Southampton Adult Services

Below is a list of contact that could help Southampton residents. You can also link directly to the Southampton City Council website here.

There is information on the following:

Support Services,
Services for people with learning disabilities,
Services for people with mental health problems,
Bereavement,
Counselling,
Day centres and support groups,
Day Centres and Support Groups for people with learning disabilities and their carers,
Day Centres and Support Groups for people with mental health problems and their carers,
Equipment/adaptations,
Falls,
General Information,
Learning Disabilities information,
Mental Health information,
Health Associated Resource,
Holidays – Respite breaks,
Holidays and respite breaks for people with learning disabilities,
Holidays and respite breaks for people with mental health problems,

Support Services

  • Alcoholics Anonymous

  • Age Concern visiting/befriending service - information/guidelines

  • Community Legal Service Direct

  • Access to Communication – leaflet

  • Action on Pain (link to external website)

  • Action on Pain leaflet

  • Breakout Southampton (link to external website)

  • The Bridge (tier-1 drug service) – leaflet

  • Soton CAB information & contact details re: appointments and enquiries

  • Soton CAB Referral form for home visiting service (welfare rights)

  • Soton CAB residential care funding options advice service referral form

  • Careline - leaflet

  • CHANGE (charity) (link to external website)

  • Choices Advocacy (link to external website)

  • Connexions Southampton (link to external website)

  • Connexions "lets talk about connexions"leaflet

  • Connexions "information for governors and staff" leaflet

  • Connexions "request for information, advice and support" form

  • Connexions "request for support" form

  • Directory of Domestic Violence Services 2006

  • Disability Advice Information Network (Southampton) leaflet

  • Enable Together(link to external website)

  • Free Interpreting and Translating

  • Interpreting and translation (link to intranet page)

  • MORPH - Substance Misuse Advocacy service for drug usersleaflet

  • No Limits (Southampton) (link to external website)

  • Options leaflet (link to counselling intranet page)

  • Options referral form (link to counselling intranet page)

  • Parent Support Link – leaflet

  • Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) leaflet (link to carers info intranet page)

  • The Ribbons Centre – An information and Support Service for people living with HIV (leaflet)

  • The Rose Road Association (link to external website)

  • Rose Road Association leaflet

  • Rose Road Association facilities leaflet and price list

  • Rose Road Association summary of services leaflet

  • SKILL (link to external website)

  • Soton & District Unemployed Centre – leaflet

  • Southampton Centre for Independent Living (SCIL) (link to external website)

  • Southampton University Disability Service (link to external website)

  • Southampton University Disability Service leaflet

  • Southampton University Mentor Service (link to external website)

  • Southampton University Mentor Service leaflet

  • Substance Misuse Support Services leaflet (FRANK)

  • Thornhill Community Access Project

  • United Response (link to external website)

  • Your Voice Advocacy - leaflets

  • Southampton Working Women’s Project

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Services for people with learning disabilities

  • Ann Craft Trust (link to external website)

  • Asperger Support and Social Group (Southampton)

  • ASSERT (link to external website)

  • Association for Real Change (ARC) (link to external website)

  • British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) (link to external website)

  • Challenging Behaviour Foundation (link to external website)

  • Connexions information for the parents and carers of people with learning difficulties or disabilities, or both – leaflet

  • Down’s Syndrome Association (link to external website)

  • Southampton Family Carers Link Service (Soton Mencap) - leaflet

  • Mencap (link to external website)

  • Southampton Mencap (link to external website)

  • Mencap Community Development Officer for Hants, IOW, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Channel Islands

  • Mencap - Wills and Trusts Information Service leaflet

  • National Autistic Society (link to external website)

  • National Autistic Society information sheet

  • National Autistic Society helpline leaflet

  • National Autistic Society Eastleigh and Winchester branch (link to external website)

  • New Direction Service (Cranstoun Drug Services) leaflet

  • Prada-Willi Sydrome Association (link to external website)

  • Prader-Willi Syndrome Association leaflet

  • Respond (link to external website)

  • Respond elders project leaflet

  • Respond helpline leaflet

  • Voice UK (link to external website)

  • Williams Syndrome Foundation (link to external website)

