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Mental Health
Local Support
Waltham Forest Beacon
Free emotional wellbeing support for individuals aged 18 and over, available in the evening and weekend.
A welcoming, calm, and inclusive space where people living in Waltham Forest can drop in, feel supported, and take a moment for themselves, no appointment needed.
Feel free to drop in, give us a call, or come via a professional referral.
Support will include:
- Information, referrals, and signposting to helpful services.
- Emotional supportfrom trained peer workers with lived experience.
- Drop‑in sessions for those moments when you really need to talk.
- Planned one‑to‑one support, via telephone or in-person.
- Help to create a recovery plan for your future wellbeing.
- Telephone interpreter support available for those who need it.
Open 365 days a year
- Monday to Friday, 5:30pm to 10pm
- Weekends and Bank Holidays, 3pm to 10pm
Email us
- WalthamForest.MHCA@hestia.org
Find us
The Mill (Community Centre)
7-11 Coppermill Lane, E17 7HA
Phone us
07407 299565
National Support
Mind
Mind provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
Rethink Mental Illness
Rethink Mental Illness improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through a network of local groups and services, expert information and successful campaigning. The goal is to make sure everyone affected by severe mental illness has a good quality of life.
Anxiety UK
Anxiety UK was formed in 1970, by Katharine and Harold Fisher as a result of Katharine’s experience of agoraphobia and her desire to develop support for others similarly affected.
Samaritans
Samaritans offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal. Call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Combat Stress
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading charity for veterans’ mental health. For a century, they’ve helped former servicemen and women with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
CALM (Campaign against living miserably)
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK.
Young Minds
Young Minds is leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered, whatever their challenges.