Taking care of yourself

Here you can find useful information from other services to help you take care of yourself.

Other useful services and information:

Adult Mental Health information
Mental Health Advice and Support Line (24/7 Hull and East Yorkshire): Freephone: 0800 138 0990
East Riding Partnership (Drugs & Alcohol): 01482 344690
Samaritans Helpline: 116 123
YOURhealth (Health and Lifestyle Services): 0800 917 7752
CRUSE bereavement services: 0808 808 1677
MIND: visit the website here or call 01482 240200
Domestic violence services: 01482 396368
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Every Mind Matters

Children and Young people:

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS): Both Contact Point teams can be contacted between 9am and 5pm weekdays excluding bank holidays.
- Hull Contact Point tel: 01482 303688
- East Riding Contact Point tel: 01482 303810
Humber CAMHS website – Core CAMHS | Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and CAMHS Crisis & Intensive Home Treatment Team | Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Humber Integrated Specialist Public Health Nursing Service
Every Mind Matters – looking after a child’s or young person’s mental health for parents/carers
Every Mind matters- mental health and self-care for young people
Corner House: Working with young people around sexual health and emotional well-being. Offering support groups for LGBT+ young people aged 11-17, who want to socialise with other young people experiencing similar things to them: http://www.wearecornerhouse.org/

Students:

Student Space

This site provide help and guidance for students through coronavirus. Students in Higher Education across England and Wales can use Student Space to explore a range of trusted information on key challenges for student life during the pandemic, access additional services such as a phone line and text support, and find out about support services within their place of study. Student Space is ran by Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity in collaboration with a range of partners, students and experts. Please do make your networks aware of Student Space: https://studentspace.org.uk/

Perinatal mental health:

Men’s support services:

Older Adults:

Silver line: The Silver Line Helpline – 0800 4 70 80 90
Age UK- befriending service – 01482 324 644
University of the 3^rd Age (U3A) Click the locations below form more information:
- Cottingham
- Beverley
- Hornsea
- Driffield
- Hessle
- Swanland

Safeguarding adults and children

East Riding Local Authority – Children: 01482 395500 and Adult: 01482 396940
Hull Local Authority – Children: 01482 448879 and Adult: 01482 616092
North Yorkshire Local Authority – Children & Adults: 01609 534527

Other Useful Services:

Matthews Hub – A support service for Autistic people ages 13 and over
Humber all Nations Alliance (HANA) BAME support
Conifer Sexual Health – Sexual and reproductive health care service.
Yorkshire MESMAC is one of the oldest and largest sexual health organisations in the country. Offering services to various communities across Yorkshire, including men who have sex with men, people of colour and other marginalised races, people misusing drugs, sex workers and LGBT+ young people and adults.

LGBT Support Organisations

There are a number of LGBT organisations that offer support both locally and nationally. Click the underlined titles below to access their own websites for more useful information.

Stonewall – Information and support for LGBT communities and their allies.
FFLAG – is a national voluntary organisation and registered charity dedicated to supporting parents and families and their LGBT+ members.
PFLAG – provides free support for parents, friends and family of LGBT+ people in the UK.
Mermaids UK – Supporting trans and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families.
Switchboard LGBT – A safe space for anyone to discuss anything, including sexuality, gender identity, sexual health and emotional wellbeing.
Consortium LGBT – A focus forum for all local LGBT interest groups in the Hull & East Riding of Yorkshire.

COVID-19 useful links

COVID-19 Wellbeing Support Service – a free self-help resource with videos for people struggling with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic or those experiencing symptoms of Long COVID/Post COVID-19 syndrome.
Your COVID Recovery | Supporting your recovery after COVID-19 – support and self-help materials for people experiencing symptoms of Long COVID/Post COVID-19 syndrome and their family, friends and carers.