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Caring for someone with a mental health condition

Support if you are looking after someone with a mental health condition.

Support available to you

If you look after someone with a mental health condition in an unpaid capacity, you are a carer. By offering them support, you’ll play a vital role in their wellbeing and recovery.

Find information and advice on how to get support as an unpaid carer here:

Find information, advice and support for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties here:

Local support and recovery

The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College

The Herefordshire and Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College was launched in 2021 to support the wider community with accessing educational courses covering Mental Health, Wellbeing, Recovery and Life Skills either online or face to face.

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Worcestershire Wellbeing and Recovery College free courses

Mental Health Peer Support Group: Behind the Smile

Behind the Smile support anyone over 18 years old, in Worcestershire, with poor mental health and those bereaved by suicide, through peer support groups, social meet up and walk n talk groups.

Mental Health Peer Support Group: Every Wednesday from 2:00pm until 4:30pm At Quakers, Friends Meeting House, 1 Friends Mews Sansome Place, Worcester, WR1 1UG.

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