back into living a life learning new ways and skills 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.
OUR NEW COMMUNITY SEXUAL HEALTH CLINIC - IS NOW OPEN...
A new FREE, community sexual health clinic has opened in Saltburn Wellbeing Centre to serve anyone
experiencing barriers of entry in relation to accessing sexual health services, such as anxiet.
The clinic is facilitated by an experienced NHS community nurse specialist who will provide support & reassurance throughout each appointment.
The clinic operates by appointment only, running every 4 weeks on Tuesdays' between 10.30am and 13:00pm. The next clinic dates are on
the 2nd & 30th September 2025.
Services offered include: Sexual health advice & support, STI screening, contraception & cervical smears, all within a private & confidential setting @ the Saltburn Wellbeing Centre.
The clinic prioritises creating a non-judgemental safe space for all individuals.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please email: info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can call or send us a text message on: 07855 990 491.
COMMUNITY STRESS MANAGEMENT CLINIC
Saltburn Well-Being Centre - Stress Management Course & Workshop
Stress Management Clinic.
Our Next Stress Management Course iScheduled for Winter 2025 runs for 6 weeks.
Book a place or register your interest by emailing info@saltburnwellbeingcentre.co.uk
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
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