The Recovery College – A Revolutionary Approach To Mental Health Recovery
The Recovery College (by Bridge Support) supports personal recovery from mental ill-health through learning achievement. We help people focus on what they...
Does a Recovery College Need To Be Run By The NHS?
There’s no doubt that the need for robust mental health services is greater than ever, putting even more pressure on our overstretched NHS. Currently, there are around 70 NHS-run...
World Mental Health Day 2021
World Mental Health Day takes place on 10 October, and for 2021 we will be highlighting "mental health in an unequal world". For those of us experiencing mental illness, we live in an unequal world....
Where do community mental health services fit into integrated care systems (ICS)?
Since 2018, relationships between strategic care partners – the NHS, local councils, the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors – have grown, leading in many cases to better and more...
How do we support people with forensic history and mental ill health in the community?
The answer is not always hospital. Providing community mental health services for people who have a forensic history is complex. As well as the needs of the individual, you must also safeguard...
How the way we work benefits our clients and stakeholders
Too many people with mental health issues remain in hospital unnecessarily because they’re aren’t many viable alternatives. At Bridge, we understand the complexities of providing mental health...
How we remove the barriers to finding the right place to call home for those in mental health recovery
Living in safe, well maintained housing has been proven to have a positive impact on mental health. But for some people with mental health problems, there can be multiple barriers to negotiate when trying to access or maintain the right place to call home.
Experienced support both for those seeking housing and for those already in their own homes is essential when navigating a path back to independent living.
How our Women Only service provides a safe space vital for recovery
Our Women Only services create a safe and supportive space, exclusively for women and free from avoidable trauma or distraction created when working with male support workers. Our clients are then able to completely focus resources, both theirs and ours, on recovery and develop the skills and resilience they need to be able to live independent, fulfilled lives in the community.
Little and often and on-demand – how our Flexible Support Service can prevent crisis admissions
Our Flexible Support Service bridges the gap between medium support and independent living. The right support that is little but often, and crucially, on demand, can be all that is required to prevent a mental health crisis for individuals at such a critical stage in their recovery.
Medium support – the stepping stone between 24-hour support and independent living
If the steps immediately taken upon leaving a 24-hour mental health service are too big or too fast, there is a real risk of clients experiencing a relapse and being readmitted to a more restrictive style of care. Our Medium support, which is a gradual pathway to recovery, with continued support of a less intensive and intrusive nature, can be the perfect intermediary stepping stone on the path back to independent living.
24 Hour Support
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Flexible Community Support
Forensic Services
Recovery College
Women Only
