Healthy Sandwell

Healthy Sandwell is the council’s Public Health frontline team, dedicated to improving the wellbeing of our residents through a wide range of lifestyle support services. These include stop smoking programmes, mental health support, weight management and physical activity initiatives. The team is highly trained in behaviour change techniques and can refer individuals to a broad

Health Exchange

Health Exchange incorporating Living Well Taking Control ‘Helps People make Healthier Choices’ by educating, motivating and helping people make informed choices that improve their health and wellbeing. We have experience in providing mental health, social prescribing services in Birmingham and the West Midlands as well as health coaching through the National Diabetes Prevention Programme across

Best Start Family Hubs

Family Hubs will offer the right help, in the right place, at the right time to support all families in Sandwell with children aged 0 – 19 (or 25 with SEND). Support is also available for families during pregnancy and in baby’s first years including 1-to-1 low level perinatal mental health support. There is a

Family Action

Developed by volunteers and parents with lived experience, we offer virtual and face to face TIM (This is me) workshops that look at understanding behaviours. Centred around understanding individual feelings, these workshops act as a window to the young person’s behaviour and can be shared with any one that has contact with the little/young person.

Family Action Family Line

FamilyLine is a free service available to support adult family members on all aspects of family life issues via telephone, text message and email. Whether it’s emotional support or practical advice on any aspect of parenting or broader family issues

Every Child Needs a Mentor Limited

Every Child Needs A Mentor (ECNM) delivers specialist mentoring programmes that support children and young people aged 8–25 to build confidence, resilience, and a positive sense of identity. Through 1:1 mentoring and targeted group interventions, we support emotional wellbeing, improve engagement in education, and promote positive decision-making. Our mentors provide consistent, trusted relationships that help

Edward’s Trust

Edward’s Trust is a West Midlands bereavement charity providing support for bereaved children and young people aged between 4-24 and parents bereaved of their child, whatever the age or circumstance. We have 35 years of experience and provide qualified counselling and holistic support for complex or prolonged grief

Early Intervention in Psychosis/ Early Access Service

The Early Intervention in Psychosis Service (EIS) is a specialist community mental health team. They are a team of nurses, psychiatrists, occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists and support workers. We offer support to young people and adults aged 14 – 65 years who are going through a first episode of psychosis. We also offer a

DECCA

Decca (Drug Education, Counselling and Confidential Advice) offers 1-to-1 counselling, and other services are available for drug and substance misuse for young people up to 18. Our counselling approach is tailored to each individual and you can access this by a self-referral or by being referred by a professional

Cruse Bereavement Support Sandwell

Grief can be lonely and overwhelming, but we’re here to help. If you are aged 18 or over and are enquiring about support for yourself, please get in touch with your local Cruse branch in Smethwick. For information on supporting children and young people visit: www.cruse.org.uk/get-support/supporting-children-and-young-people National support is also available by calling 0808 808