THE AS YOU ARE CENTRE LIMITED 

Funding was provided towards staff training.

We'd like to recruit, train and support four additional volunteer counsellors who will, in turn, support more individuals experiencing mental ill-health, isolation and distress.

The funding will be used to deliver additional counselling sessions for adults and young people experiencing poor mental health in the Sussex area. The project aims to provide access to support that ....more

The funding will be used to deliver additional counselling sessions for adults and young people experiencing poor mental health in the Sussex area. The project aims to provide access to support that will help them to manage symptoms associated with their mental ill-health.

Towards peer support sessions for parents/carers of disabled children and children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions.

Funding was provided towards staff training to help improve their service and enhanced assessments.

The funding will be used to improve access to counselling sessions for people at risk of suicide and living with mental ill health. The project aims to reduce stress depression and anxiety and ....more

The funding will be used to improve access to counselling sessions for people at risk of suicide and living with mental ill health. The project aims to reduce stress depression and anxiety and improve quality of life.

The As You Are centres provides free and low cost psychological support to individuals, couples and families, including low cost counselling, relationship and family therapy and therapeutic groups ....more

The As You Are centres provides free and low cost psychological support to individuals, couples and families, including low cost counselling, relationship and family therapy and therapeutic groups and survivors of domestic abuse. They also work with other organisations to provide eating disorder groups, including a female only group. Funding was provided to run a series of online and face to face therapeutic groups over 12 months to cope with increased demand.

Sharing success stories will help women with eating disorders improve their health by creating a resource booklet for others to use.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Grant to The As You Are Centre to support the organisation through COVID19

The As You Are Centre provide free and low cost psychological support to individuals, couples and families, services include low cost counselling, relationship and family therapy and therapeutic ....more

The As You Are Centre provide free and low cost psychological support to individuals, couples and families, services include low cost counselling, relationship and family therapy and therapeutic groups; including Anger Management, emotional resilience and survivors of abuse. Funding for staff training for online counselling: online services to include: assessments sessions and bereavement support.

Build skills and confidence; Mental illness can have negative impact on self esteem and confidence, groups will provide opportunities for women to challenge negative patterns of thought and self ....more

Build skills and confidence; Mental illness can have negative impact on self esteem and confidence, groups will provide opportunities for women to challenge negative patterns of thought and self belief. Outcomes will be improved self confidence and increased self esteem. Improved communication and relationships, our skilled facilitators will work with a combination of recognised therapeutic interventions to enable the participants to increase their own self belief and confidence and develop more positive ways of relating and communication. Peer support will provide platform to challenge stigma associated with mental illness. Skills will included; mindfulness, effective use of SMART goals. Improve health and well-being; The groups aim is to improve mental health, group participants will develop tools to improve their ability to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. They will have opportunities to develop positive and healthily sleep patterns. Reduce harmful self medication, less women will be using harmful self medication including, food, alcohol, legal and illegal drugs and self harm. Build social networks; peer support provides opportunity for group members to build social and supportive networks. Positive and assertive communication provides space for women to highlight and maintain positive and supportive relationships. Women will feel less isolated.

Funding was provided to run 6 therapeutic groups for women experiencing mental ill health.

Funding was provided for volunteer training.

towards one year's running costs of the 'Focus 4 Life' project providing support to people with mental health issues in West Sussex

The project will train eight counsellors who will provide extra relationship therapy sessions. This will support families with issues such as addiction, bereavement, family breakup, mental ill ....more

The project will train eight counsellors who will provide extra relationship therapy sessions. This will support families with issues such as addiction, bereavement, family breakup, mental ill health, deprivation, infidelity and mental health issues. These sessions will allow families to address their issues at an early stage, helping them to have lasting positive change within their families, and develop coping strategies.

towards two years' running costs of the 'Focus 4 Change' project that provides support services to people with mental health issues in deprived areas of West Sussex

towards three years' running costs of a project supporting people in West Sussex with mental ill-health

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Southwick. The organisation will use funding to deliver therapy sessions for adults with a history of childhood physical abuse and neglect, and train ....more

This is a project by an incorporated charity in Southwick. The organisation will use funding to deliver therapy sessions for adults with a history of childhood physical abuse and neglect, and train volunteers to be able to deliver peer led sessions in the future. This will reduce isolation of beneficiaries and enable them to address issues such as shame and stigma in a supportive environment.