Other Local Support in St Helens

About You UK is a charitable organisation that provides in-person child and adult therapy in St Helens, Southport and Cornwall and online counselling sessions across the UK. The service covers operational costs through donations from its service users.

Counselling services are available for:
– Families and Children,
– Couples,
– Schools,
– Workplaces.

Click here for a link to the About You UK website.

Address:
63 Park Road,
St. Helens,
WA9 1DS

Telephone: 0333 358 0343
Email: info@aboutyouuk.com

Social Media:
– Facebook

Citizens Advice is a nationwide charity – please see the Support Hub for further details.

Citizen’s Advice St Helens offers advice on a variety of topics including:

– Money and debt,
– Information and advice,
– Financial resilience,
– Financial inclusion officers,
– Welfare benefits,
-Consumer advice.

Drop in appointments are available at the main office address on Wednesdays from 10am to 12 pm.

Out reach service locations include:

– General Advice – Trees Community Centre
Alder Street, Newton-le-Willows WA12 8HR Tuesday, 09.30 – 12.30.
– Money and Employment Advice – St Matthew’s Centre Food Pantry, St Matthews Grove, Thatto Heath, St Helens WA10 3SE
Wednesday 08.50 – 11.00.
– General Advice – St Luke’s Community Centre Food Pantry, Knowsley Road, Eccleston, St Helens, WA10 4PU
Wednesday, 15.30 – 17.30.
– General Advice – St Mark’s Centre Food Pantry, Park Street, Haydock, St Helens, WA11 0BH Thursday 08.50 – 11.00.
– Debt Advice – Crownway Community Centre, Crown St, Newton-le-Willows
1st and 3rd Friday of every month, 10.00 – 13.00.

Click here for a link to the St Helens Citizen’s Advice website.

Address:
2nd Floor,
Millennium Centre,
Corporation Street,
St Helens
WA10 1HJ

Telephone:
0808 278 7985 (Advice line)
(Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 10.00 – 15.00)
01744 737866 (General enquiries)
(Mon-Fri, 10.00 – 16.00)
0800 144 8444 / 01744 737866
(Universal Credit, Help to Claim)

Click here for various email address links.

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X

Alcoholics Anonymous is a national charity – Please see our Support Hub for further details.

Alcoholics Anonymous helps people struggling with alcohol addiction to become sober through face-to-face or online meetings. It currently offers a number of meetings throughout the St Helens borough in:

– St Helens,
– Rainhill.

Clickherefor a link to the Alcoholics Anonymous website.

General Service Office Address:
Alcoholics Anonymous,
PO Box 1,
10 Toft Green
York
YO1 7NJ

Telephone: 01904 644026
(Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm – Friday 9am to 4.30pm)
Email: aainformation@gsogb.org.uk

Helpline:
0800 0086 811  (UK)
Email: help@aamail.org

Change Grow Live is a national charity – please see the Support Hub for further details.

Integrated Recovery Service – St Helens is a support service for adults aged 19+ struggling with drug or alcohol addictions and their families and carers’. Support is delivered through one to one appointments and group work.

Other support services include:
– Health and wellbeing,
– Criminal justice,
– Domestic abuse,
– Homelessness.

Click here for a link to the Integrated Recovery Service – St Helens web page.

Telephone: 01744 410 752
Email: sthelens.info@cgl.org.uk
Families email: buildingbridges.sthelens@cgl.org.uk

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X

Amparo is a national charity – please see our Support Hub for further details.

The Cheshire and Merseyside area has a confidential support service available to anyone affected by suicide. It is commissioned by CHAMPS, the Cheshire and Merseyside public health collaborative and delivers a one-to-one, family or work colleague support service via:

– Telephone,
– Video link,
– In person,
– ‘Walk and talk’,
– Community venues.

Clickherefor a link to the Amparo website.
Clickherefor a link to the Cheshire & Merseyside web page.

Telephone: 0330 088 9255
Email: amparo.service@listening-ear.co.uk

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter
– YouTube

Barnado’s is a national charity that supports children and young people – please see our Support Hub for further details.

Barnado’s BOSS is an Early Intervention Emotional Health and Wellbeing service for children and young people aged 5-19 and works with St Helens CAMHS service to deliver the ‘Thrive Model’ of care.
A range of therapy is offered including:
– Counselling,
– Art and play therapy,
– Solution focused interventions,
– Group work.

