Mental health services
Mental Health Direct (24 hours a day, 7 days a week): 0300 555 1000
Havering Access & Assessment Team (AAT) Psychiatry: 03003001570
Drugs & Alcohol – Havering WDP: 01708747614
Find out more about mental health conditions, treatments and medications: www.choiceandmedication.org/nelft
Samaritans
If you feel you just need to talk to someone, call Samaritans on
Telephone No: 08457 90 90 90
Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice centres can offer help on a range of things including benefits, housing issues, services and legal matters: 01708 763531
www.haveringcab.org.ukwww.adviceguide.org.uk
For Citizens Advice help face-to-face, you will need to attend one of the centres below:
Romford Public Advice & Service Centre
(Above Liberty Shopping Centre, ROMFORD, RM1 3SL).
Opening times: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 10:00am – 2:00pm
(Wheelchair and pushchair access available as well as a Children’s Corner).
Hornchurch Library
(44 North Street, Hornchurch, RM11 1TB)
Opening times: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. 10:00am – 2:00pm
(Wheelchair and pushchair access available)
Harold Hill Library
(Hilldene Avenue, Harold Hill. RM3 8JD)
Opening times: Monday. 10:00am – 2:00pm
(Wheelchair and pushchair access available)
South Hornchurch Library
(Rainham Road, Rainham. RM13 7RD)
Opening times: Every other Tuesday. 10:00am – 2:00pm)
Self help
In Havering there are a range of self-help books available in all libraries. You will need to be a library member to use the books, but if you are not already a member you can join FREE of charge, by taking two forms of identification – one with you address and another with your signature, to one of the libraries listed below:
- Overcoming Insomnia & sleep problems (Robinson, 2006) Colin Espie. ISBN: 1845290704
- How To Stop Worrying (Sheldon, 1990) Frank Tallis ISBN: 085969130
- The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook (New Harbinger, 2000) Davis et al. ISBN: 1572242140
- Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway(vermillion, 2007) Susan JeffersISBN: 0091907071
- Managing Stress: Teach Yourself(Teach yourself books, 2003)
- Manage Your Mind: The mental fitness guide (Oxford University Press, 2007) Butler & Hope ISBN: 0198527721
The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and user-friendly training in life skills. May help those suffering from depression/anxiety or distress.
The course has been written by a psychiatrist who has many years of experience using a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach and also in helping people use these skills in everyday life. During the development phase of the course, each module has been used by a wide range of health care practitioners and members of the public.
Library address details
- Central Library: St Edwards Way, RM1 3AR
- Harold Wood: Arundel Road RM3 ORX
- Collier Row: 45 Collier Row Road, RM5 3NR
- Hornchurch: 44 High Street,RM11 1TB
- Elm Park: St Nicholas Avenue, RM12 4PT
- Rainham: 7-11 The Braodway, RM13 9YW
- Gidea Park: Balgores Lane, RM2 6BS
- South Hornchurch: Rainham Road, RM13 7RD
- Harold Hill: Hilldene Avenue, RM3 8DJ
- Upminster: 26 Corbetts Tey Road, RM14 2BB
Contact Tel. No: 01708 432389 www.havering.gov.uk/libraries
Housing
Havering Council Tel: 01708 432824
Other organisations that can help with housing:
- Family Mosaics Tel: 01708 776770
- Relationship problems:Relate Tel: 01708 441722 www.relate.org.uk. Langtons House/Billet Lane, Hornchurch. RM11 1XJ
Please be aware that some of these organisations may charge for their services
Local Services
The Colin Dove Practice – Osteopaths in Romford
Community Services, eg district nurses, podiatry
First Stop, for alcohol and drugs support
Havering and Brentwood Bereavement Service
Havering Council for social services etc
Havering MIND – advice about mental health problems
Havering Therapy Centre – private physio and complimentary therapies
Queens and King George’s Hospitals
Havering Clinical Commissioning Group
Havering Council Learning Disabilities
Continence Service
Maternity Services at BHR Hospitals
Havering Social Services 01708432000
Barking & Dagenham Social Services 020 8227 2915
Havering Volunteers ( befriending service) 01708432321
Peabody Trust ( housing and financial ) Havering 01708776770
Age UK ( access activities and home help) 08006781602
Carers Hub ( support for carers) B&D 02085934422 Havering 01708961111
Dementia UK www.dementiauk.org 03332547442
Orangeline ( bereaved) 01708758649
Marie Stopes – MSI REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES
Abortion Service – Patients can call directly on 0345 300 8090 to access Abortion services. The telephone line is open 24/7 and is free to use.
Charity Websites
Cancerhelp
Free information service provided by Cancer Research UK about cancer and cancer care for people with cancer and their families. Information is formatted in such a way that makes understanding the website an easy process
Macmillan Cancer Support
Europe’s leading cancer information charity, with over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.
Diabetes UK
Largest charity in the UK devoted to the care and treatment of people with diabetes in order to improve the quality of life for people with the condition
Asthma UK
This website has been revamped to meet the needs of the thousands of people with asthma who visit the site each day, either to find important information about asthma and how to control it
Alzheimer’s Society
Comprehensive information for people with all forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Guide Dogs wants a world in which all blind and partially-sighted people enjoy the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as everyone else. Their mission is to provide guide dogs and other mobility services that increase the independence and dignity of blind and partially-sighted people. We campaign for improved rehabilitation services and unhindered access for all blind and partially-sighted people.
Mental Health Foundation
Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live
Sense
Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. We provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. We also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities
Epilepsy Action
Epilepsy Action is the largest member-led epilepsy organisation in Britain, acting as the voice for the UK’s estimated 456,000 people with epilepsy, as well as their friends, families, carers, health professionals and the many other people on whose lives the condition has an impact.
British Heart Foundation
Our vision is of a world in which people do not die prematurely of heart disease. We will achieve this through our pioneering research, our vital prevention activity and by ensuring quality care and support for people living with heart disease. We need you to share our vision because, together, we really can beat heart disease.
Relate
Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website.
MS Society
Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS. It affects two million more. We offer hope for the future by investing millions in research, and help for today through our information, support and campaigning.