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Mental health support services in Wiltshire
Alabaré offers a range of community mental health support services for people aged 16+ who live in Wiltshire or who are registered with a Wiltshire GP.
Access Community Mental Health Team
Our Access Community Mental Health team helps people access the right mental health support when they need it.
Working alongside you, our experienced team will help you:
- Identify your goals and help you take steps to achieve them
- Access local mental health services, such as wellbeing groups or counselling
- Access resources available to you in your local community
- Develop coping techniques to boost your resilience
- Plan your next steps, focusing on building your independence and long-term wellbeing
This service is available to anyone aged 16+ living in Wiltshire or who is registered with a Wiltshire GP.
Refer yourself or someone else by filling in our referral form or by contacting us using the details below.
Refer yourself
Professional referrals
Please email completed referral forms to AccessCommunityMentalHealth@alabare.co.uk.
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Our reception team are available from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday
Riverside Sanctuary
Riverside Sanctuary is a free drop-in service for anyone aged 16+ living in Wiltshire who is struggling with their mental health to find support.
The sanctuary is a place of calm where you can find non-judgmental, confidential support for your mental wellbeing.
We also run weekly group activities, including cooking, crafting and gaming sessions.
If you are a friend, relative or support worker, you are welcome to come along to support someone who is struggling.
Opening times and how to find us
Riverside Sanctuary is open every day from 4-11pm.
Our address is:
2 Watt Road
Salisbury
SP2 7UD
Follow the signs to the rear of the building.
Intensive Outreach Service
The Intensive Outreach Service provides personalised support to help people transition from in-patient mental health care back into the community and provides intensive support to people in their own homes.
We take a person-centred, trauma-informed approach, including a step up and step down service.
This service is open to referrals via Avon and Wiltshire NHS Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWP). To make a referral or have a discussion, please contact us on the details below.
Professional referrals
Hope House
Hope House in Chippenham is a short-term residential service providing a safe environment for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
As a 'peer respite' house, we provide a compassionate space where our guests can work through their challenges with stability and support, as well as forge connections and take part in a variety of activities.
Our expert team specialise in supporting people experiencing feelings of depression, low mood and suicidal thoughts. Staff are present 24 hours a day and are highly trained to support guests in emotional distress.
We work alongside NHS teams to support our guests with their clinical treatment plans, encouraging them to discover renewed hope and courage for the future.
Professional referrals
Referrals to Hope House are managed by the local Mental Health Intensive Support Team. The referrals process is a collaborative process which fully involves the person being referred. For more information, please contact us using the details below.
SMI Physical Health Checks Outreach
SMI Physical Health Checks are available to people in Wiltshire on the Serious Mental Illness Register. Our team helps people access physical health checks and health improvement plans, any follow up appointments, and to develop their personal health improvement plans.
Referrals
About our partnership
We've been putting mental health first for over 35 years. From our inception by a small but passionate group of social workers and nurses in the 1980s to becoming an organisation of over 300 staff delivering 25 services to nearly 8,000 clients across the South West in 2023, this is our story:
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