Crossroads Caring for Carers – LGBTQ+ Support Service 0121 553 6483
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Open: 8.30am – 4.30pm, Mon to Thurs and 8.30am – 4pm Fri Email: info@crossroads-caringforcarers.org Web: www.crossroads-caringforcarers.org/
The Crossroads LGBTQ+ Support Service aims to deliver mental and physical health support and activities to carers aged 50+ from LGBTQ+ community and expand delivery to all 6 towns of Sandwell. The project actively encouraging community befriending/ building relationships/ peer to peer mentoring with access to the Crossroads LGBTQ+ WhatsApp group. Co-production activities through the LGBTQ+ Carer Forum with our unpaid carers who will also help design/reinvent the activity and interest-based projects, including group-based sessions e.g. walking groups.
Cruse Bereavement Support Sandwell General enquiries automated answering service: 0121 558 1798
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Cruse Helpline listening support: 0808 808 1677 Open: Mon to Fri Email: sandwell@cruse.org.uk Web: www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/supporting-children-and-young-people/ and www.hopeagain.org.uk
Hope Again is the youth website of Cruse Bereavement Support for young people. We offer support and advice solely online to children and young people who have lost loved ones.
DECCA 0121 569 2201 or 07500 785 889 or text 07781 472 746 Email: Decca_Team@sandwellchildrenstrust.org Web: www.ourguideto.co.uk/
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Decca (Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice) offers 1-to-1 counselling, and other services are available for drug and substance misuse for young people up to 18. Our counselling approach is tailored to each individual and you can access this by a self-referral or by being referred by a professional.
Dorothy Parkes Centre – Rainbow Health and Wellness 0121 558 2998 A Address: Dorothy Parkes Centre, Church Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B67 6EH Email: projects@dorothyparkes.org Web: www.dorothyparkes.org/rainbow-health-wellness The Rainbow Health & Wellness project aims to improve the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the Sandwell LGBTQ+ community by support, social connections, and mental health awareness. The project also aims to create a community-led initiative to address specific health challenges, reduce social isolation, and empower participants to access essential services.
This project offers free yoga for adults aged 18+ and art sessions for adults aged 50+ from the LGBTQ+ community living in Sandwell each month.
Yoga Classes will take place on the 1st Tuesday of the month from 7pm to 8pm and will be led by a trained Yoga instructor. The monthly art classes will take place on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 10.30am to 12.30pm.
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