Professional counsellors providing access to counselling regardless of someone’s ability to pay

HIV and sexual health charity

Wellbeing and recovery worker

• Events and awareness raising
• Prevention and HIV testing
• Training; Outreach and Netreach
• 1 to 1 and group support

Support for long term recovery to those whose lives have been torn apart by addition and the complex needs associated with it

Hub, support and accommodation for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness:  The list below includes the contact details for:

• P2I managers to talk about residents, arrange viewings, find out more about service or for emergency beds. Not all P2I projects have emergency beds
• Senior YMCA managers with lead P2I responsibility
• Specialist Housing Options Officers based in each Housing Team (the experts in terms of 16–25-year-olds and their housing assessments and options)

Community Council for Somerset Village and Community Agents provide confidential, practical community-based solutions for customers. Can be contacted directly, or by referral through the Doctors surgery.

Community Council Somerset Community Agents can only be contacted by a referral from the doctors or Adult Social Care Services.

Community advocacy support

Support service for those at risk of abuse

Wellington Community Counselling offers free, affordable adult, family and child therapeutic services

Low cost loans for people who live or work in former South Somerset area

Belinda Eastland

Trussell Trust. Distributes Food Parcels on behalf of Gillingham Food Bank

Supporting children and young people after a death of parent or sibling

Money and debt advice

Long term support for vulnerable families and individuals including dedicated Link Worker and volunteer mentor addressing mental health, isolation, debt, benefits, family breakdown, anti social behaviour, school attendance and housing issues. They also have a resettlement worker working refugees, and a community outreach worker working closely with the street community and people who are vulnerably housed

Yeovil Community Church. Mat Callaghan

Useful tool kits, support and guidance around working towards young people’s mental health needs