Health and Adult Social Care directory

A national charity helping disabled people use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology.

A local day hospital providing mental health services for older people. Part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

A local charity that provides support to families and carers of children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities in Brighton and Hove. They also offer independent support services to young people up until their 25th birthday.

A national charity that provides a range of support services for people affected by anxiety conditions such as panic attacks, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder and phobias.

Artspace Brighton is an Art and Mental Health charity based in a studio on the Bristol Estate, East Brighton.

Artspace increase opportunities for people with experience of mental health issues to engage with art activities in a stable and supportive space.

Self referrals are welcomed with a supportive statement from a professional.

A national charity providing support to mothers suffering from post-natal illness.

Practising mindfulness is a mind-body approach to life that helps you to relate differently to experiences.

A national charity supporting people with learning disabilities to be valued equally, participate fully in their communities and be treated with dignity and respect. They help develop the organisations who provide services, and the people who give support, as well as campaigning for proper funding for support for people with learning disabilities and their family carers, and against bad practice

An independent and impartial charity working to promote the educational needs of young vision impaired individuals under the age of 30.

A national charity that gives guidance and support to veterans as they adjust to sight loss and regain their personal independence. Whatever level of support is needed, Blind Veterans will work with you for the rest of your lives.

If you have an emergency hospital admission the council will try to contact your next of kin and ask them to arrange pet care. If there are no next of kin they will arrange to access your property, remove any pets and place them in an appropriate setting.  There is a charge for this service.

To provide blind and visually impaired passengers access to real time bus information in Brighton & Hove. People using the scheme have a battery-operated key fob which alerts them when they are near one of the talking bus stops. By pressing the fob the bus stop 'talks' to them, giving them details of which services are due, and where they are going to. There are now forty two Talking Bus Stops in the city.