Support Services

Once you have come along to one of our Welcome Sessions and have attended an ‘Understanding your Needs’ appointment with a member of the team, we will give you our Open Access Timetable for each Centre. This will show you the groups you can start coming along to from day one with no waiting list. These services are ideal to come along to while you’re waiting to access one of our courses, or if you want some light touch mental health support. All of these services are available for as long as you need them.

Some of these groups include:

Drop In – weekly drop in sessions at each Centre. Feel free to pop in as often as you like, grab a cuppa and have a chat with other women.

Creative Groups – weekly groups at each Centre where you can take part in creative activities.

Physical Activity Groups – weekly groups such as walking and exercise to help you improve your mental health and fitness at the same time!

Themed Groups – we offer a range of groups that meet regularly depending on the needs of the women accessing our services. These include drop in support for young women aged 16 – 25, a Sisterhood Circle for women from ethnically minoritised communities, Rise & Renew for women impacted by domestic abuse or crime, and a Mother & Baby Group. We also have a weekly group for women who experience low mood, anxiety and depression. We offer a support group for women with neurodivergent needs.

Therapeutic Activities – we run regular groups to improve wellbeing such as Positive Notes Singing Group, Relaxation, Creative Writing, Book Group, and some one to one Reiki sessions.

Sunday Lunch Group – we offer a fortnightly group for women to reduce social isolation, women come together to enjoy a meal and good company at our Newcastle Centre.

We have a range of mental health services available that are time limited and cover specific topics or themes. We run these based on demand, so we have a waiting list system. You can request to be added to any of our waiting lists at any point and we will contact you when we have a start date. These services include our Mental Health Courses, some themed groups, and Counselling.

Positive About Me – this is a confidence building programme to help you feel more positive and able to move into some of our other services.

Mood, Food & Me – this is a programme to explore the relationship between mental health and eating habits.

Better Out Than In – this programme will help you to explore anger, expressoin anger in a healthy way, and assertiveness skills.

Safety Net – this programme will help you to develop coping strategies around self harm and suicidal feelings using creative tools.

Grief & Loss – this course will help you to understand and manage emotions after bereavement.

Domestic Abuse Support – this programme will help you to understand the impact of domestic abuse on mental health and will help you to develop coping strategies and resilience.

Art – this course will help you develop creative skills, even if you think you don’t have any!

Mind, Body, Wellness – this course is focussed on the connection between mental health and physical health with practical advice on living mindfully.

Stress Awareness – this is a programme to help you develop coping strategies and stress management skills.

Surviving to Thriving – this course will help you to understand traumatic experiences and develop coping strategies.

Shades of Strength – this group is aimed at women form ethnically diverse backgrounds to share experiences, gain peer support and access some structured mental health support.

Young Women in Mind – a range of support can be offered for young women aged 16-25, including some of the courses listed above.

Counselling – you can access our counselling service by internal referral only, please speak to a member of the team to discuss your needs and explore if our counselling service is suitable.

We offer a range of opportunities to support you to maintain your wellbeing as well as opportunities to explore your future progression, such as:

Resilience Skills – a regular group to help women develop life skills such as budgeting, digital awareness, and signposting to more specialist support.

Linked Women – a service user voice group where you can meet with staff and Trustees to help us improve our services.

Routes to Recovery & Beyond – we can offer longer term programmes to help you identify future goals and explore how to achieve them.

Social Activities – we offer regular coffee mornings and other social activities which you are welcome to attend.