The Bucks Mind telephone line will be open until 1pm on Tuesday 24^th December. It will then be closed until Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

Most of our services are open up to and including Tuesday 24^th December. They will then be closed over Christmas and New Year, reopening on Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

The exceptions are:

Counselling for Young People. Counselling sessions will be delivered up to and including Friday 20^th December, then closed, with sessions resuming on Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

Counselling for Adults. Counselling sessions will be delivered up to and including Friday 20^th December then closed, with sessions resuming on Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

Friends in Need: Open up to and including Tuesday 24^th December. Then closed, reopening on Thursday 2^nd January 2025. However, in-person and online groups are taking place during the Christmas and New Year period for active registered members. The online activities can be accessed via the links provided in the December timetable. For more details, please contact Ansa Khan on 07496 874882 or email [email protected] 

Peer Support Bucks:  Open up to and including Monday 23^rd December (with slight timetable changes, please consult your coordinator Pauline Hayden for details). Then closed, reopening on Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

Wellbeing Groups: Open up to and including Monday 23^rd December, then closed, reopening Thursday 2^nd January 2025.

Safe Haven: Closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day only.

If you need help urgently, call NHS 111 and select option 2 or click the button below.

• Safe Haven is open 6.00pm-12.00 midnight (closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day only) to support you over telephone or in person.To contact us 7 nights a week in Aylesbury call: 01296 453017. To contact us 7 nights a week in Wycombe call: 01494 218098
• Helping Hand: 01296 531151, [email protected]. Anyone worried about food or warmth over the Christmas holidays, and not sure what help is available, can contact Bucks Council’s Helping Hand support line (above). This line is open 9am – 5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am – 5pm on Friday. The support line is closed on Christmas day and Boxing Day, but the out of hours team can be contacted in emergencies on 0800 999 7677.

Click here for a list of food banks

Request support from Helping Hand | Buckinghamshire Council

Help buying or accessing food | Buckinghamshire Council

• House of Mercy: 07985 636361/07506 680717, Sunley House, Oxford Rd, Aylesbury HP19 8EZ:Weekly Food donation
• St Andrew’s Church: Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, HP13 7NJ. 01494 529668: Free Christmas Day lunch: Wednesday 25^th Dec, 12-3:30pm (call to pre-book). Click here for information Christmas Day Lunch (25-Dec-2024) · ChurchSuite Events
• All Saints High Wycombe: All Saints Parish Office, 8, Castle Street, High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 6RF, 01494 527526: 17^th to 23^rd December- 11 am Daily, Christmas Tree festival, free entry. For more information click here tree festival
• St Peter’s Church: Treadaway Hill, Loudwater, HP10 9QL. 01628 526087: Christmas Day Lunch: Wednesday 25^th Dec, 12-2pm (call to pre-book or book online). For more information click here Christmas — St Peter’s Loudwater

• The East Berkshire Safe Haven service offers out-of-hours mental health support to anyone agreed 18 and over: https://www.mhm.org.uk/east-berkshire-haven. Thursday to Sunday, 5pm-11pm (including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). Call: 07790 772863. Address: 54 High Street, Slough, SL1 1EL.
• Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team East (CRHTT) – 24hr crisis support. Tel: 08001 299999 (24hr).Email: [email protected]
• CPE (Common Point of Entry) – not requiring crisis support (CRHTT) but need further mental health support without visiting GP. Tel: 03003 652000 (Mon-Fri, 9am-8pm). Email: [email protected]
• Slough Homeless Our Concern. Quaker Meeting House, 74 Ragstone Rd, Slough SL1 2PX. If you need help or know someone that does call on 01753 57 77 47 or click here for more information Services – SHOC – Slough Homeless Concern
• Bracknell Forest Winter Wellness timetable of activities (up to 31^st December): https://health.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/five-ways-to-winter-wellness-timetable/
• Bracknell Forest Social Prescribing activities and events: Social Prescribing activities and events – Bracknell Forest Public Health Portal
• NHS Mental Health Support: https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/our-services/mental-health-and-wellbeing/access-mental-health-support/ and https://www.frimleyhealthandcare.org.uk/your-health/mental-wellbeing/
• Salvation Army providing warm spaces and support with food and toys over the Christmas period. Maidenhead: Maidenhead | The Salvation Army Slough: Slough | The Salvation Army
• Wellbeing for Slough list of activities: https://sloughhealth.org/listing-category/warm-spaces/
• Slough Outreach providing free hot meals, advice and support for those at risk of homelessness or rough sleeping: Get Help – Slough Outreach