Self Referral

NHS Talking Therapies can help provide support and treatment for common mental health problems, such as: Feeling anxious, feeling low and hopeless, panic attacks, finding it hard to cope with work, life or relationships, struggling with flashbacks or nightmares about upsetting events from your past, feeling stressed, worrying a lot, obsessive thoughts or behaviours,fear of social situations, being afraid of things, such as spiders, flying or heights (phobias).

ADD-vance (www.add-vance.org) is a Hertfordshire-based charity that supports families affected by ADHD, Autism or a related condition and the professionals who support them.

Families in Focus is a Hertfordshire-based community interest company, which provides training information and therapeutic and emotional support to parents.

SPACE Hertfordshire is a Hertfordshire-based charity supporting families of children and young people who are neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Tourette’s and other neurodiverse conditions).

The Hertfordshire SEND Local Offer lets parents and young people know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them.

Change Grow Live offers clinical interventions, as well as psychological and social support for any age. They help with challenges including drugs or alcohol, trouble with housing, domestic abuse, or your mental and physical wellbeing. Treatments are tailored to your needs by a range of professionals, under one roof.

The Living Room offers intensive, daily support for alcohol and any other addictions for any age. Treatments are abstinence-based and follow a structured programme based on the 12-step process, including peer support. Based in Hertfordshire, their daily group therapy sessions take place their hubs in Stevenage, St Albans and Watford.

The Hertfordshire County Council website lists a range of different services and help available for those facing drug or alcohol addictions.

Free, confidential help for anyone who is worried about their or someone else’s gambling. If you need help right away, call or live chat with an Adviser now through the National Gambling Treatment Service - available 24/7 for advice and help finding the right support.

DrugFAM offers support to families, friends and partners who are affected by a loved one’s use of drugs, alcohol or gambling.

The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, also known as the Healthier You programme, is a nine-month lifestyle change programme designed to help prevent type 2 diabetes in those who are at risk of developing it. The Healthier You programme is available both as a face-to-face group service and as a digital service. When referred into the programme, people are free to choose between the two.

This is a Hertfordshire County Council led service designed to help people quit smoking. Quitting smoking is one of the best things anyone can do for their physical and mental health and people are three times more likely to stop smoking with this service than quitting without support. The service is free of charge and advisors will provide tailored weekly support for up to 12 weeks, either face-to-face or over the phone.

Stevenage Sexual Health Clinic is a local walk-in clinic within the town centre of Stevenage.The clinic offers the following services: Information, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Trichomoniasis, Herpes, Warts, Hepatitis and HIV, Rapid HIV testing, Advice and Information. All methods of contraception (excluding the vaginal ring) including coils and implants, Emergency Contraception, Pregnancy Testing and Free Condoms.

Provide Wellbeing offers a vasectomy service for men registered with a Hertfordshire GP. The Provide Wellbeing website has more information about the ‘No-Scalpel’ vasectomy service including local clinics and contact details.Download the self-referral form and find out more about the service from their website.

Free STI test kits can also be ordered online discretely via SH:24. SH:24 work in partnership with Sexual Health Hertfordshire.

Emergency contraception, regular contraception and treatments for sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and genital warts is also offered by SH:24

Healthy Hubs Hertfordshire is a health and wellbeing organisation with local centres throughout Hertfordshire. The Stevenage hub can be found at Stevenage Arts and Leisure Centre and it works in close partnership with Stevenage Borough Council. They provide advice, information and support to help improve everyone’s health and wellbeing. They can help people get more active or help individuals overcome a medical issue that may restrict their ability to exercise. Just complete our enquiry form.

NHS Weight Loss Plan is an online programme that us broken down into 12 weeks to help you: set weight loss goals, plan your meals, make healthier food choices, get more active and burn more calories, record your activity and progress. The downloadable NHS app allows you to track of your eating habits, and develop a healthier, more active lifestyle with this easy to follow weight-loss plan.

Explore their range of wellbeing apps designed to guide you through the health choices that matter most to you.

NHS Better Health is a power online resource designed to help people make positive lifestyle changes. Whether the goal is to lose weight, get active or make healthy choices, Better Health offers plenty of free tools and support.

Survivors UK help sexually abused men, as well as their friends and family, no matter when the abuse happened, and challenge the silence and attitudes.

National organisation offering support and counselling for those affected by rape and sexual abuse.

Every single day Refuge works tirelessly to support thousands of women and children experiencing domestic violence and other forms of gender based violence.

If you are experiencing domestic abuse or are supporting someone who is in that situation, immediate help is available.

Are you experiencing domestic abuse? You are not alone. The Helpline can help you find a refuge vacancy for you and your children; call us them more information. They can also support you to find other specialist services in your community, which can provide support whether or not you have left your partner.

Our maternity team will provide care to you during your pregnancy, birth and early postnatal period. On our maternity pages, you can find information about the services we offer and you can directly self-refer to us for your pregnancy care. If you think it would be helpful for us to provide further information about any aspect of maternity care on the website, please contact us.

Macmillan provide emotional, practical, physical, and financial support for people living with cancer at every stage of their cancer experience.

We deliver essential mental health support in Hertfordshire, providing a diverse range of services from our seven Wellbeing Centres and other venues across all ten districts of the county. Funded locally, our services are available to all residents in Hertfordshire over the age of 18 and we offer dedicated services for 5-18 year olds.

Our Crisis Cafés and Crisis Helpline are open every evening for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

The podiatry service for East and North Hertfordshire aims to promote positive foot health and provide a range of services for people with foot health problems. The service is targeted to those with the greatest podiatry needs, those who have a medical condition or are taking medication that puts their feet at greater risk of damage or infection.

Fill in this form to ask for an assessment of your social care needs or your needs as a carer.

We provide information, problem solving and support. We also arrange a variety of ways for carers to have a voice and influence service improvements. We work closely and collaboratively with professional staff in a wide range of voluntary and statutory organisations to link our services and assist them to develop a carer friendly focus. We manage specialist projects targeted to particular caring circumstances. Carers in Hertfordshire is core funded by Hertfordshire County Council and the NHS.

Child Bereavement UK help children and young people (up to age 25), parents, and families, to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. They also provide training to professionals, equipping them to provide the best possible care to bereaved families.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK. Sands exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to ensure that anyone affected by the death of a baby receives the best possible care and support for as long as they need it.

TCF offers many different kinds of support for bereaved families. Whatever the cause of your loss, wherever you are in the UK, and whatever your circumstances – they are here to help.

Support, advice and information for children, young people and adults when someone dies. The charity also works to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.

Welcome. We are a local charity providing free, compassionate end of life care and support to patients and their families. Our services are available to people living in the communities of North Hertfordshire, Stevenage and surrounding towns and villages in Central Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

The Rehab and Wellbeing Team support people to maintain skills, confidence and optimise quality of life, enabling people to live well with their diagnosis and do the things in life they enjoy. They support with symptom control issues, provide rehabilitation and social opportunities in an environment that is friendly, welcoming and relaxed. This service is free and you can self-refer without the need of a medical referral.

Garden House Hospice is a local Hertfordshire charity providing free, compassionate end of life care and support to patients and their families. They provide support through a spectrum of different services:

As an independent charity, we work towards a world where people affected by crime or traumatic events get the support they need and the respect they deserve. We help people feel safer and find the strength to move beyond crime. Support is free, confidential and tailored to your needs.