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Registered care home catering for vulnerable men with varying needs including physical disabilities, mental health and care support needs, who have offended in the past or are at risk of offending, including MAPPA (Multi-agency public protection arrangements).

Must have Adult Social Care funding or S117 Mental Health funding.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

Langley House Trust

Must have Adult Social Care funding or S117 Mental Health funding.

Langley House Trust resettlement project

In home, face-to-face debt advice, with ongoing support available by telephone, and money management courses.

Access location dependant on referral.

For those with problem debt.

Christians Against Poverty UK

GamCare is part of the National Gambling Treatment Service, a network of organisations working together to provide confidential treatment and support for anyone experiencing gambling-related harms.

Wherever someone makes contact throughout this network these providers work alongside each other through referral pathways to deliver the most appropriate package of care for individuals experiencing difficulties with gambling, and for those who are impacted by someone else’s gambling.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

GamCare – Get support

Free to access across England Scotland and Wales.

GamCare website

The National Gambling Support Network, formerly known as the, ‘National Gambling Treatment Service’, is a group of organisations across Great Britain who provide free, confidential and personalised support for anyone who’s experiencing problems from gambling, as well as those affected by someone else’s gambling.

Free to access across England Scotland and Wales.

Be Gamble Aware

AA is concerned solely with the personal recovery and continued sobriety of individual alcoholics who turn to the Fellowship for help.

Millions of men and women have heard or read about the unique Fellowship called Alcoholics Anonymous since its founding in 1935. Of these, more than 2 million now call themselves members.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

Alcoholics Anonymous – Get help now

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.

Alcoholics Anonymous website

Provides women-only environments where women can recover from addiction and move away from offending by accessing residential treatment or attending a community centre.

Women who would find this service to be particularly relevant are those with a history of childhood sexual abuse, history of domestic and sexual violence or of sex-working; women with a pattern of relapse linked to forming unhelpful relationships with men, perhaps in previous treatment episodes; or women with children who would like to make use of the Children’s Visiting Facility. Many women use drug and alcohol to cope with a history of abuse and complex trauma.

The residential programmes supports women to break free from destructive behaviours and thinking patterns linked to their past trauma by helping them focus on their own recovery in a safe and trauma-informed environment.

Women only.

All clients are required to be drug and alcohol free on arrival, having already completed detox if necessary.

The Nelson Trust website

Earn-a-bike course is a 3-hour group session, once a week for 4 weeks, where it as students they will be given a bicycle. They will learn how to strip it down, rebuild it from scratch, learning different parts and skills needed to restore the bike along the way.

On completion of the course, and full attendance has been achieved, they will be given that bike to take home as a mode of transport.

On your Bike website

Wellbeing Wanderers: “Weekly football sessions for men, all abilities (or lack of) welcome! Football can be a huge boost to your state of mind so this is perfect for any men that might have a lot on their mind.”

Wednesdays, 17:00 – 18:30, Robert Blake and Elmwood Leisure, Bridgwater

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

Wellbeing Wanderers information

For Men 16+. All abilities welcome.

£3 per session, first week free.

The Stepladder section of the Second Step website lists local groups and drop-in services.

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Access location is dependant on referral. Please visit the following website.

Men’s Mental Health Activities

Groups may have vulnerable clients.

Stepladder information page

MIST (Men in Sheds Taunton) is a place where men can come together, build things, get involved in community projects, learn new skills or pass skills on to others, e.g. woodwork, furniture restoration, painting, DIY and metalwork etc. and socialise over a cuppa.

Annual membership is £25 per person, plus £3 per session. Currently meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 11am – 4pm

Community Men in Sheds Taunton (CMIST)

All men are welcome whatever their age or background including men who are disabled, or experiencing mental health problems.

Annual membership is £25 per person, plus £3 per session.

Men in Sheds Taunton website

A series of regular wellbeing and learning sessions, each session is made up of:

• Talking together as a group around the campfire
• A guided walk through the woods looking for plants, tracks and other things of interest
• Looking after the campfire, boiling kettles and cooking lunch
• Simple ecotherapy or nature mindfulness techniques
• Practical activities in small groups. These vary depending on the interests of those in the group. They might include: conservation tasks to look after the woods, learning to make things from wood, weaving with willow, creating nature art.

