Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Mental Health section of our website.
Over the past few years our mental health and wellbeing has taken a strain on all of us.
With the pandemic and now the recent fuel and cost of living price increases many of us will at some stage need help and assistance with our mental health*.
Below are details of organisations and professionals that will be able to help you with any problems or concerns that you might have.
If you are suffering remember, please just ask for help.
*Depression, Anxiety, OCD, PTSD and Suicidal thoughts.
Suicide Prevention Advice
Click on the button below to download the helpful SPA document on how to stay safe or keep a friend or partner safe.
Mental Health Support Groups
If you are struggling to cope with anxiety and depression, NHS talking therapies can help.
They're effective and confidential.
Your GP can refer you or you can refer yourself online.
Click on the image above to be redirected to the NHS Talking Therapies website.
Uplift is a free service for anyone in Sutton experiencing difficulties and symptoms related to stress, anxiety and depression.
We are currently working with them on a new LGBTQ tailored service for the Sutton Community
If you would like to self refere with Uplift please
click here.
For Youth Mental Health services please click here for the
Youth section.
Advice and understanding
You are always best placed to make decisions about your life. We want you to finish your call feeling you have options.
Open 10:00-22:00 every day
chris@switchboard.lgbt
Emails are typically replied to within 72 hours
Every seven seconds, we respond to a call for help.
No judgement.
No pressure.
We're here for anyone who needs someone.
Click on the image above to be redirected to the Samaritans website.
Information about depression, its symptoms and possible causes, and how you can access treatment and support. Includes tips on caring for yourself, and guidance for friends and family.
Click on the image above to be redirected.
Inspire is a community drug and alcohol service for anyone over the age of 18 living in the London Borough of Sutton. You can refer yourself or be referred by your GP, housing provider, probation and other professionals.
We also run a service for under 18s called Switch Sutton
Click on the image above to be redirected.
Click on the button below to download the pdf.
Mattrix is our free social and support group for gay and bisexual men taking place online.
For more info, dates and sign-up email mattrix@londonfriend.org.uk.
TransActual is all too aware of the challenges that trans people, and especially trans BPOC, can face when accessing healthcare. And they know that this has been further exacerbated by Covid-19.
Because of this, today they have launched a new resource for trans people: ‘Seeking support from your GP’.
We have added this information to our website or you can click here to be taken to PDF to download.