Outreach mental health support to people who are homeless
Where:
South Nottinghamshire (Rushcliffe, Broxtowe, Gedling)
The team:
Clare, who works 18.5 hours a week
Funding:
The Mental Health in the County role is funded by the NHS’s Clinical Commissioning Group.
What we do:
- Provide one-to-one support relating to mental health issues
- Meet with beneficiaries
- Accompany beneficiaries to appointments
- Co-ordinate packages of emotional and wellbeing support
“People are often fed up with asking for medical help, whether it’s physical or mental. They often have bad experiences and think that nobody can understand them and nobody is able to help. This can be very hard, particularly on the top of the other difficulties they’re experiencing. Sometimes a few phone calls to professionals will break that cycle and the person is able to get the attention and help they need.”
– Asia
Who we help:
“I’ve got a feeling that at last someone understands me and what I’m going through. Thanks to the medication I’m finally able to sleep (maybe even too much). Looking forward to getting better, get back on track with my life and go back to work.”
– Beneficiary
Mike*’s story:
Mike* is a 20-year-old transgender man. He was struggling with significant mental health issues and had recently been hospitalised. He had been made homeless due to domestic violence and relationship breakdowns within his family and had been referred to Asia by a local hostel.
We worked with Mike to ensure he had all the right benefits in place and provided ongoing emotional support. We made sure he was engaging with his specific counselling for transgender people and arranged for further support from the local transgender community.
With our support, he is now living independently and they are bidding for properties through his local council. He is volunteering at a local theatre and is looking forward to the future with more positivity.
*Names have been changed to protect identities.
The data:
35 new individuals were referred to Claire between January 2024 and December 2024.
“It doesn’t matter if someone is British or not – if they have a problem with addiction, health issues, or are an ex-offender, we will make sure we find someone who will help them, no matter what.”
– Asia
