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Mental Health

Every day we advise clients whose practical problems are made far harder to conquer because of their mental health issues.  Whether you're living with a mental health problem or supporting someone else with a mental health problem, having access to the right information is vital. 

Here, we have drawn together some of the resources which are available to local residents. 

 

Urgent advice: Get advice from 111 or ask for an urgent GP appointment if you need urgent help:

You can access 111 online https://111.nhs.uk/triage/check-your-mental-health-symptoms or call 111 and select the mental health option.  111 will tell you the right place to get help.

A GP can advise you about helpful treatments and help you access mental health services.   You may be able to refer yourself to some services.

 

Samaritans

Call the Samaritans for free on 116 123 for 24-hour support. They also offer support by email, letter and face-to-face. 

 

Local Resources and Contacts

The Release the Pressure phone line is free, confidential and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The service is provided by an independent charity called Rethink Mental Illness and funded by Kent County Council. Call 0800 107 0160 and select option 1 to speak to someone on the Release the Pressure helpline team.  You can also access information via their website:

 

Tunbridge Wells Safe Haven offers out-of-hours mental health support to anyone aged 18+ in the Kent area. You can drop in to their Tunbridge Wells address without an appointment, or call them Monday to Sunday, 6pm-11pm.

Phone: 07967876654/07967876702 Email: tunbridgewells.mhm@nhs.net

Address: Brains Matter Charity, 3 Culverden Park, Tunbridge Wells, TN4 9QT

 

West Kent Mind provides information on where to seek support and details of the services they offer.

 

The NHS website provides information on where to seek help with mental health issues. 

 

You may also be able to access talking therapies.  

 

At PWCAC we are not trained in supporting with mental health, but are aware that factors such as financial difficulties, issues with housing, and relationship breakdown can cause people’s mental health to deteriorate, and we are able to provide support in those areas.  


PWCAC is OPEN for face-to-face advice (appointments and drop-ins) Monday to Friday, 9:30 – 1:30. If you need advice about welfare benefits, housing and homelessness, debt, relationship breakdown, consumer issues or anything else, 

get in touch: info@pwadvice.org | 01892 838619    

94 Commercial Road, Paddock Wood, TN12 6DP

 
 
 

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