Safe Space/Mental Health Cafe

Funded by the Mental Health Transformation fund Safe Space, offers young people aged 16-25 a safe space where they can explore their mental health through creative expression, and professional support. Working in partnership with the NHS Mental Heal Peer Support service and Oxford Terrace and Rawling Road Medical Practice, we are able to offer young people a range of support and signposting services.

Sessions led by Youth Workers at Rawling Road surgery allow young people to engage in creative and relaxing activities, whilst exploring their own feelings.

In the last year we have alternated sessions between Rawling Road surgery and the Gladstone Terrace Centre for young people. Groups held at the Gladstone Terrace centre for young people offer more practical support where young people can take part in workshops led by professionals, and receive support from youth workers about referrals and other life issues, or if they prefer to, just socialise with their peers.

The project has led to many positive relationships forming between young people who attend, but also between professionals who support young people in the Gateshead area.

Contact sam@youthfocusne.org.uk for more information, or an informal chat.