Useful Contact Information for Help and Support Across Cornwall
Whether you need assistance with health services, housing, or community support, here are some key contacts to help you:
Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC)
Refuge for Pets
Feel Safe Scheme
Palladin – Stalking Advocacy Service
National Stalking Helpline
Suzy Lamplugh Trust – for information on stalking and harassment
Alice Ruggles Trust – information about stalking and cyberstalking
Cornwall Refuge Trust 24-hour Domestic Abuse Helpline
Adult safeguarding
National Domestic Abuse Helpline
Refuge – helps with internet security.
www.refuge.org.uk/i-need-help-now/how-we-can-help-you/secure-your-tech/
The Cyber Helpline – Provides free online support for victims of online cyber-crime and harm
Cornwall Housing
info@cornwallhousing.org.uk www.cornwallhousing.org.uk
Live West New Horizons
www.livewest.co.uk/my-home/solve-an-issue/domestic-abuse
Shelter
Ocean Housing
West Cornwall Women’s Aid Refuge
01736 361 269 or 01736 332 711
Truro Refuge
Homechoice www.secure.cornwall.gov.uk/cornwallhousing/openaccess.l/ibsxmlpr.p?docid=home
Jigsaw
www.live.houseingjigsaw.co.uk/prah/customerportal/welcome
Krefta-Kernow – West Cornwall Women’s Aid
https://wcwaid.co.uk/krefta-kernow/
Cosgarne Hall: Harbour Housing
Cornwall Health for homeless
St Petrocs
Spark Project
07939 802 650 spark@trevi.org.uk
offers support to prevent women with multiple disadvantages being affected by violence and abuse to achieve a better quality of life. Services include Jasmine Recovery for addition recovery, Sunflower Women’s Centre which offers support around addiction, mental well-being, health, criminogenic behaviour, domestic abuse and social isolation. Daffodil family centre which offers parenting assessment and support programmes.
Family Lives support for parents
provides targeted early intervention and crisis support to families.
CALM emotional support – 5pm to midnight
Samaritans
providing a talking service.
Connect Cornwall Mental Health Crisis Cornwall 24/7
https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk/mental-health-crisis-cornwall
for mental health crisis support.
Karma Nirvana
provides support with honour-based violence and Forced marriages.
The Women’s Centre Cornwall
Admin Contact number 0120 876 466
Helpline number 0120 877 099
support for women and girls 11+ who have experienced rape,
3333
Flows
provides independent legal advice for women who have experienced domestic abuse.
Coodes Legal clinic
email info@coodes.co.uk provides legal advice.
Rights of Women
provides legal support and advice to go through the legal system.
Witness Service, support for victims of DA attending family court
Coram Children’s Legal Advice
provides advice with family, child and education laws
Accord Mediation
mediation service
National Centre for Domestic Violence NCDV
08009 702 070 (free Non-Molestation orders)
Affordable Justice
legal advice service for women which is run by women.
Seahorse Family Law
https://www.seahorsefamilylaw.co.uk/
Offers low cost legal assistance
Cornwall Health for Homeless
cornwallft.nhs.uk/services/health-for-homeless/
provides healthcare to homeless people.
Waves
provides domestic and sexual abuse counselling.
Women’s Aid
provides refuge, counselling, community services, wellbeing, and a helpline.
True Butterflies
07927 465 978 truebutterflies.org
supports individuals and families who have experienced domestic abuse.
We Are With You
Truro – 01872 263 001
Penzance – 01736 365 467
Liskeard – 01579 340 616
addiction support.
FRANK
National helpline support drugs
MARU
MARU out of hours
safeguarding concerns.
Cornwall Mind
provides support with mental health and wellbeing.
Counselling for Social Change
low-cost counselling 03330 508 825
lowcostcounsellingcornwall.org.uk/self-referral
Disability Cornwall
support for people who suffer with long term health or disability, and support for their families and carers.
Georgia’s Voice
supporting women 18-25 with mental health concerns.
Quiet Connections
quietconnections.co.uk support for quieter people to help form connections.
Outlook Southwest
talking therapy service for 16+
CALM for Men
support with suicide and mental health
Papyrus Helpline
support for up to 35 year-olds who have suicidal ideations
National Suicide Prevention Helpline
0800 6895 652 (6pm – Midnight, daily)
Night Link
listening support service for people experiencing emotional health issues.
Brook Health
confidential sexual health and wellbeing service
SANE
provides emotional support from 4pm – 10pm 365 days a year.
CLEAR
01872 261 147 clearsupport.net
Trauma therapy for adults and children
Kerrier Mental Health team
CRUSE Bereavement
CAMHS
Rethink Mental Illness
support for mental health within the community
Combat Veteran Service
cornwallft.nhs.uk/community-veterans-service/
supports ex service personnel with mental health
Cornwall Eating Disorder Service
cornwallft.nhs.uk/eating-disorder-service/
supports adults with a clinical diagnosed eating disorder
Cornwall Eating Disorder Service for Children and young people
cornwallft.nhs.uk/children-and-young-peoples-eating-disorder-service-cypeds
for age 8-18 years with a suspected or diagnosed eating disorder
Beat Eating Disorders
support with eating disorders.
