URGENT HELP if you need help straightaway
Samaritans - call 116 123. Available 24/7.
SHOUT text SHOUT to 85258.
Hopeline UK – if you’re under 35 – call 0800 068 41 41 - 9am to 10pm weekdays, 2pm to 10pm weekends.
Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression and Stress Services
In Stockport
Open Door -Making Space
Our service provides people living in Stockport access to fast mental health and wellbeing support tailored to individual needs.
Our friendly and caring team provides immediate crisis management and emotional support, taking a person-centred approach to hearing your needs and creating an action plan.
What we offer
We can offer you support via telephone, video calling and face to face at our hub in Stockport town centre.
There is no wrong door, our door is always open to anyone who needs us. By offering an environment where we work collaboratively to understand your strengths and build on your resilience, we explore what you need, what you want and how to get there, we are able to ensure the right support is available at the right time!
You do not need a referral into Open Door and you can contact us directly. You can also ask another professional involved in your care to make a referral on your behalf should you prefer. You do not need to have a formal mental health diagnosis in order to access our support.
If you require 24/7 mental health support, please use the below details:
- Pennine 24/7 helpline (0800 014 9995)
- Samaritans (116 123)
Contact Details
0161 549 9717
opendoorstockport@makingspace.co.uk
72-74 Prince’s Street, Stockport SK1 1RJ
Self Help -The Big Life Group
The Big Life group provide a wide range of support, including services on behalf of the NHS, for people living with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, phobias and panic attacks, including:
NHS Talking Therapies: NHS Talking Therapies involve talking to someone trained to help you deal with negative feelings. They can help anyone who is experiencing distress. You do not have to be told by a doctor that you have a mental health problem to be offered or benefit from a talking therapy.
Contact Details
0161 848 2420
stockportpws@selfhelpservices.org.uk
Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 4ZY
Rethink Mental illness
As a leading charity provider of mental health services in England, we’re on a mission to bring about meaningful change: to our health and social care system, to the way society views mental illness, and to people’s lives across the country.
People affected by mental illness are at the heart of everything we do.
Their insight shapes our advice, information, and around 200 groups and services – from housing to employment, carer support to legal advice. Their passion and courage drives our campaigns to change the law and tackle discrimination. And the rich diversity of their experience helps us make sure that our services are accessible to everyone – whatever their background or identity.
Contact Details
Stockport Progress Recovery Centre (SPARC)
Stockport Progress and Recovery Centre is a local voluntary organisation providing support to adults in the Stockport area who experience mental health problems.
We offer a range of leisure, therapeutic, educational and social activities and facilities, developed in consultation with our members, in order to promote integration and mental and social well being.
Contact Details
0161 429 9744
Progress House, 35A Adswood Lane East, STOCKPORT, SK2 6RE
Stockport and District Mind
Every year, one in four of us will experience a mental health problem. Here at Stockport and District Mind we believe no one should have to face this problem alone.
Whether it’s you or a loved one, we offer supportive and reliable information in order to empower you and outline the number of choices you have available. Find out more by taking a look at our webpages.
Contact Details
0161 480 7393
Disability Stockport, 23 High Street, SK1 1EG
Other Services outside Stockport and available Nationwide
African & Caribbean Mental Health Service (ACMHS)
ACMHS is a community-based organisation providing free and confidential culturally appropriate services to the African and African Caribbean communities as well as other minority groups aged 18 and over. The team offer support for anyone struggling with their mental health, whether it be experiencing anxiety disorders, depression, postnatal depression, social anxiety and phobias, stress reaction or other psychological problems.
ACMHS offer one to one and couples counselling, mindfulness therapy, group sessions, and drop ins for a variety of social activities such as sport and artand more.
ACMHS is open Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm. Visit the website for more information.
Contact Details
0161 226 9562
admin@acmhs-blackmentalhealth.org.uk
African & Caribbean Mental Health Services, Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Moss Side, Manchester M16 7WD
Deaf Rainbow
Deaf Rainbow UK provide information and resources for the Deaf LGBTIQA+ community. As we all know, the LGBTIQA+ community have endured oppression and harassment for years, and still do. Deaf LGBTIQA+ people are an even smaller minority with an added layer of audism; this lead to the Deaf LGBTIQA+ UK Facebook group, which is still running. A whole bunch of Deaf LGBTIQA+ people got together, and created a website especially. Should you need advice around parenting, surrogacy, your mental health, sexual health or your own sexuality, the team are there to support you.
Contact Details
For general enquiries, use the contact form
Facebook:@DeafRainbowUK Twitter:@DeafRainbowUK Instagram: @deafrainbowuk
The Emotional Wellbeing Hub
The Emotional Wellbeing Hub which provides information, advice, and guidance for anyone up to the age of 25 for emotional wellbeing and mental health concerns.
