Find out about mental health support and services in Bath and North East Somerset. You can also request a mental health act assessment, if you're concerned about someone who is at significant risk of hurting themselves or others.
Where to get help
If you're struggling to cope with day-to-day life, or are experiencing mental health issues which cannot wait, you can do any of the following:
- Get help from NHS 111 online or call 111 and select option 2
- Call the Samaritans on 116 123 (this is a free call)
- Text "SHOUT" to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line
- Contact your doctor (ask for an 'emergency' or 'same-day' appointment)
- Call the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) Intensive Support Service (if you're currently being supported by them) on 01225 36 28 14
Find other mental health support
Most of the following services are available to over 18 year olds with a mental health support need who also live in Bath and North East Somerset. You may be able to self-refer to some services or you may need to be referred by one of the following:
- GP
- Local mental health service
- Adult health and social care team
- BANES Talking Therapies service
Everyone Health
Everyone Health B&NES Emotional Wellbeing Coach service (part of the Wellness Service) supports those experience poor emotional wellbeing to create a personal health plan to improve emotional health and wellbeing.
Bath Mind
Bath Mind One-to-one Mental Health Support services are for people needing focused one-on-one support. Working closely with individuals to access wider services and communities, achieve their goals, and to build confidence and resilience.
Bath Mind Evening Support helps people at risk of a mental health crisis every evening. Breathing Space provides calm, non-clinical in-person support for individuals experiencing or at risk of a mental health crisis. The Breathing Space Hub is open every day from 6pm to 10.30pm in Bath. Bath Mindline is a mental health support service, providing calm, non-clinical mental health support over the phone. Open Monday to Friday from 5pm – 9pm. Call Freephone 0808 175 1369 and press option 2.
Reach
DHI's Reach provides advice on housing, benefits, and managing debts and can also refer clients to other specialist agencies. This service provides a combination of practical and emotional support to help people live independently and develop useful life skills.
Bath Mind
Bath Mind Wellbeing Groups support people in creating new connections and support systems, with a huge range of groups and activities available.
Live Well B&NES
Explore our Social, leisure and learning section for a range of clubs and activities, volunteering, befriending and learning and training opportunities to support your health and wellbeing.
B&NES Health & Wellbeing Courses
Explore Wellbeing Courses for free and low cost courses for local residents, both face to face and online. Find a range of courses aimed to promote good health and wellbeing. Learn new skills, meet new people and boost your overall wellbeing.
Bath Mind
Bath Mind website has lots of great ideas and activities, self-help online and print resources to support your mental health and wellbeing.
Wellness Service
The Wellness Service is delivered by experienced specialist trained practitioners and provides a number of programmes to support you to improve your health and wellbeing, including Wellbeing Coach and Emotional Wellbeing Coach Service, Physical Activity Service, Stop Smoking Service and others.
Bath City Farm
Bath City Farm offer two programmes supporting people with mental health needs. Roots to Health is a supported volunteering programme and Natural Pathways is a nature connection group supporting the wellbeing of people living with mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress, isolation or other.
Live Well B&NES
Our Live Well B&NES website offers support, signposting, resources and activities for anyone in need of care or support including mental health support, to enable everyone to live a full and independent life. Explore the Mental health local services and support directory on Live Well B&NES.
Bath Wellbeing House
The Wellbeing House is a free retreat for those who want to enhance their mental health and wellbeing, open seven days a week.
Reach
DHI's Reach service provides practical and emotional support to people who need help staying housed or finding somewhere to live.
Second Step Floating Support
Second Step Floating Support is a short term service for people with mental health problems who are either finding it difficult to manage their tenancy and could be at risk of losing their home or are moving into a new tenancy and need support to do this.
Live Well B&NES
Explore the Housing options and support section of Live Well B&NES to find the right housing options for you, from getting some support in your own home or adaptations to your property to finding a care home, plus the Housing options and support directory of local services.
Supported Independence
Supported Independence is a specialist provider of supported living, co-living and outreach services for adults in the South West, with 12 supported living houses across the area. They provide individually tailored services to clients with a wide range of complex needs, including those with mental health needs.
Bath Mind
Orchard House in Welton, Midsomer Norton, provides 7-10 days’ accommodation and non-medical support for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
Bath Mind Residential Care Home offers 24/7 non-nursing care and support for eight people aged between 18 and 65 with long-term mental health issues.
Bath Mind Marlborough Lane supported housing offers six self-contained, one-bedroom flats, as well as a separate meeting room and garden, designed to support individuals as they work toward independent living over a two-year period.
Clean Slate
Clean Slate 7 Signs programme helps jobseekers explore a different way to find work. For people facing barriers to employment or gaps in their work history.
Jobcentre
Your local Jobcentre can help you find work and tell you about disability friendly employers. GOV.UK has some information about this, or you can search for your local Jobcentre and contact them directly.
Request a Mental Health Act assessment
A Mental Health Act Assessment is an assessment to decide if you should be detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act to make sure you receive care and medical treatment for a mental disorder. In most cases when people are treated in hospital or another mental health facility, they have agreed or volunteered to be there. But there are cases when a person can be detained, also known as sectioned, under the Mental Health Act (1983) and treated without their agreement.
Before you request an assessment for yourself or someone else, discuss this with a keyworker, health or social care professional, or the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP), to see if there is an alternative way of ensuring someone's safety and well-being.
If there is no other alternative
If you're a relative or a health professional who believes someone urgently needs treatment for a mental health disorder, and is at risk of harm to themselves or others, call our Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) team on 01225 36 27 78 (8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and until 4.30pm Fridays), or our Emergency Duty team on 01454 61 51 65 (after 5pm Monday to Friday, on weekends and bank holidays).
Social care and support assessments
If you're not sure what help and support you need, or you think you need some financial support to access services, get a social care and support assessment
Last updated: 20 August 2025