Self-Injury Support
or text 07537 432 444
support for women and girls who self-harm.
Remembering Our Roots CIC
therapeutic support including bushcraft, wilderness living skills, for vulnerable adults and children, military, veterans, children in care/care leavers
James Oecken
Stacey Allsopp
Kernow Positive Support – County wide – affordable counselling, food & clothes bank, wood bank, banking & financial/benefits advice and guidance, warm hubs etc.
https://www.kpsdirect.com/psychotherapy/
Silvercloud NHS
free online resources and courses for mental health recovery
Citizens advice Bureau
03444 111 444 or text 78866
Smart Savings
support with money and debt advise.
Penzance Foodbank
Cornwall Council Benefits
Christians Against Poverty
support with money and debt advise.
Payplan
free debt advise and debt management
Step Change debt advice
debt advise.
PIP and DLA
advise helpline.
Surviving Economic Abuse
https://survivingeconomicabuse.org/
support people who have experienced economic abuse
Reconnect
8-17 years domestic abuse support programme.
Respect
support with parent and child abusive relationships.
Recovery Pathways Therapy
therapy services including mentoring.
MARU
03001 231 116 supportincornwall.org.uk
safeguarding referrals and advise.
Dreadnought Centre
counselling for children and young people aged 8 – 19.
YZUP
wearewithyou.org.uk/services/cornwall-for-young-people/
Drug and alcohol service for 11–18-year-olds
SANDS stillbirth and neonatal death charity
Early Help Hub
ciossafeguarding.org.uk/scp/p/professionals/early-help-hub-ehh
Kooth – for young people
digital mental health care
Cornwall One Parent Family Support
email: northcott@sky.com
Truro and Liskeard
Hear Our Voice
1 to 1 and group support programmes for 11 – 19 year olds in Cornwall
email kates@ypc.org.uk
youngpeoplecornwall.org/programmes/hov/
Home Start Kernow
https://homestartkernow.org.uk/
offers practical help to parents who have children under 5 years old
Mosac
For parents whose children have been sexually assaulted
Childline
deals with any issue which causes harm or distress to children.
Penhaligons Friends grief support for children
01209 210 624 or 01209 215 889
CAPA First Response
Support for Child to Adult abuse
Association for Young People’s Health and Wellbeing for 10–25-year-olds
Supporting young people’s health and wellbeing
Young People Cornwall
https://youngpeoplecornwall.org/our-programmes/
provides support for young people 11 – 25
Free Resources for support emotional wellbeing in children
https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/
Gingerbread Single parent family support
Free Helpline: 0808 802 0925
support for single parent families.
Baby Basics Cornwall
Trevecca industrial estate, Culverwood Road, Liskeard, PL14 6RE
provides financial and practical support to families or mothers of newborns and children under 5
Invictus Trust Clear Counselling
emotional trauma therapy for children and young people between 11-21
self referral – 07483 427 551
email invictus@clearsupport.net clearsupport.net
WILD Young Parents Programme
supports mums, dads and young parents under the age of 23, and their babies and children under the age of 5.
The Wave Project supporting people struggling with their mental health, social deprivation and social isolation through surfing
White Gold Cornwall supports children affected by abuse
https://whitegoldcornwall.co.uk
Maggie Satterthwaite
SEETEC Careers Service
Satterthwaite@seetecpluss.co.uk
Job Centre – Various locations
Pentreath
recovery from mental illness and supporting people into work.
CN4C
helps people through crisis through to employment.
Peoples Hub
support for people wanting to get into employment, or for training.
Free online training
Recovery College
recoverycollegeonline.co.uk/courses/
free online courses and resources for mental health recovery
free training courses including drugs/alcohol/mental health
healthycornwall.org.uk/training/
online courses
online courses
online courses
freecoursesinenglandonline.co.uk/
online courses
only £10 as part of a Government upskilling project.
online courses
zerosuicidealliance.com/ZSA-Resources/resources/training/zsa-advanced-training
online training
online courses
online courses
Man Down
support@mandown-cornwall.co.uk
or via Facebook.
Mankind
supporting males experiencing domestic abuse.
Norda
male refuge.
Operation Emotion
supports with male sexual abuse.
Pegasus
pegasusmenswellbeing.co.uk 07817 261 494
men’s counselling and wellbeing.
Respect
support for male victims of domestic abuse.
Men’s Sheds Association
provides support for men’s health and well-being.
Intercom Trust
working with LGBT+ to improve wellbeing and inclusion.
YAY Young and Yourself
Youth group for LGBTQ+ up to age 25 years old.
Switchboard
a one-stop listening service for LGBT+ (phone, email, instant messaging)