Brighter Birkenhead
C/O St Catherines Surgery, 1st and 2nd Floor, St Catherines Health Centre, Church Road, Birkenhead CH42 0LQ
Health and Wellbeing Zone
We know that many of life’s problems can make us feel unwell. Lots of people visit their GPs for support with feeling lonely or isolated, work stress, money or housing problems, managing their weight and feeling down or anxious. Please see below for local and national support available for many common problems that may be impacting your wellbeing.
Wirral Infobank
For local Health and Wellbeing support services, visit Wirral Infobank.
https://www.wirralinfobank.co.uk/
Weight Loss and Healthy Lifestyle Support
NHS Better Health Lose weight – Better Health – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Diabetes UK Healthy Eating Healthy eating | Living with diabetes | Diabetes UK
Eating Disorder Support
https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/
Mental Health Support
Samaritans
If you are suffering or struggling to cope, call 116 123 to speak to a Samaritan or visit the website.
For help and advice on managing your mental health, visit the following sites
Mental Health Foundation | Everyone deserves good mental health
YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People | YoungMinds
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/
Talking Together Wirral
Talking Together Wirral is a free, confidential NHS talking therapy service, available to anyone who is aged 16+ and registered with a GP in Wirral. https://www.insightiapt.org/locations/wirral/
Kooth.com – Online support for young people
Kooth offers free emotional support including; immediate access to online counselling, self-help resources and peer to peer support. No referral is required and people can sign up anonymously. To access Kooth visit https://www.kooth.com/
Kooth offers young people (aged 11-25) in Wirral the opportunity to have a text-based conversation with a qualified counsellor. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop-in basis.
The Martin Gallier Project
The Martin Gallier Project is dedicated to preventing suicides, breaking down stigmas & supporting families in the North-West. https://www.themartingallierproject.org/
Compañeros Crisis Café
Located in the heart of Birkenhead, Compañeros is fully embedded as a community crisis-alternative within Wirral. Support is available to anyone aged 18 and over experiencing or anticipating a self-defined mental health crisis. Compañeros accept referrals from health and care services, and people can also walk-in/self-refer. Compañeros – Spider Project.
Cost Of Living Support
Citizens Advice https://citizensadvicewirral.org.uk/cost-of-living/
Wirral FoodBank. Wirral Foodbank can provide three days’ worth of food to people who suddenly find themselves without any food or money to buy it; this can be for a range of reasons: https://wirral.foodbank.org.uk/
Addiction Support
Local Drugs and Alcohol Support Wirral Ways to Recovery | Change Grow Live
Gambling: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/gambling-addiction/
Alcohol https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-advice/alcohol-support/
Drugs Drug addiction: getting help – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Binge Eating https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/binge-eating/overview/
