Local and national services
Alcoholics Anonymous & other support services
Find a meeting - Find a Meeting - Alcoholics Anonymous
Dinkaware - Aims to reduce alcohol misuse and harm - drinkaware.co.uk
We Are With You - Services for people who are dependent on drugs and alcohol, and their families - wearewithyou.org.uk
Community Fridges
Community fridges brings people together to share food, connect with others, learn new skills and prevent fresh food from going to waste.
Find your local community fridge - Community Fridge Network
Community Growing Projects
Many community farms, gardens and nature-based organisations offer structured support such as: Education programmes, work and skills training, social enterprises, volunteer opportunities, health and social care, environmental initiatives.
Find your local community growing projects - Our members | Social Farms & Gardens
Computer Access
Learn digital skills for free - Learn My Way | Develop Your Digital Skills
Find local digital support - Find Local Digital Inclusion Support | Good Things Foundation
Dentists
Find a dentist - Find a dentist - NHS
Doctors and GPs
How to register with a GP - Register with a GP surgery - NHS
Find a GP - Find a NHS GP
Food Banks
Find a community meal - Find a Meal - FoodCycle
Find a local food bank - eastbourne food banks - Give Food
Find a local pantry - Pantry Listings | Your Local Pantry
Independent Food Aid Network - IFAN members – Independent Food Aid Network
Trussell Trust - Find a food bank - Find a food bank | Trussell
Food waste projects
Too Good To Go App - Save Food & More From Going To Waste – Too Good To Go
UK Harvest - UKHarvest food rescue and education charity
Libraries
Eastbourne Library - Eastbourne Library | East Sussex County Council
Hampden Park Library - Hampden Park Library | East Sussex County Council
Mental Health Services
Alzheimer's Society - Provides information on dementia, including factsheets and helplines - www.alzheimers.org.uk
Anxiety UK - Charity providing support for people affected by anxiety disorders - www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Anxiety Care UK - Helps people to recover from anxiety disorders - anxietycare.org.uk
ASSIST trauma care - Information and specialist help for people with PTSD and anyone supporting them - assisttraumacare.org.uk
Beat - Eating disorder help - www.b-eat.co.uk
Bipolar UK - A charity helping people living with manic depression or bipolar disorder - www.bipolaruk.org.uk
CALM - CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35 - www.thecalmzone.net
Combat Stress - Treatment and support for British Armed Forces Veterans who have mental health problems - combatstress.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care - www.cruse.org
Depression UK - A self-help organisation made up of individuals and local groups - depressionuk.org
Harmless - Provides a range of services for people who self-harm and their friends and families - harmless.org.uk
Hearing Voices network - Information and support for people who hear voices and local support groups - hearing-voices.org
Lifesigns - User-led self-harm guidance and support network - lifesigns.org.uk
Maytree Suicide Respite Centre - Offers free respite stays for people in suicidal crisis - maytree.org.uk
Mencap - Charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers - www.mencap.org.uk
Men's Health Forum - 24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email -www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation - Provides information and support for anyone with mental health problems or learning disabilities -www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mind - Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems - www.mind.org.uk
National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) - A charity supporting adult survivors of any form of childhood abuse. Provides a support line and local support services - napac.org.uk
National Centre for Eating Disorders - Everything you need to know about eating disorder treatments, information and professional training - eating-disorders.org.uk
National Paranoia Network - Information and support for people who experience paranoid thoughts - nationalparanoianetwork.org
National Self Harm Network - Survivor-led, closely monitored forum for people who self-harm and their friends and families - nshn.co.uk
NHS Choices - Comprehensive information and guidance relating to eating disorders - nhs.uk/eatingdisorders
No Panic - Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome phobias and OCD - www.nopanic.org.uk
OCD Action - Support for people with OCD. Includes information on treatment and online resources - www.ocdaction.org.uk
OCD UK - A charity run by people with OCD, for people with OCD. Includes facts, news and treatments - www.ocduk.org
PAPYRUS - Young suicide prevention society - www.papyrus-uk.org
Rape Crisis - Victim Support - www.victimsupport.org.uk
Relate - The UK's largest provider of relationship support - www.relate.org.uk
Rethink Mental Illness - Support and advice for people living with mental illness - www.rethink.org
Samaritans - Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair - www.samaritans.org
SANE - Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers - www.sane.org.uk/support
SEED - A group of ordinary people with firsthand experience of eating disorders, who make a difference to those people whose lives are blighted by this devastating illness - seed.charity
Side by Side - Mind's supportive online community providing confidential help on mental health problems, including suicide - sidebyside.mind.org.uk
Voice collective - Supports children and young people who experience psychotic symptoms and offer support for their families - voicecollective.co.uk
Young Minds - Support for young people affected by mental health, including psychosis - youngminds.org.uk
Narcotics Anonymous & other services
Find a meeting - Welcome | UKNA Meetings | Narcotics Anonymous Meetings in the United Kingdom
DrugWise - Provides drug information which is topical, evidence-based and non-judgemental - drugwise.org.uk
Frank - Offers free confidential drug information and advice 24 hours a day - talktofrank.com
We Are With You - Services for people who are dependent on drugs and alcohol, and their families - wearewithyou.org.uk
Parkrun and other activities
Find a local Parkrun - events | parkrun UK
Book a free outdoor exercise class through Our Parks - Our Parks | Get Fit For Free
Join Good Gym, a community of people who combine walking, running or cycling with helping the community - GoodGym | Run, Walk & Cycle to Help Your Local Community | GoodGym | Run, Walk & Cycle to Help Your Local Community
Turn a walk into a nature walk by downloading the Merlin app and identifying bird song - https://www.merlinbirds.org/
Download a Couch to 5k app and gradually work your way up to running 5k - Get running with Couch to 5K - Better Health - NHS
Book a free outdoor exercise class through Our Parks - https://ourparks.org.uk/
Social Prescribing
Your doctor isn’t the only person who can help you feel better. Social prescribing is a way to improve your health and emotional wellbeing by connecting you with services, groups, and activities in your local community.
Our Services - Eastbourne East PCN - If you would like support from a social prescriber either ask in your GP practice or email socialprescribingreferrals@nhs.net
Social and Community Resources – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Warm Spaces
List of warm community spaces in Eastbourne - Warm Welcome | Find Community Spaces Near You