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Services for people with mental health problems

  • Alzheimer’s Society (link to external website)

  • Alzheimer's Society Southampton branch

  • Alzheimers Society – leaflet

  • Depression Alliance (link to external website)

  • Depression Alliance leaflet

  • Southampton Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) (link to external website)

  • MDF – the bipolar disorder organisation (link to external website)

  • Mind (link to external website)

  • Solent Mind (link to external website)

  • Solent Mind Advocacy in Mind leaflet

  • Solent Mind Advocacy in Mind (incorporating S.A.I.L.) leaflet

  • Rethink (link to external website)

  • Rethink "On the level" mentoring service (link to external website)

  • SANE (link to external website)

  • SANE information sheet

  • SANELine information leaflet

  • Sign (link to external website)

  • Southampton Mental Health Forum information and terms of reference

  • Southampton Mental Health Forum leaflet

  • Together (formerly The Mental After Care Association (MACA) (link to external website)

  • Together information leaflet

  • Together services leaflet

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Bereavement

  • Bereavement information (Royal College of Psychiatrists) (link to external website)

  • Bereavement information (Department of Health) (link to external website)

  • “What to do after a death in England and Wales” leaflet (link to external website)

Counselling

  • Central Counselling and Training Service (link to external website)

  • City Counselling

  • Counselling & Therapy Centre for Women (formerly the Well Woman Centre)

  • Grove Natural Therapy Centre (link to external website)

  • Life Changes Counselling (link to external website)

  • No Limits Counselling (link to external website)

  • Options leaflet

  • Options referral form

  • Southampton University Counselling Service (link to external website)

  • Southampton University Counselling Service

  • Southampton Counselling - Counselling Information leaflet

  • Southampton Counselling - Information for Professional Referrers leaflet

  • Southampton Counselling and Therapy Centre

  • Southampton Depression Group

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Day centres and support groups

  • 3rd Age Centre - leaflet

  • Action on Pain local support groups(link to external website)

  • Action on pain local support groups leaflet

  • Application for Admission to Day Care for Older People

  • Asian Carers Group

  • Bedford House Input Group

  • Bugle Street Day Care Centre - leaflet

  • Bugle Street Day Care Centre – referralform

  • Carers Support Service(link to external website)

  • Community Day Care for Older People

  • Day Services in Southampton

  • Older persons' and disability network forum leaflet

  • Roshni Asian Elders day care centre

  • RoseRoadCommunity Outreach Service(link to external website)

  • Rose Road Community Outreach Service - leaflet

  • Southampton Young Carers Project leaflet (link to intranet information for carers page)

  • Wavell Day Centre - leaflet

Day Centres and Support Groups for people with learning disabilities and their carers

  • Southampton Mencap family carers network lunch club

  • Southampton Family Carers Link Service (Soton Mencap) - leaflet

  • Southampton Mencap Adult Gateway Club

  • Southampton Mencap Livewire Club

  • Southampton Mencap Wednesday Club

  • Portswood Day Centre information pack

  • Portswood Day Centre assessment form

  • Respondeldersproject leaflet

  • Southampton Day Services (link to Cityweb page)

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Day Centres and Support Groups for people with mental health problems and their carers

  • Alzheimer's Carer Cafe (Bitterne)

  • Alzheimer's Carer Cafe (Shirley Warren)

  • Alzheimers Meeting

  • Connections - Club for carers and younger people with dementia - leaflet

  • Connections Update and Guidelines

  • Mayfield Nursery

  • MDF self-help group in Southampton

  • MENCARE (link to external website)

  • Mental Health day services(Bedford House)

  • BME day services (Bedford House)

  • The Guide to Day Services leaflet

  • Day Services - The Programme

  • Mental health day services guide for referrers

  • Mental health day services referral form

  • Rethink Southampton group for carers leaflet

  • Solent Mind - leaflet

  • Solent Mind - referral form

  • Solent Mind Women's Group leaflet

  • Solent Mind Music Group leaflet

  • Solent Mind Art Clubs leaflet

  • Solent Mind Social Clubs leaflet

  • Solent Mind Plus Club leaflet

  • Solent Mind Plus Club referral form

  • Solent Mind Café Club leaflet

  • The Whitehouse Day Centre for older and younger people with dementia leaflet

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Equipment/adaptations

  • Red Cross medical loan equipment

  • Suppliers who sell various items of equipment direct to the public

  • Josian Centre (link to external website)