Located at Young Wood on the Blackdown Hills. Minibus pick ups available.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

Woodland Wellbeing

Groups may have vulnerable clients. Not suitable for those who are likely to be using drugs during the sessions.

Open to adults from across Taunton and wider Somerset. Works well for people who have experienced mental or emotional distress, who feel isolated, need time to reflect on life, and those trying to build skills to get moving in life again.

Pay what you can genuinely afford, anything from £0-£30 per session.

Neroche Woodlanders website

Earn-a-bike course is a 3-hour group session, once a week for 4 weeks, where it as students they will be given a bicycle. They will learn how to strip it down, rebuild it from scratch, learning different parts and skills needed to restore the bike along the way.

On completion of the course, and full attendance has been achieved, they will be given that bike to take home as a mode of transport.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

On Your Bike

Applicants must complete an application form

On Your Bike website

Helping people with mental health issues back on the road to recovery through creative therapy workshops and classic car restoration.

Workshops have a daily fee. Prices can be obtained by speaking to a member of the team. For those with limited means, depending on circumstances, funding may be arranged through services such as Positive People. For more information email: info@rustyroad2recovery.co.uk.

For more information, speak to a member of the team.

Rusty Road 2 Recovery

Relationship based, trauma informed, one to one intervention to children, young people and young adults who are at risk of Serious Youth Violence (SYV) and Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE).

Access location is dependant on referral.

ROUTES is not a preventative service and only supports those young people where there are significant concerns and risks linked to Serious Youth Violence and child criminal exploitation specifically through County Lines.

Barnardos – Route Somerset website

Phone and video support for parents who:

• Want to change the behaviours that cause hurt or fear in their relationship and family.
• Want to co-parent their baby, even if they’re not a couple or don’t live together.
• Experienced difficulties in their own childhood and want a better start for their baby.

Remote, Phone and Video Support.

For parents who are expecting a baby (ideally before 28 weeks of pregnancy) and are over 17 years of age.

For Babys Sake Programme

Support groups for those with substance abuse problems who wish to change.

2 face-to-face group meetings run weekly in Taunton:

Thursday Recovery – 19:30 – 21:00, at Riverside Church, TA1 2EQ

Rise & Recover – 11:00 – 12.30, 73 North Street, TA1 1LW

Attendees don’t have to be clean to attend and don’t have to say anything at any Narcotics Anonymous meeting they choose to attend.

Online groups run throughout the week at different times of the day.

Free to those who have a problem with substance abuse and wish to change.

SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) is a programme that provides training and tools for people who want to change their problematic behaviour, including addiction to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, food, shopping, internet and more.

Guided by trained facilitators, participants come to help themselves and help each other using a variety of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and motivational tools and techniques.

There is online training that provides an introduction to the SMART Recovery Programme.

Smart Recovery online meetings

Treatment and support for anyone who is experiencing difficulties with their substance use or is affected by someone else’s. Treatment includes individual recovery plans from a range of services, no matter what the situation is.

Support pathways vary in length and will be supported by Mutual Aid groups and Community Support.

Visit the following website for information on access and referrals.

Turning Point

Accepts self-referrals, family members, concerned others and professionals.

SDAS website

SMART (Self-Management and Recovery Training) is a programme that provides training and tools for people who want to change their problematic behaviour, including addiction to drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, food, shopping, internet and others.

Guided by trained facilitators, participants come to help themselves and help each other using a variety of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and motivational tools and techniques.

Yeovil has a weekly meeting held every Monday, 17:00 – 18:30 at The Gateway Community Church

There is online training that provides an introduction to the SMART Recovery Programme.

Smart Recovery website

The SMART Family and Friends Programme uses the key points of SMART Recovery and adapts these to suit the needs of family & friends of people with a drug and, or alcohol addiction.

The Family and Friends Programme programme explores ways participants can look after themselves better; even in difficult and stressful circumstances, and establish healthier relationships with their loved one.

Online Family & Friends meetings are held weekly:

Mondays at 7:30 pm and Thursdays at 7.00 pm.

Family and friends of people with a drug and, or alcohol addiction.

Smart Recovery Family and Friends