Health and Adult Social Care directory

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.

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.

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

Information and advice about the Mental Capacity Act.

Shared Lives is a way to support adults who are unable to live independently. The scheme places the adult with a carer who offers accommodation, care and support in their own home. It is similar to fostering. Shared Lives providers train, support and pay carers to provide support in this way. Support can be provided full time, short breaks, respite or day activities.

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'

Specialist help is available from the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) to enable adults with learning disabilities to live full and healthy lives. The service supports people with a learning disability aged 18 years and older who live permanently in the city or are registered with a GP practice in the city.

We help people with learning disabilities to make choices, have increased opportunities, access mainstream services and take part in the local community.

Brighton Table Tennis Club works with people of all ages, especially young people, to improve health, celebrate diversity and build a strong community. They run sessions for young people of all ages and backgrounds, those aged 50+, adults with learning disabilities, children in care, at over 10 schools, colleges and more.

Care Management Group supports adults with learning disabilities who may also have other complex needs such as autism, mental health needs, challenging behaviour or physical disabilities, to live as independently as possible in the community. Their personalised services include supported living, residential care, day services and outreach in the Brighton area.