Mental Health Support Team

The Mental Health Support Team continues to provide its regular Friday morning drop-in at the Friary. Ann and the team continue to refer a wide number of homeless people to the service, whose difficulties are complex and often enduring. 

The Friary provides us with an opportunity to engage with those homeless people who are reluctant or unable, for whatever reason, to engage with city services. 

For those who clearly have mental health difficulties but are unwilling to engage with services including our own, the informal nature of the drop-in allows us, alongside the Friary team, to monitor and informally support an individual, and intervene only when appropriate. The Friary team offer vital help and support to those people (large in number) who would perhaps otherwise ‘fall through the net’. 

Friary Drop-In continues to offer opportunities for the most vulnerable and excluded to engage with others, to access support and treatment services, to build new homes and new lives. It is our sincere wish that those who fund Friary Drop-In continue to recognise these opportunities and the positive impact that they have had, not only on the lives of individuals, but also the wider community.