Clickherefor a link to the Barnado’s BOSS website.

Address:
Birch Unit,
Marshalls Cross Road,
ST. HELENS,
Merseyside,
WA9 3DE

Telephone: 01744 753238
Email: EMWBInfo@barnardos.org.uk

Social Media:
–Instagram
– Twitter
– Facebook
– YouTube
– TikTok
– LinkedIn

Barnado’s is a national charity that supports children and young people – please see our Support Hub for further details.

Barnado’s St Helens Resilience Service supports secondary aged young people with emotional wellbeing and resilience.

Secondary schools within the borough have their own designated therapist or mental health practitioner that delivers drop-ins, group work and 1-1 therapy.

Drop-in support is also available for parents, carers and school staff every half-term. Working alongside GP’s and in the community, the service aims to reduce the number of young people being formally referred to mental health and well-being services.

Clickherefor a link to the Barnado’s St Helens Resilience Service website.

Address:
Barnardo’s Resilience Service,
St Augustines of Canterbury High School,
Boardmans Lane,
St Helens,
Merseyside
WA11 9BB

Telephone: 07783 763382
Email: sthresilience@barnardos.org.uk

Social Media:
– Instagram
– Twitter
–Facebook
– YouTube
–TikTok
– LinkedIn

The Apex Trust is a charity based in St Helens that helps ex offenders, those currently offending, or at risk of becoming offenders to turn their lives around, improve society and strengthen communities.

Offering specialised advice and guidance services for women offenders across Merseyside, the charity also runs community groups and businesses such as:

– The Women’s Hub,
– Young at Heart,
– Men’s Mental Health Group,
– Plan Bee Community Coffee Shop.

Clickherefor a link to the Apex Trust website.

Address:
13-15 North Road,
Saint Helens, England, WA10 2TW,
United Kingdom

Telephone: 01744612898
Email: K.hughes3@apextrust.com

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Instagram

Cabbage Hall CIC is a community allotment that is available for local people to volunteer and become involved in gardening.

It also houses St Helens Shed, part of the national Men’s Sheds UK charity – please see our Support Hub for further details. This is a community space for men in St Helens to connect, chat and create while reducing loneliness, isolation and having fun.

Click here for a link to the Cabbage Hall CIC website.

Address:
Hard Lane,
St Helens,
Merseyside
WA10 6NY

Email: cabbagehallcic@gmail.com

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X

– St Helens Shed Facebook page.

Chain Lane Community Centre is a venue available to individuals, clubs, agencies and organisations providing community activities, services and opportunities.

Activities and courses include:
– Yoga,
– Arcade club,
– Mixfit,
– Karate,
– Pilates,
– Computer club,
– Life online,
– Beginners/advanced Spanish,
– Paws for Success puppy/dog training.

Click here for a link to the Chain Lane Community Centre

Address:
Hinckley Road
St Helens
WA11 9HT

Telephone: 01744 632377
(John Prescot – Centre Manager)
Email: ccchainlane@gmail.com

Social Media:
– Facebook

Enterprise Credit Union is a member-owned and controlled financial cooperative operating across all boroughs of Merseyside including St Helens.

It is a not-for-profit organisation, that gives any generated surplus back to its members through dividends or by improving or providing required additional services.

Its services include:

– Savings,
– Loans,
– Member Protection Plans,
– Payroll Deduction Schemes,
– Corporate Memberships.

Click here for a link to the Enterprise Credit Union website.

Address:
8 Hardshaw Street,
St Helens
WA10 1RE

Mon- Fri, 09.00 -15.00

Telephone: 0151 482 0177
Email: contact@enterprisecreditunion.org

Social Media:
– Twitter/X
– Facebook

Diabetes UK is a national charity – please see the Support Hub for further details.

St Helens and District Group is one of 350 voluntary groups in the UK and provides support and information to people living with diabetes, their families and friends.

The in-peson meetings are free to attend and are aimed at adults with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes.

Click here for a link to the St Helens and District Group web page.

Address:
King Street,
St Helens,
WA10 2JZ

Telephone: 01925 653281
Email: duksthelens@icloud.com

Social Media:
– Facebook

Fibromyalgia Action UK is a national charity – please see the Support Hub for more details.