  • Southampton Wheelchair Service (link to external website)

  • Equipment Demonstration & Advisory Service - The Josian Centre (leaflet)

  • Telephone Application Form

  • Telephone Applications - A 'How to do it' Guide

  • GP letter (to support telephone application)

  • Processes for adaptations

  • Disabled Facilities Grant - leaflet

  • Southampton University Centre for Enabling and Learning Technologies (link to external website)

  • Southampton University Centre for Enabling and Learning Technologies leaflet (link to Education intranet page)

Falls

  • Information About Falls

  • Six Steps to Healthy Bones

  • Step up to Safety

  • Avoiding slips, trips & broken hips (English) (link to Help the Aged website)

  • Avoiding slips, trips & broken hips (Gujarati)

  • Avoiding slips, trips & broken hips (Punjabi)

  • Avoiding slips, trips & broken hips (Urdu)

  • Falls Diary

  • Confidence Scale for Hip Protector Wearers

  • Is Your Home Safe Enough - a checklist

  • Staying Steady (improving your strength and balance) (link to Help the Aged website)

  • Hip Protector Pants – List of stockists and prices

  • Private Purchase Order Form – Hip Protector Pants

  • Footwear advice (to reduce the risk of falling) – leaflet

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General information

  • Useful addresses and telephone numbers for social care departments within the city

  • Structure chart – Health & Community Care Division (link to intranet page)

  • Finance telephone and fax numbers

  • Resource Directory (link to intranet page)

  • Directory of organisations and services

  • Hampshire - social services addresses

  • Hampshire County Council – social care information & library

  • Terms and Abbreviations

  • Handicapped Persons Registration and Daily Living Assessment Form

  • Leaflets – Communities, Health & Care  (link to intranet page)

  • Making more of life (ways to keep in touch and stay independent) - Age Concern leaflet

Learning Disabilities information

  • Person Centred Planning fact sheet (British Institute of Learning Disabilities)

  • Person Centred Planning (learning disability) - leaflet

  • Partnership Boards fact sheet (BILD)

  • Southampton Learning Disability Partnership Board (link to external website)

Mental Health information

  • Mental Health Act (1983) - Nearest relative (leaflet)

  • Mental Health Act (1983) - Admission to hospital (leaflet)

  • How to get help – FAQs (Royal College of Psychiatrists) (link to external website)

  • Psychotherapy - FAQs (RCPsych) (link to external website)

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Health Associated Resource

  • PCT Organisation Chart

  • Soton City PCT Practice details for all localities

  • How a Community Matron can help with a long term condition (leaflet)

  • NHS Expert Patients programme

  • Hampshire Partnership Trust - Patient Advice and Liaison Service (leaflet)

  • Southampton City PCT Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS) – leaflet (link to Carers Info intranet page)

  • Personal Dental Service – information leaflet

  • Shirley NHS Walk-in Centre - leaflet

  • Link to NHS Walk-in Health Centre details (link to NHS website)

  • Pharmacies which deliver and Opticians who visit at home

  • 'Message in a Bottle' (Lions Club leaflet)

  • Stroke Co-ordinator – leaflet

  • NHS – find a doctor (search facility) (link to NHS website)

  • Keep Warm Keep Well – a winter guide 06/07 (link to DH site)

  • Heat Wave Plan 2007 (link to DH site)

Holidays – Respite breaks

  • Directgov information about holidays in the UK for disabled people (link to external website)

  • A Guide To Short Breaks (Valuing People Support Team)

  • Information about holidays for people with disabilities (Carers Together) (link to external website)

  • BREAK charity (link to external website)

  • Gables Multi Activity Holidays (link to external website)

  • Nancy Oldfield Trust (link to external website)

  • Scout Holiday Homes Trust (link to external website)

  • Vitalise (link to external website)

  • Kingfisher Barn (link to external website)

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Holidays and respite breaks for people with learning disabilities

