Local support for your symptoms - Mental health and emotional wellbeing

Long covid emotional wellbeing and mental health

There are various services you can access to help you manage your Long Covid symptoms.

Talking Therapies, NELFT

Talking Therapies for people over the age of 18 and registered with a GP in the London Borough of Havering.

They can help you with issues around feeling anxious, trouble sleeping, emotional pressures, stress and depression.

You may be feeling exhausted due to worry, feeling low or even constantly angry.

The Talking Therapies have a specific service for Long Covid, referral from the NELFT Long Covid clinic is required.

Go to the Talking Therapies website

Mind in Havering, Barking and Dagenham

Supported self-help is a free programme that works with you, to support you to recognise and understand your emotions.

Over six weeks you will get information, resources and regular phone calls to help improve how you feel.

Go to the Havering mind website for supported self-help

Live a Better Life Programme is  programme that runs over a few weeks, and provides holistic, CBT-inspired support to adults by encouraging you to come together to enjoy a diverse mix of social, health and physical activities to improve your health and mental wellbeing.

Go to the Havering Mind website for the Live a Better Life Programme

The Proper Blokes Club

A community project for men’s mental health. The main aim is to break the stigma of men’s mental health and start talking openly about it.

Exercise has been a proven way to help people with any sort of mental health issues by releasing endorphins that make you feel good about yourself.

Walking is free, so makes a great way to start and gets you out in the fresh air.

Go to the Proper Blokes Club website

Havering Asian Welfare Association

Havering Asian Social and Welfare Association (HASWA) is an Asian community-led charity which provides a wide range of wellbeing activities to all, regardless of age, gender, religion or background.

Go to the HASWA website

Libraries activities

You can access various activities in Havering libraries that can improve your wellbeing including reading groups, chess and knitting club.

Go to our library website

Age UK

Di's Diamonds is a group for men and women living in Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham, from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Single or partnered, aged 50+, who want to meet people and make friends, get out and about, enjoy activities and events, discover opportunities and take on new challenges.

Go to the Age Uk website 

Havering Carers Hub

Support carers who care for an Adult over the age of 18, where one or both of you live in Havering.

Go to the Havering Carers Hub website