Community support

Rethink Mental Illness provides a number of community support services, offering people with severe mental illness the support and help they need to regain confidence to engage in everyday social and workplace activities.

As people’s mental health needs and aspirations change over time, the support we offer is based on a flexible and personalised approach to recovery, working closely with both the individual and their key worker. We constantly strive for improvement to our services and they all operate within our own Quality Assurance Programme.

 

The service could not be improved in my opinion and was excellent in every way. It gives time out from everyday problems and makes you face life's everyday problems with much more clarity and determination to succeed wherever and whenever possible.

Ammar - User of Rethink Mental Illness community support services

Types of services

We offer four types of community support services:

  • community services, offering a broad spectrum of support through one-to-one and small group work which provide informal social contact, practical help and community based opportunities
  • befriending services, offering individuals a volunteer befriender with whom they can build a one-to-one relationship
  • one-to-one community support, to enable individuals to live independently and access opportunities for social involvement locally
  • user involvement services, supporting users of mental health services to influence the planning, delivering and monitoring of service

Why choose Rethink's community support services?

Community support services in your area

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Community support services list

To find out what community support services there are in your local area click the map or enter your postcode on the Search for services page.

Alternatively, please call us on 0300 5000 927.