Mental Health Ongoing Care Links

HOST is an assertive outreach service offering a wide variety of support, which can be either practical or emotional, to individuals living in Haringey. The support can include: someone to talk to 24-hours a day, 365 days a year; support with personal medication management and monitoring side-effects; support into voluntary or paid work; assistance in obtaining housing and advice on benefits and financial management; assistance in practical tasks (such as cooking, cleaning, decorating); support with physical health problems (for example, obtaining a family doctor, visiting an optician, and so on).

The Antenna Outreach Service is a culturally specific mental health service for young black people (between the ages of 16 and 25 years) from African and African-Caribbean descent. It provides a more accessible and sensitive mental health service to cater for the needs of young black people experiencing the early onset of mental ill health.

Day Opportunities

The Clarendon Centre offers social, educational and work opportunities for people recovering from severe and enduring mental health problems. The centre promotes sustained recovery, independence and social inclusion through a variety of group or individual activities. The Centre provides high quality skills training including IT, music technology, publishing, ceramics, jewellery making, printmaking, textiles and catering. The Centre is open to those on a CPA.

This service provides a social environment for people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It helps service users to identify and develop skills, increase self confidence, self esteem and life skills. It assists in creating pathways to training, college links, friendships and networking with other agencies. Service users can enjoy a wide range of social and educational activities run in conjusction with the Clarendon Centre, including a café project and computer club. Six8four Centre also offers women-only groups. The centre is open to those on a CPA.

This service offers a professionally equipped studio space for independent artists and craftspeople who are recovering from severe and enduring mental health problems. It has facilities for textiles, printmaking, ceramics and jewellery making.

Studio 306 is part of the Chocolate Factory complex, a thriving creative arts business environment in Wood Green. The service is available to people with a CPA.

A 12-week programme that runs four days a week for service users. Elements of the programme include complementary therapy, stress management, assertiveness training, outside visits to community facilities such as leisure centres, art galleries, shopping centres and museums.