Access to this is through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) – 0161 217 6028 – 8.30am-5pm Mon – Thurs 8.30am-4.30pm on Friday.
Contact Details
0161 217 6028
Hub of Hope
The Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database and is provided by national mental health charity, Hub of Hope brings thousands of local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support and services together in one place.
To date, the Hub of Hope has directed hundreds of thousands of people to life-changing and even life-saving support and it is now the UK’s go-to mental health support signposting tool.
The services and support listed on the Hub of Hope are not only for when things become unbearable, they are also for times when we're starting to struggle or need extra support.
Contact Details
Living Life to the Full
Life can get on top of us all at times due to work related issues, family worries, sleep difficulties or physical health problems.
Living Life to the Full is a resource based on the cognitive behavioural therapy approach.
It includes free courses that can help you to overcome low mood, build resilience and confidence, tackle upset thinking, help expectant mums and new parents and more. The courses can also help you to face the challenge of living with long term health conditions.
Plus there are course resources for carers and supporters.
These resources are free to anyone living in Greater Manchester.
Visit the GM Health Hub for more information and to sign up to Living Life to the Full.
Contact Details
01360 661 078
Visit the Greater Manchester Health Hub
Five Areas Ltd, Suite 0-07, Titan Enterprise Business Centre, 1 Aurora Avenue, Clydebank G81 1BF Scotland
Samaritans
Every day, Samaritans respond to around 10,000 calls for help.
They're there, day or night, if you're struggling to cope, need someone to listen without judgement or pressure. They're experienced in listening to people with suicidal thoughts, feelings and plans and are here to support you:
- when you’re desperate or on edge, they can help you get through that moment
- they’ll help you make sense of what you’re feeling
- They can identify other forms of help
They too can help if you know someone who is having thoughts about ending their life. You can contact the Samaritans for emotional support by phone and by email, or you can download their self help app.
Contact Details
Heaton Moor Centre, Thornfield Road, Stockport, SK4 3LD
SilverCloud
SilverCloud offers online therapy for residents aged 18 and over with online programmes that can help ease stress levels, improve sleep or build resilience. The programmes will help to teach you techniques based on cognitive behavioural therapy. There are many activities to complete, which help you to make practical changes in your thinking and behaviour, to manage your mood or anxiety.
To access this service go to: https://gm.silvercloudhealth.com/ signup/
In most cases, you’ll get instant access to the programme. Then a therapist will provide up to six weekly online reviews to help you to get the most out of the programme.
Contact Details
0207 183 420
Complete their contact form via their website
Suite 1350, Kemp House, 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX
TogetherAll
Formerly known as the Big White Wall, Togetherall represents our community, which is open and inclusive to all people. Togetherall offers a place of safety without judgement for people to get together virtually to support each other. They too provide recommended resources, information and self-guided courses to support you whether you're struggling with depression, anxiety or other common mental health related problems.
You can access togetherall 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Contact Details
Complete their contact form via their website
36-38 Whitefriars Street, London EC4Y 8BQ
Useful Information and Resources from Mental Health UK
Mood Swings Network
This service provides a range of services for people affected by a mood disorder such as depression, including their family and friends.
Phone: 0161 832 3736 (10am – 4pm, Monday to Friday)
Email: info@moodswings.org.uk
Website: www.moodswings.org.uk
The Conservation Volunteers
This organisation helps people to get involved in local conservation projects and has Green Gyms.
Website: www.tcv.org.uk
Do-it
This is an organisation that supports people to get into volunteering across the country.
Website: www.do-it.org
Pandas Foundation
This organisation provides advice and support for people struggling with pre and postnatal depression.
Phone: 0843 28 98 401
Email: info@pandasfoundation.org.uk
Website: www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care
This organisation provides support for people struggling with bereavement. They offer support by telephone and in local centres across the country.
Phone: 0808 808 1677
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Counselling Directory
This website has lots of information about depression and other self-help resources.
Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk/depression.html
Overcoming
This website has information on self-help guides you can buy for a range of different conditions. They are not free resources but can read reviews of different books here. You may be able to get some of the books cheaper if you buy them second hand.
Website: www.overcoming.co.uk
Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) resources
This website is from the NHS. It has a selection of different resources that can help with depression.
Website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/pages/low-mood-stress-anxiety.aspx
Selfhelp (Improving Mental Health)
Are you feeling...
- Worried or anxious -
- Stressed out -
- Hopeless and sad -
- Tired and exhausted
We offer a range of services across Stockport including one-to-one support, groups, workshops and eTherapy to help you on your journey to recovery
To find out more or refer:
0161 480 2020
