Other agencies and services
There are many other services, agencies and organisations which provide advice, information and support within Cornwall.
We signpost our patients to these services when appropriate.
Advocacy and community support services
- The Advocacy People, call 0300 440 9000 or text 80800, starting message with PEOPLE.
Community mental health teams
- Call the community mental health team on 0845 207 7711.
Drug and alcohol problems
- Addaction, call:
- Bodmin: 01208 227 007
- Liskeard: 01579 340 616
- Penzance: 01736 365 467
- Truro: 01872 263 001 or 01872 262 414
- OK Rehab
- We are with you
Eating disorders
- Eating disorder service: All initial referrals to our service need to go via a GP to the integrated community mental health teams.
Employment
- Inclusion Cornwall: call 01872 326 440
- Job Centre Plus
- Pentreath: call 01726 862 727
Financial
- Citizens Advice Cornwall: call 0344 411 1444 or text the word ADVICE to 78866.
Gambling
- Gamblers Anonymous: call 0330 094 0322.
General wellbeing
- Healthy Cornwall: call 01209 615 600.
Housing and homeless
- Breadline Centre (Penzance): call 01736 366 767.
- St Petrocs (Truro): call 01872 264 153.
Sexual abuse and domestic violence
- CLEAR: advice for children and adults, call 01872 261 147.
- Domestic abuse helpline: call 01208 799 92.
- First Light
- Rape and sexual abuse helpline: call 01208 770 99.
- SARC (Truro Willow centre): supports people with recent sexual assault (in the past 7 days), call 0300 303 4626.
- Women’s Centre Cornwall (formerly WRSAC)
Sexual health
Support helplines
- Samaritans: call 116 123.
- SHOUT: 24/7 text service, text Shout to 85258.
- CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably): call 0800 585 858 5pm to midnight, 365 days a year.
Veterans
- Combat Stress: Call 0800 138 1619, text 07537 173 683 or email Combat Stress.