Connection Support is a regional charity dedicated to helping people who are facing homelessness, housing issues, and mental health challenges. Each year, we provide support to over 5,000 people across the Thames Valley and surrounding areas, empowering them to rebuild their lives. We deliver over 30 support services across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. While our roots are ...

Elmore works directly with people falling through the gaps of existing services, supporting them to tackle their problems, improve their lives, and feel part of their communities. They also identify gaps and barriers in current services and worth with individuals and systems to address these. This can include individual and collective advocacy alongside clients, as ...

The Wellbeing Service is open to anyone over 18 and is accessed through an Options session. Options sessions are a conversation (face to face or by telephone) with a Mind Wellbeing Worker to explore a person’s mental health, wellbeing and what might be helpful. Options sessions can be booked via the Information Service. Wellbeing services ...

If you are homeless, you still have a right to register with a doctor – you can use a ‘care of’ address’, such as a friend or a day centre. You may only be offered a temporary three-month registration ...

If you are homeless, you still have a right to register with a doctor – you can use a ‘care-of address’, such as a friend or a day centre. You may only be offered a temporary three-month registration. ...

NHS Oxfordshire Talking Therapies provides free, confidential and easy to access mental health care to people (18+) registered with an Oxfordshire GP. The service offers a range of evidence based talking therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), employment support, as well as access to wellbeing activities for people who are coping with low mood, ...

The Banbury Therapy Centre offers universal access to therapy which they promote as a positive and life affirming part of general health and well-being. They provide a wide range of psychological therapies including counselling, psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, family therapy, art therapy, addictions services, relationship counselling and victim support. ...

Cruse Bereavement Care Oxfordshire provides a range of services for people over 18 affected by bereavement, including face to face sessions with a Bereavement Support Volunteer, Bereavement support groups, Friendship groups and a Bereaved by Suicide support group run in conjunction with SOBS (Survivors of bereavement by suicide). ...

The Listening Centre is a low cost counselling service for people in East Oxford based in Blackbird Leys, Rose hill and Barton. The service is run by mainly trainee counsellors and psychotherapists. Many clients are signposted to the service by GP’s but all clients have to make contact themselves. ...

If you are homeless, you still have a right to register with a doctor – you can use a ‘care-of address’, such as a friend or a day centre. You may only be offered a temporary three-month registration. ...

Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives (ACT) is a charity based in Oxford. Their welcoming community includes many with lived experience of prison, street homelessness and addiction. Through street and prison outreach, meals, mentoring and housing, they help people rebuild their lives. ...

Local Youth club for young people in Barton. Meets on Thursday 6-8pm for 12-16 yrs at Barton Neighbourhood Centre. The club is run by Oxford Youth Ambition. ...

The Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is the front door to Children’s Social Care for all child protection and immediate safeguarding concerns. It is a link between universal services such as schools and GPs and statutory services such as police and social care. ...

The Oxford Counselling Centre offers private counselling and hypnotherapy services. They can offer counselling in German, French and Polish. Counsellors are fully qualified or in their final year of training. Oxford Counselling Centre is an organisational member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy so all counsellors adhere to the BACP ethical framework and ...

Oxford Men’s Counselling Service (OMCS) supports men (over 18) to explore issues relevant to them. The service works with men who may benefit from short or long-term counselling. The introductory session costs £20 and there is a charge on a sliding scale thereafter. Access to the service is by self-referral and enquirers are invited to ...

Oxford Mindfulness (Foundation) offers mindfulness courses run over eight weeks, which includes 2.25-hour classes per week and home practice. These courses help the general public to manage their mental health. Courses are accessed via self-referral.  The Oxford Mindfulness team also train individuals to teach mindfulness. ...

Oxford Women’s Counselling Centre (OWCC) offers a professional counselling service to women in Oxfordshire. Counsellors are fully qualified or following an approved training course. OWCC provides a supportive counselling environment for women seeking help to explore the issues in their lives and to consider alternative perspectives. People can self-refer by phone, leaving their name and ...

Relate offers telephone and online counselling and can provide specialist counselling for a wide range of relationship issues. Telephone Counselling is just like having a face-to-face counselling session, except you’re talking to a trained counsellor over the phone. You can arrange counselling sessions whenever it’s convenient for you. They can provide specialist counselling for a ...

Local youth club for girls(11-19yrs) at the EMBS Community College. Meets on Wednesdays 5pm-7pm during term time. The club is run by Oxford Youth Ambition ...

These are free boxing sessions for young people(11-19 yrs) on Fridays 4pm–5pm, organised by Oxford Youth Ambition. Located in Oxford Martial Arts Academy (OMAA), Templars Square ...

These are free football sessions for young people(11-19 yrs) on Tuesdays 4pm–5pm, organised by Oxford Youth Ambition. Located at Oxford City Community Arena, Marston ...

These are free Blackbird Leys Boys MultiSports sessions for young people, organised by Oxford Youth Ambition. They are on every Friday 6pm–7.30pm for 11–14yrs and 7.30pm–9pm for 15–19yrs. At Leys Pools and Leisure Centre ...

Wantage Counselling & Training Centre is a registered charity providing counselling and psychotherapy in a safe, confidential and non-judgmental environment for individual adults, couples and young people aged 15 years upwards, on an open-ended basis or for an agreed time period, with the aim of enabling you to enhance your life and to live it ...

Reducing the Risk is dedicated to the safety of adults and children at risk of domestic abuse and to the empowerment of the professionals and volunteers who support them. We’re is an Oxfordshire-based charity but we work locally, regionally and nationally to empower professionals, volunteers and communities who support victim-survivors of domestic abuse. ...

Adult Inpatient Services, Mental Health provides inpatient services to adults of working age across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. For some patients this may be a brief stay for intensive treatment and support, others who suffer from severe and enduring mental illness may require more frequent admissions. ...