  • Barrington Farm (link to external website)

  • Chrysalis Holidays (link to external website)

  • Kentish Road – (Link to brochure and info on Cityweb)

  • Rocklands Care Holidays (link to external website)

  • Rocklands information leaflet

  • Rocklands information and price list

  • Rose Road Oaks and Acorns (link to external website)

  • Rose Road Oaks and Acorns leaflet

  • Rose Road Take-a-Break scheme (link to external website)

  • Rose Road Take-a-Break scheme leaflet

Holidays and respite breaks for people with mental health problems

  • Forresters Respite Holidays (New Forest) (link to external website)

  • Forresters information leaflet

  • Forresters price list

  • Holidays factsheet (Mind) (link to external website)

HOME SUPPORT (INCLUDING DOMESTIC CARE)

  • Townhill Park Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service – leaflet

  • St John Ambulance, Social Care Bathing Service – leaflet

  • Home Safe – leaflet

  • Southampton Staying Put – leaflet

  • Resettlement Project : Lawn Road Move on Service – leaflet

  • Warm Front Team – leaflet

  • City Centre Catholic Care - Home Care Service

  • Handy Person Service - leaflet

  • Lower Needs Schemes available in Southampton

  • Help in the Home Service – leaflet

  • The People’s Gardens Project

DOMESTIC CARE:

  • Guide to Care at Home brochure (HCC) (link to external website)

  • Information about home care services in Hampshire (HCC) (link to external website)

  • Database of home care providers in Southampton

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MEALS

  • Process Map – Meals on Wheels

  • Meal Provision services (including Catholic church / Roast Out / Wiltshire Farm Foods / Home Farm Foods)

  • The Country Pantry - leaflet

  • Wiltshire Farm Foods - leaflet

  • Roast Out

  • First Choice - community meals service

SENSORY SERVICES

  • Services for people classed as hard of hearing

  • Southampton Society for the Blind (leaflet)

  • Definition of Sensory Impairments

  • Sensory Services Team - Self Assessment Form

  • Sight and/or Hearing – leaflet

  • Shearwater Care Group – leaflet

  • Resource Centre – Hampshire Deaf Association (leaflet)

THERAPIES AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

  • Everyday life and leisure information for people with disabilities (from Directgov) (link to external website)

  • Grove Natural Therapy Centre (link to external website)

  • Riding for the disabled (groups in Hampshire) (link to external website)

Therapies and leisure activities for people with learning disabilities

  • Rose Road Community Outreach Service (link to external website)

  • Rose Road Community Outreach Service - leaflet

  • Rose Road Therapies (link to external website)

  • OTARS sports club leaflet

  • Mencap Gateway Award (link to external website)

  • Mencap Gateway Award - Information pack

  • Mencap Gateway Award - Information sheet

  • Southampton Mencap Adult Gateway Club

  • Southampton Mencap Livewire Club

  • Southampton Mencap Wednesday Club

  • Nutfield Nursery - (link to LD intranet pages)

  • Southampton Day Services (link to Cityweb pages)

Therapies and leisure activities for people with mental health problems

  • Active Options Stress Busters

  • Alzheimer's Society Team Dances (West, East and Central Southampton)

  • Mind guide to physical activity (link to external website)

  • MADABOUT

  • Mayfield Nursery

  • Solent Mind Women's Group leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Music Group leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Art Clubs leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Social Clubs leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Plus Club leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Plus Club referral form (link to day centres and support groups page)

  • Solent Mind Café Club leaflet (link to day centres and support groups page)

TRANSPORT

  • Licensed Vehicles

  • Southampton Dial-a-Ride - leaflet

  • Southampton Dial-a-Ride - registration form

  • Southampon Dial-a-Ride - booking guide

  • The Attlee Foundation : Assisting disabled and disadvantaged people with fares – leaflet

  • Southampton Voluntary Drivers Service - guidance notes for care managers

  • Disabled Persons Blue Badge Scheme (link to Cityweb page)

  • Southampton Shopmobility (link to Cityweb page)

  • Southampton Transport Guide

  • "Ambulance" Transport for service users with complex needs; St John Ambulance Service

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