HIVE Directory: Support For Mental Health

Thank you for contacting Alzheimer’s Society, following government guidance our local office is currently closed.

Our staff are working from home and messages sent to this mail box will be accessed on a daily basis from Monday to Friday and will respond as soon as possible.

If you require urgent support please contact the Dementia Connect Helpline Tel: 0333 150 3456

Advice and tips for keeping active and involved after a diagnosis of dementia.

The Caritas is run together with the North End Baptist Church, delivering social action, homeless and mental health support.

COVID-19 Update: Internet and/or Telephone Based

The Good Mental Health Cooperative is a social enterprise which aims to challenge stigma and exclusion, and make the best possible use of community potential to educate, support and promote good mental health.

Kooth is a free online counselling and emotional well-being support service providing young people aged 11-18 years (up to 19th birthday) in Portsmouth with a safe and secure means of accessing support with their emotional health and wellbeing needs from a professional team of qualified counsellors.

• A free, confidential, anonymous and safe way to receive support online.
• Out of hours’ availability. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop in basis.
• Online counselling from a professional team of BACP qualified counsellors is available via 1-1 chat sessions or messaging on a drop in basis or via booked sessions.
• Discussion boards which are all pre-moderated allow young people to access peer to peer support.
• Online magazine full of moderated articles many of which are submitted by young people offering advice and guidance on a huge range of topics.
• No referral is required. Young people can register for kooth independently at www.kooth.com.