Voluntary organisation – last updated: 2 October 2006
Primary interest: Disability
Activity: Refuge
Primary beneficiaries: Adults, Mental disabilities
Area of activity: West Berkshire
Telephone: 0118 9792620
Email: mailbox@wokinghammentalhealth.org.uk Web site: www.wokinghammentalhealthorg.uk
Our principal aim is to be a user-run mental health organisation providing support for the mentally ill and their families in Wokingham and West Berkshire. Our principal service is a crisis house where people committed to resolving a mental health crisis can stay. We have two short-stay rooms and two long-stay suites. Support is provided throughout. We have befrienders and a crisis team. The crisis house has a drop-in centre open four days per week which welcomes mentally ill people and their carers who need support and company.
We provide an advice/information service and have a mental health library with free internet access. Our befrienders visit mentally ill people in the community and in hospital and re-involve them in social activities. Among our befrienders are drivers who will take people to hospital if necessary. We help mentally ill people resettle in the community and have a furniture scheme. We also have a holiday caravan at Selsey where mentally ill people and
Mrs Pam Jenkinson - Manager
mailbox@wokinghammentalhealth.org.uk
Responsible for the day-to-day running of the Crisis House.
