Health

We offer free bereavement counseling to anyone living in Bradford aged 16 or above. We also have a monthly bereavement support group open to anyone. Counseling can be in person, online, or over the phone and sessions last for one hour per week while the support groups are all in person.

Current languages include;

• Punjabi
• Urdu
• Mirpuri
• Pushto
• Polish
• Dutch
• Portuguese
• Shona
• French
• Spanish

Translation into some languages is available, depending on the availability

Samaritans is a unique charity dedicated to reducing feelings of isolation and disconnection. Their aim is that fewer people die by suicide.

If you are having a difficult time – talk to someone.

If you are worried about someone else – talk to someone.

Call for free, any time day or night : 116123.

You do not need credit on your phone.

If you prefer to write, they will get back to you. Go to the website for details.

First Response is a Bradford and district NHS service where you can get urgent help with mental health. If you think you are having a mental health crisis, you can contact First Response. The service is available 24/7. It is for people of all ages.

Solace has been offering therapeutic services in Bradford since 2008 in partnership with Bradford Action for Refugees, which is now part of Refugee Action.

RCUK is a Bradford-based international organised of Rohingya Centre of United Kingdom (England & Wales)

We are a Community Centre based in the Great Horton area, working to empower and support refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants by providing meaningful support and services that enable successful integration in their local communities. Broadly, we seek to enhance the wellbeing of people in need in particular but not exclusively; Rohingya refugees in the UK.

We are refugee-led, and our projects are based on our lived experience; with the aim of empowering refugees and helping them to settle and gain the skills they need to rebuild their lives within the society they newly call home. See how we support and provide services in Bradford.

• Welfare and Immigration Advice
• ESOL and Integration Learning
• Employability Skills Workshops
• Health and Wellbeing Activities
• Community Awareness Programme
• Social Inclusion and Gatherings
• Occasional Cultural Events
• Youth Work Through Sport

At RCUK, we proudly provide free services and confidentially to asylum seekers, refugees, and all other families and individuals in Bradford. Our commitment is to provide support, hope, inspiration and helping them to thrive. If you or someone you know needs assistance, reach out to us.

Come and join us at our Cook and Eat session. Each week we will learn new skills about how to cook different meals. Once we have cooked we are able to sit, eat and enjoy what we have made together.

Monday’s from 3:30 – 4:30pm at the Sutton Centre

BRI is the main general hospital in Bradford. This phone number is for the central switchboard.

Bradford District and Craven Talking Therapies is a free NHS service to help people manage everyday problems such as feeling low, having problems sleeping, feeling anxious and experiencing stress. You can register for Bradford District and Craven Talking Therapies online or over the phone and don’t have to go through your GP. The only time they will be contacted is when you have finished your course to let them know, or if we are worried about you or others around you.

Womenzone Community Centre is a registered charity established in 2003 to address the isolation and lack of voice and visibility of South Asian women in the Bradford 3 area.

We operate from Bradford Moor, supporting women from one of the largest BAME communities in our city. The charity was set up to respond to identify needs primarily of South Asian women for a women only safe place, to prevent them from being socially excluded and assist their fuller integration into society.

A 12-week course in a small group which will help you identify triggers and wellness tools to help you overcome your personal mental health issues. Talk to one of our practitioners to see if it could help you by calling 01274 730815 or e-mail [email protected]. Booking required.

We help people with mental health challenges. We give people hope, and we help them build brighter futures. 1 in 4 of us will face a mental health problem in any given year, so whether it’s you or someone you know, we are here to help. Our services are available to people who live in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven.

Our mental health services:

• Pathways to Employment – for people over 18, who are out of work with moderate to severe, and/or enduring mental health problems who want to work towards a specific goal such as education, training, voluntary or paid work.
• Workplace Wellbeing – free, specialist support group for people managing their mental health at work.
• Work retention – for people over 18, who are in work but on sick leave who need support to return to work.
• Crisis support – for people over 18, who are in severe mental distress or crisis. Open 365 days a year from 10am – 6pm.
• Telehealth – for guided self-help telephone appointments, you can register online at www.bmywellbeingcollege.nhs.uk or give the enrolment team a call on 0300 555 5551.

