Support in the Community

Lincolnshire Talking Therapies

Lincolnshire Talking Therapies is a free NHS talking therapies service. It is provided by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. It’s a service for adults in Lincolnshire who are experiencing problems with anxiety, depression, stress and offers help with issues like bereavement or the impact of a traumatic event.

Please note that Lincolnshire Talking Therapies is for mild to moderate mental health problems and cannot provide an urgent/emergency service.

You can self-refer to Lincolnshire Talking Therapies by going to Lincolnshire Talking Therapies.

Recovery College

Recovery College uses an educational based approach to mental health to help people recognise and develop their personal resourcefulness and awareness in order to become experts in their self-care, make informed choices and do the things they want to in life.

All courses are co-designed and co-delivered by experts with lived experience of mental ill health, peer trainers and expert health professionals. To find out more about courses on offer in local areas, visit their website.

Community Mental Health Teams

Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) provide recovery-based interventions and support people to live with a mental health condition. This service is for people who have a severe or long-term mental illness. To access support of CMHTs you need to be referred by your GP. More information is available from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust website.

Mental Health Hub

It is normal for people to feel over-whelmed or anxious, especially when they are facing life changing situations such as a relationship breakdown, unemployment, homelessness, addiction, or the death of a loved one.

Often people don't seek support early enough and find themselves reaching crisis point, resulting in involvement from the emergency services. Since 2017, local partners have been working together to develop an exciting new vision to support people long before they reach crisis point. It was from this that the concept for the Mental Health Hub was born.

Mental Health Helpline

Mental Health Matters provides a Mental Health Helpline with a 24/7 telephone response. The Helpline supports the people of Lincolnshire, offering signposting and advice and guidance related to their support needs.

The Helpline is for people with mental health problems and issues, for their carers, families and friends. The Team can offer emotional guidance and information and help people who may be feeling low, anxious or stressed or in extreme emotional distress and feel that there is nowhere else to turn. Support is also provided to people caring for another person and finding it difficult to cope. The service is confidential unless it is considered there is a risk to yourself or others.

The free number for Lincolnshire is 0800 0014331

Loneliness: Every Mind Matters Toolkit

Feeling lonely is something that all of us can experience at any point and it can have a huge impact on our wellbeing.

It’s important to remember that these feelings can pass and that there are lots of ways we can help each other too.

Please see attached the loneliness Tool Kit which encourages people to visit the loneliness page on the Every Mind Matters loneliness webpage, where they will find support and advice for ways that they can reach out to someone else, as well as finding support that may help them feel less lonely too.

To hear more or get involved in the campaign, please email campaigns@dcms.gov.uk

Have you ever wanted to try a new hobby? A sport? Try volunteering? Get an apprenticeship, supported internship or a job?
Sometimes the problem is not knowing where to find your next adventure where you live. That’s where Stepping Stones can help. Stepping Stones is a pilot project based in Grantham and the surrounding areas. We are here to make sure you know about all the opportunities there are for you.

Stepping Stones will let you know about:

sports, arts and other local groups
educational establishments
apprenticeships
supported internships
employers and potential employers
other local organisations offering support and information

What will you get out of it?

increase your confidence
become a more active part of the community
find an exciting new path you didn't know about before
be more confident in beginning your journey into employment, volunteering and education

How do I take part?

The whole project last up to 3 months, starting at the beginning of January, but you can join at any time. We would need to chat with you and find out how you’re getting at least 3 times (once a month) but that can be more. Our mentor could also be much more involved if you would like supporting you in going to new groups, or trying new things like an apprenticeship, work experience or a new course at college.

A step-by-step experience

Interested - Once you’ve told your work-coach that you’ll like to know more about Stepping Stones, they will introduce you to your mentor, Jenny.
Eligibility - Jenny will fill out some paperwork to check you’re eligible for the programme.
Finding out about you – Jenny will ask you what you like to do, what you want to do and how we can help.
Sharing information - Jenny will show you all the things you can do locally that you might be interested and help you get in touch to find out more.
Keeping in touch - Jenny will get in contact by phone or email regularly to see how you’re getting on.
Face to face chats – When possible for you, Jenny will meet up with you at the Grantham Job Centre Plus to chat about your progress and how you’re feeling.
Happily ever after – When the project is finished, we hope you’ll be well on your way to a brighter future!

Can I join Stepping Stones?

You need to not be working, in education or training.
You need to have some kind of learning or emotional disability. E.g Autism, learning disability or depression.
You need to be able to live and work in the UK.
Evidence that economically inactive.
You need to be over 16 years old.

Who is working on this project?

This work will be delivered by Sky Badger working in collaboration with Grantham Jobcentre Plus staff and members of The Policy Group, Disability Employment & Support. Grantham Jobcentre as one of 11 Health Model Offices – sites that have a specific focus on reducing the disability employment gap, testing specific policy initiatives, and driving innovation across the DWP health and disability space.
Sky Badger is a charity that finds help and support for families with disabled children all over the UK. has built a strong reputation for providing an innovative, tech-based information service to 1,000s of disabled children, young people, and their families all over the UK.

For more information contact Jenny Griffin at grantham.steppingstones@gmail.com