Health and Adult Social Care directory

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

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.

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

Information and advice about the Mental Capacity Act.

Mental health Information for young people in Brighton and Hove.

Brighton and Hove Recovery College uses education in a supportive learning environment to help people with mental health challenges become experts in their own self-care and recovery.

Courses are co-produced and co-delivered by people with lived experience of mental health challenges and people who have gained experience through training or work. They range from one-day workshops to longer courses running for eight weeks, on subjects including 'Managing Depression', 'Work and Wellbeing', 'Returning to Learning' and 'Wellbeing in the Wild for Men'

A local sexual health and contraception service.

A local sexual health service for anyone who identifies as trans or gender variant (partners are welcome too). The clinic runs every three months is free of charge and completely confidential, their staff have been trained in trans awareness.

NHS service providing support to people aged up to 65 years old who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis.

A local service for young people who are experiencing mental health or emotional wellbeing difficulties.

The site offers advice and support on a range of low to moderate mental health or emotional wellbeing issues such as anxiety, depression, self-harm and eating disorders as well as signposting to services that are more specialist where your need is greater.

All services accept self-referrals and some offer drop-in sessions.

A searchable online database of free or low cost activities. If you want to get out and about more, meet new people or just want to know what's going on in your area, It's Local Actually can help you. Simply put in a keyword or your post code, and the database will come back to you with plenty of information.

You can also search the database for businesses and services to help you at home.