Hope Haven celebrates latest milestone as King Street hub opens

Hope Haven has been delivering support to people across the Copeland area for around a year, and can now welcome people into its new specially designed home in the centre of Whitehaven.

Local people can now visit the new hub for walk-in support and receive the help they need without the delays of referrals or waiting lists.

Hope Haven is now open from 9:30am to midnight Monday to Friday, and between 4pm and midnight on weekends, at 40 King Street.

Hope Haven offers people support on a wide range of things they may be dealing with, from practical physical and mental health support to tackling drug or alcohol addiction, or advice on housing, work, or money problems.

Since December, Hope Haven has been running this type of walk-in support from its temporary home at the Senhouse Centre in Whitehaven. More than 150 local people have been able to get the help they needed since these sessions started at the Senhouse Centre.

The project is a collaboration between Cumbria Health; Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW); Everyturn Mental Health; Home Group; iCan Wellbeing Group CIO; The WELL Communities CIC and Whitehaven Community Trust. The work has been funded by NHS England, as one of six pilot schemes in a drive to provide more mental health support in local communities.

David Storm, Associate Director for Access and Community Services at CNTW, said: “We are delighted to be moving into our new home on King Street in Whitehaven.

“We have already seen the impact we can have providing local people with this type of support, and our move to King Street will increase what we are able to offer to people across Copeland.

“We are here if you are worried about your (or someone else’s) mental health or mood, need help with physical health and fitness, to tackle drug or alcohol addiction, or if you need advice on housing, work, or money problems.

“So come and talk to us. You’ll get a warm welcome from one of our team, and they’ll listen to you to find out how we can help.

“What makes Hope Haven unique is that if you need more than one type of support, we’ll build that around you – rather than people getting passed between different services.”