Links to Local Organisations

Brighter Futures – www.brighter-futures.org.uk
Brighter Futures was established in 1974 to provide suitable accommodation and resettlement to single homeless people. In addition to The Granville, a direct-access hostel in Hanley, and a Community Housing Support team, which manages single and shared accommodation in the community, including a project for people with mental health needs. A Rough Sleeper's Link worker offers outreach support to people sleeping rough in the City Centre.

The American Clubhouse – www.americanclubhouse.co.uk
The American Clubhouse is on Waterloo Rd, near Burslem Stoke-on-Trent. It offers social contact, housing and employment opportunities and can assist people in the process of rebuilding their lives.

North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust - www.nsch-tr.wmids.nhs.uk
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is a provider of complex care services. We provide our clinical services through 8 operating units - Learning Disabilities, Adult Mental Health, Specialist Mental Health, Older People, Children, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Dental.

North Staffs Carers Association - www.welcome.to/nsca
The N.S.C.A. offers information, support, training & a listening ear to any informal Carer, confidentially, sensitively & FREE OF CHARGE, whilst forging links between Carers and the people who provide our services.

North Staffs User Group - www.nsug.co.uk
As a group, we work together and with others to bring about improvements in local mental health services, whether these services are provided in Hospital settings, by GPs, by Community Nurses, by Social Workers or by Voluntary Agencies.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council – www.stoke.gov.uk

Staffordshire Local Authorities - www.staffordshire.gov.uk

Links to National Organisations

Mind - www.mind.org.uk
One of the largest not for profit organisations in the UK, Mind works for everyone in emotional distress, campaigning for rights and developing locally based services.

Young Minds - www.youngminds.org.uk
Promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people.

NHS Direct - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
A 24 hour nurse-led telephone advice and information service, part of the National Health Service.

National electronic Library for Mental Health - www.nelmh.org
This specialist library sits within the National electronic Library for Health and aims to provide access to the best available evidence to answer your mental health questions.

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - www.bac.co.uk
The national voice on issues related to counselling. It aims to promote the understanding and awareness of counselling throughout society.

BBC Online: Mental Health - www.bbc.co.uk/health/mental
Aims to help you understand the range of mental health conditions, promote positive emotional health, and provide information and resources for getting help and treatment. Contains useful overview of the politics and issues.

Department of Health - www.dh.gov.uk
Comprehensive site, containing information on policy and legislation, research and implementation, services and therapies.

Health Service Ombudsman - www.ombudsman.org.uk
Investigates complaints about failures in the National Health Service.

Internet Mental Health - www.mentalhealth.com
Canadian site based in Vancouver. "...a free encyclopaedia of mental health information...our hope is that Internet Mental Health will promote improved understanding, diagnosis and treatment throughout the world".

Mental Health Act Commission (England and Wales) - www.mhac.org.uk
Investigates complaints about treatment from anyone who has been detained under the Mental Health Act.

Mental Health Net - mentalhelp.net
A comprehensive guide to mental health, psychiatry and psychology, with a huge range of self-help resources including web pages, mailing lists, IRC discussion groups and newsgroups.

Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland - www.mwcscot.org.uk
Investigates complaints about treatment from anyone who has been detained under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.

The National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) - www.nimhe.org.uk
Helps frontline staff in health and social care implement policy to improve outcomes for people using mental health services.

Rethink - www.rethink.org
Rethink is the new operating name for the National Schizophrenia Fellowship, providing quality support, services and information to anyone affected by schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses.

Royal College of Psychiatrists - www.rcpsych.ac.uk
The professional and educational body for psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health - www.scmh.org.uk
Independent charity that seeks to influence mental health policy and practice and enable the development of excellent mental health services through a co-ordinated programme of research, training and development.

SANE - www.sane.org.uk
SANE is a national charity working to improve the quality of life for people affected by mental health problems.

Schizophrenia Association of Great Britain - www.sagb.co.uk