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WATCH is here to support you as a member
Members are adults aged 18 and above and include people with mental health issues, recovering alcohol and substance users, ethnic minority, disabled, and lone parents.
We offer a social base where our members can regain confidence by accessing various workshops and activities like art, reading, woodwork, drama, personal awareness and computing. All members are offered a Peer Passport to help them along their journey, and some may opt to begin with a Peer Pathways programme.
Eligibility criteria
You can apply to become a member, or be referred by a relevant authority, but you must be aged 18 or above. Please click on the Apply Now button below to start your journey with WATCH.
Emergency support
Mental health emergencies are serious. You are not wasting anyone’s time.
Mindline Somerset
The team at Mindline Somerset are here to support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you need someone to talk to about how you’re feeling and get advice about local services that can help to support you call locally on 01823 276892 or freephone 0800 138 1692. Mindline Live Web Chat is available every day from 8pm-11pm.
If you feel your life is at risk right now due to suicidal thoughts or you have seriously harmed yourself, you need to get urgent medical help. Please call 999 for an ambulance or go straight to A&E. If you can’t do this by yourself, ask someone to help you.
Contact a Samaritan
If you need someone to talk to, we listen. We won’t judge or tell you what to do.
Call the Samaritans any time, day or night on 116 123 –whatever you’re going through, you can call us any time, from any phone for FREE.
Or speak to us in person
If you want to talk to someone face to face, some of our branches offer in-person visits.
Non-emergency support
- Somerset Partnership NHS Trust — somersetft.nhs.uk — a provider of a wide range of safe and effective community health, mental health and learning disabilities services in Somerset.
- Open Mental Health — org.uk — a platform where people in Somerset can seek advice and find out more about services to support mental health needs.
- Rethink — rethink.org — over 250 services for those with mental health services and over 150 support groups, helping more than 60,000 people a year.
- Turning Point — turning-point.co.uk — helps people tackle substance misuse, mental health issues, a learning disability, or employment difficulties.
- Counselling Directory UK — counselling-directory.org.uk — counselling services across Somerset.