The following services are available to all families across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that need some additional help and support. Please note that some services are located in Devon where families access health services across the Cornwall / Devon border.
Your health
Healthy Cornwall provide support with:
Our healthy pregnancy advisors will be available after you have had your 12 week scan to give advice on having a healthy pregnancy.
Hunrosa (sleep in Cornish) are sleep consultants who help people of all ages to improve their sleep
Mental Health
Kooth provides free, safe and anonymous support via its online mental wellbeing community for young people and young parents.
Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression if run by Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust and provides free, confidential talking therapies for people who are registered with a GP in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, aged 16 years and over, experiencing common difficulties including:
- low mood
- stress
- anxiety
- worry
Visit the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression
Man Down Cornwall supports men's mental health in Cornwall by providing informal peer-support talking groups all over Cornwall for men with mental health concerns.
Out of Hours health advice
You can get help for your symptoms or medical help using the NHS 111 service
Early Help Hub
The Hub is the ‘front door’ to Early Help services led by Cornwall Council and Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Staff within the Early Help Hub will decide whether a child / young person is eligible for support and which service is most appropriate. This is usually in discussion with the person making the request and / or young person / family.
Support for parents
Home-Start Kernow offers free, confidential support, friendship and practical help to parents of children under five in the county of Cornwall who are going through a difficult time.
WILD Young Parents provide a whole family service for young mums, dads, and their children.
Parent Carers Cornwall provide support, advice and guidance for families who have children and a special educational need and / or disability.
Friends of Face2Face Cornwall are trained parent befrienders of children and young people with a special educational need and / or a disability
Visit the Friends of Face2Face Facebook page
disAbility Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly represent, include, support and empower people living with a long term health condition or disability, their families and carers
Visit disAbility Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Special Educational Needs
Cornwall’s SEND Local Offer includes information about SEND and what support we offer.
You can also visit out SEND pages on the Council website.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
TravellerSpace supports Gypsies, Irish Travellers and New Travellers in Cornwall and the South West
BlackVoicesCornwall provides free support and guidance to people in the community
Pentreath Ltd employ Community Development Workers to support Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. This can be activities such as 1:1 case work, support to access mental health services or help to develop your organisation to be more accessible.
Safe Haven Cornwall run facilitated support groups, social support weekends providing opportunities for peer-to-peer support, workshops, outings for transgender people.
NB South West is a support group for people based in the south west who identify beyond binary gender
Visit NB South WestBenefits, finance and income
StepChange provide free help to individuals who are worried about debt
Citizen's Advice Cornwall offer free, independent and confidential advice to everyone to help solve their problems and improve their lives – from consumer issues to problems at work and from benefit applications to debt relief and homelessness
Visit Citizen's Advice Cornwall
We provide signposting and support regarding the cost of living. This includes advice on eligibility for the Household Support Fund.
Find support for the cost of living
Find out about the Household Support Fund
Find out about vouchers for healthy food, milk and multi vitamins
Food and supplies
We work with community organisations who can help you if you need support accessing food and basic supplies. Our Let's Talk Cornwall site provide a Community Food Support Map
Clothing Banks Cornwall provides a list of clothing banks throughout Cornwall
Baby Basics provides support with clothing and equipment
Visit Baby Basics Cornwall Facebook page
Education
Adult and Community Education offers high quality learning in a safe environment across Cornwall.