Roshni Ghar is a mental health community development organisation based in Keighley. The organisations offers culturally sensitive mental health and wellbeing support to adult south Asian women and BME young women diagnosed with mental ill health; offering 1:1 emotional support, as well as group support (in-house and in community settings, including schools). Roshni Ghar offers holistic services ranging from recovery, early intervention, relapse prevention to Peer led support. The organisations also supports women with long-term health conditions and addresses contributing factors to mental ill health. Food and period poverty are also addressed with appropriate provision available to meet their needs. Self Care and well-being are key aspects of the work done at Roshni Ghar. Women with severe and complex mental ill health are also supported, both in acute and community settings, as well as at home, via home visits. Therapeutic and creative support is offered to further aid recovery and to help women build a support network for themselves.

We offer a trauma informed counselling and support service for male survivors of childhood sexual abuse and adult rape.

We are based in Bradford but our service is available to anyone living in West Yorkshire.

More details are available on the Survivors West Yorkshire website.

Counselling for women and girls

We offer free, one-to-one counselling for women and girls who live in the Bradford area. You can self-refer to our counselling service or be referred by other organisations and agencies, such as your GP or support worker. Counselling can give you some time and space where you can think, reflect and talk things through.

It takes a lot of courage to come for counselling and it’s not always easy to talk about your thoughts and feelings. You don’t have to talk about anything that you are not ready to talk about. Your counsellor will not judge you or tell you what to do. She will help you to try to make sense of what has happened to you and to recognise what you need to move forward.

We have a counselling service by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) counsellors for BAME women and young women. Jyoti counsellors speak Punjabi, Urdu and Mir Puri. We always use interpreters when needed so you can use the service, whatever language you speak.

Advocacy for refugee, asylum seeking and trafficked women

This specialist service will support you to recover from the violence, abuse and exploitation you have suffered, and to gain a place of safety where you can be in control of your own life and make positive decisions about your future.

An advocacy worker will work with you to solve immediate issues of safety and will address basic needs such as homelessness, lack of food and the need for mental & physical health services.

The worker will encourage, support & inform you so you can be active in your own immigration case, understand it, respond promptly when you get letters from the Home Office and solicitors, and be pro-active in collecting and discussing new evidence to support your case.

The advocacy worker will also work with you to build a support network around you including signposting and referring to other agencies and groups. She will support you to plan for the future, to get work experience through volunteering and gain skills & knowledge through attending community ESOL and IT classes, and where possible attending college and applying for bursaries and University places.

You will be supported to access other specialist sexual violence services at Bradford Rape Crisis including counselling to work on recovery from the trauma, and Mindfulness to learn useful techniques to help you deal with stress and anxiety.

We are an NHS primary care multi-disciplinary team which includes Mental Health Practitioners, Nurses, a Psychological Therapist and Support Worker. We are an outreach team offering a range of support and services to those in need, including:

• mental health support
• signposting
• TB education and awareness
• Latent TB testing
• Household assessments
• Psychological therapy
• Linking in with other services
• Advocacy

We see those who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or living in unsecure tenure and are experiencing mental health difficulties, and asylum seekers in need of signposting and/or experiencing mental health difficulties.

We accept self-referrals, referrals from voluntary organisations and referrals from GP practices.

Sharing Voices Bradford is a community development mental health organisation and primarily works within the inner city areas of Bradford, comprising over 50% of Black Minority Ethnic Communities

Sharing Voices promotes self-help and mutual support, through community development. Groups are a large part of helping members to develop collective action.

Participation in activities of their own choice including fitness, music and faith groups as well as activities around art and which are gender specific.

HENRY offer a free eight week group programme for parents and carers of babies and young children to support the whole family to develop a healthy lifestyle.

Group programmes are held in Children’s Centres across the Bradford district. One to one support and starting solids information is also available in some areas.

Emotional support for parents suffering low to moderate levels of perinatal mental illness, for up to a year after the birth. The support is delivered by Family Action peer support volunteers, mostly in parents’ homes.