Practical, Emotional & Social Support
Are you a struggling mum or dad, a bereaved parent, in need of baby clothing or equipment or caring for a young person with a mental illness? Then we can help!
The Safe Group – A place to be family, maybe just the support you need. This is a group specifically for parents who maybe are feeling isolated and would benefit from the encouragement of others. Click here for more information on our support for parents.
Wednesdays at The Safe (Term Time only) from 11am-12:30pm
Lunch is then provided from 12:30-13:30. No Charge.
No booking is necessary, but if you would like further details contact us by email to: enquiries@the-safe.org.uk or via phone on: 01256 460100 or via our Facebook page.
Location: 18 Winchester Street, Basingstoke RG21 7DY
Bereaved Parents Support is a 1:1 service for parents who have had a child/children death through either stillbirth, Neonatal death, SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Foetal abnormality or in early childhood. Please ring Chris for further details or enquiries on: 07527 489143.
The Baby Clothing and Equipment Service aims to support any mothers, fathers or couples who are struggling financially to provide their baby with the necessary equipment or clothing.
We open our store each Thursday during Term Time between 10:30am and 12:30pm allowing clients to collect items which they need.
The Safe accepts donations of good quality clothing (ages 0 to 14) and equipment such as cots, prams, stair gates, baby baths and high chairs.
The store is located at 18 Winchester Street Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 7DY.
For more information or to confirm when the store will be open call 01256 460100.
Health professionals – If you are working with a low income family who would benefit from our Baby Clothing and Equipment Store please email enquiries@the-safe.org.uk and we will do our very best to help.
Hope for Carers is a facilitated peer-support group offering mutual support and encouragement to parents and carers who look after young people with mental health issues such as self-harming, eating disorders, autism, personality disorders, etc.
The enormous pressure and stress of caring for a young person with a mental illness is often overlooked as all the focus of the professionals tends to be, quite understandably, on the young person effected.
Hope for Carers is entirely focused on the wellbeing of the parents and carers as they navigate the very difficult path of supporting and caring for their loved one. Each parent’s situation is unique to them but there are often similar stresses, anxieties and emotions experienced even if the circumstances are different. The purpose of ‘Hope for Carers’ is as follows:
- Give hope to parents that things can improve in the future
- An opportunity to (confidentially) share experiences with other parents in similar situations
- Learn practical ways of handling the enormous stresses and anxieties – which can otherwise lead to both physical and emotional illness of the parent/carer
Hope for Carers meets from 10am on the first Friday of every month at: ‘The Safe’, 18 Winchester Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7DY. This group also runs on the first Thursday evening of the month from 7pm at the same location. If you would like more information our contact details are below.