You can use this page to look for support that is available in your area, there may be other services available that are local to you that are not shown on this list.
Suffolk InfoLink
Norfolk Libraries
Suffolk Libraries
Essex Libraries
Suffolk Mind
Norfolk and Waveney Mind
Mid and North Essex Mind
Ipswich Town FC Foundation
Rural Coffee Caravan
Citizens Advice
Hospitality Action
Samaritans
Warm Welcome
SPECIALIST SUPPORT SERVICES
ActivLives (Ipswich & East Suffolk):
A charity working to improve wellbeing through community gardens, lunch clubs, health walks and chair-based exercise sessions.
Age Well East:
A charity supporting older people and their loved ones, including dementia cafes and bereavement support.
Colchester Youth Enquiry Service:
Support for young people in Essex, including teenage pregnancy, counselling and benefits advice.
Communities Together East Anglia:
Community-based support for older and vulnerable people, including transport services, carers network and later life support services.
Dance Network Association (Colchester and surrounds):
Providing specialist all-age dance classes for everyone, including those living with Parkinson’s and dementia.
Disability Advice Service East Suffolk:
Free, independent advice for people living with a disability and their carers. Support includes debt advice, housing and benefits applications support.
Disability Advice North East Suffolk:
Free, impartial help and advice, including benefits, housing and employment. Home visits available.
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice:
Support for families and care for children and young people with life-threatening conditions across Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, including bereavement counselling.
Eden’s Project (Sudbury, Great Conard and surrounds):
Youth centre offering youth club and additional support services.
Family First (Ipswich):
Support for families facing a variety of personal, social and economic challenges, including divorce.
Gatehouse Caring East Anglia:
A charity providing free support for vulnerable people in and around Bury St Edmunds. Includes furniture re-use, a food bank and elderly day services.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Young Carers:
Support for young people aged 8-25 who are caring for their parents or another family member. Confidence building and social activities including paint balling, swimming and bowling.
Harleston Information Plus:
Community-based support for people in Harleston and surrounds, including skills development for employment, food bank and carers group.
Headway:
Rehabilitation programmes, carer support and respite care for those living with acquired brain injury and their families.
Henderson Trust:
Charity providing a range of support for people living in North Earlham, West Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit in Norwich.
Home-Start:
Specialist support for families experiencing a range of financial or personal issues.
Inspire Suffolk:
A charity supporting the personal development of young people including skills development, mentoring and sports.
MAZE Group (Colchester and Tendring):
SEND parenting support including free monthly drop-in sessions, peer support and practical advice.
Men’s Sheds Association:
Providing opportunities to develop practical skills and hobbies, all whilst connecting with others in a friendly, positive environment.
Miniature Donkeys for Wellbeing:
Animal-assisted therapy for people with life-limiting conditions. Virtual and in-person visits offered.
Nelson’s Journey (Norfolk):
Child bereavement support for young people affected by the death of a loved one.
New-U Enterprises Ltd:
Social enterprise providing mentoring, employment opportunities and skills development for young people facing a variety of challenges, including ASD and anxiety.
Off the Record Counselling Service (Norfolk):
Affordable counselling and psychotherapy for anyone aged 18+ years. Please note, their list is closed until Jan 2023, however you can visit their website to register your interest in their services.
Open Road (Essex):
Drug and alcohol recovery service in Essex, including specialist peer support groups.
Re-engage (Ipswich):
Social gatherings and telephone befriending for older people.
Soulshine Healing (Dereham and surrounds):
Peer support group for women facing personal challenges.
Suffolk Family Carers:
Help and support for anyone of any age caring for a loved one in Suffolk.
Suffolk Young People’s Health Project:
Drop-in service in Ipswich for children and young people aged 7-25 years old. Includes weekly youth groups in various Ipswich locations, including a Girls Group.
The Art Station (Saxmundham and surrounds):
A creative hub providing community arts activities for all.
The Mix (Stowmarket and surrounds):
Youth clubs and mentoring for young people aged 8-18 years.
The Seagull Theatre (Lowestoft):
A community theatre offering a variety of supportive, engaging activities for people of all ages, including a Girls Group and Dementia friendly workshops.
Transforming Futures Suffolk:
Help and support for children who no longer live with their birth families. Includes advice and support networks for foster and adoptive families.
Walton Parish Nursing (Walton, Felixstowe and surrounds):
Providing chair-based activity classes, counselling and financial advice to older people.