Halton Fibromyalgia Support Group supports people living with fibromyalgia in St Helens and surrounding areas.

A meeting is held on the first Tuesday of every month at:
Pius X Church Hall,
Sefton Avenue off Birchfield Road,
Widnes.

The free group aims to provide people with the opportunity to meet and socialise others with fibromyalgia.

Click here for a link to the Halton Fibromyalgia Support Group website.

Telephone: 07503766198 
Email: emfibrogroup@outlook.com

Social Media:
– Facebook

Creative Alternatives is an arts on prescription service that offers a free programme of creative, wellbeing and self-care activities to St Helens residents.

The visual arts and expressive writing activities help to build and improve confidence and mental wellbeing and reduce anxiety and depression.

Face to face sessions currently take place in St Helens Town Hall on Thursday afternoons and Friday mornings.

Click here for a link to the Creative Alternatives website.

Telephone:
07745 590 698
(Helen Holden – Programme Manager)
07594 677 296
(Stephanie Fry – Support Worker)
Email:
info@creativealternatives.org.uk
(General Enquiries)
helen@creativealternatives.org.uk
(Referrals and General Enquiries)
stephanie@creativealternatives.org.uk

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X

Cafe Laziz is a community space that supports refugees from all over the world.

The cafe aims to break down barriers between the local community and refugees and asylum seekers through sharing culture and food and providing work and English language learning opportunities.

The charity has recently been named as a finalist in the Community Cohesion Awards at the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards 2025.

Address:
Chain Lane Community Centre,
St Helens,
WA11 9HT

Telephone: 07491 258863

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Instagram

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network is an organisation that supports the emotional health and wellbeing of neurodiverse children and young people, their families and the professionals who support them.

Services for families in St Helens include:
– Learning Programmes and Workshops,
– Community Network Groups,
– SEND Offer,
– Training for Professionals

Clickherefor a link to the ADDvanced Solutions Community Network website.

Telephone: 01744 582172
Email: info@addvancedsolutions.co.uk

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X
– Instagram
– LinkedIn

Deafness Resource Centre is a organisation that provides support, resources and services for people who are profoundly deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or deaf blind, their families and friends.

The services cover St Helens, Knowsley, Halton and their surrounding areas.

Services include:
– Children, young people and families,
– Deaf advocacy,
– Equipment,
– Interpreters and communication,
– Outreach,
– Tinnitus support.

Clickherefor a link to the Deaf Resource Centre website.

Address:
32 – 40 Dentons Green Lane,
St Helens,
Merseyside
WA10 2QB

Telephone: 01744 23887
Email: enquiries@deafnessresourcecentre.org

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X
– Instagram
– YouTube

Brown’s Short Break Respite Ltd is an organisation that provides care and support to adults with various disabilities in St Helens and its surrounding areas.

Services include:
– One to one support,
– Two to one support,
– Group activities,
– Sleep ins,
– Waking nights,
– Supported living,
– In own home respite care,
– Holidays in the UK or abroad,
– Domiciliary care.

Click here for a link to the Browns Short Break Respite Ltd website.

Address:
Nunn Street,
Parr,
St. Helens,
Merseyside
WA9 1SF

Telephone:
01744 778 357
07765 077 931
Email: enquiries@bsbr.org.uk

Blackbrook Royals Junior Rugby League Football Club is a club that provides sports sessions to young people of all ages and abilities in St Helens.

It also provides an opportunity for junior players to train and compete at local or regional level.

Click here for a link to the Blackbrook Royals website.

Address:
Blackbrook Rugby & Recreation Club,
Boardmans Lane,
Blackbrook,
St Helens,
Merseyside,
WA11 9BB.

Telephone: 01744 730492
Please click here to find various email options.

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Twitter/X

Chrysalis Centre for Change is an organisation that supports adults who identify as women. It aims to empower and inspire them to reach their full potential and take control of their lives.

The centre specialises in domestic abuse and mental health and offers services such as:-

– Counselling,
– Private therapy,
– Groups and courses.

Clickherefor a link to the Chrysalis Centre for Change website.

Address:
1st Floor, Beacon Building,
25 College Street,
St Helens,
Merseyside
WA10 1TF

Telephone: 0300 102 0044
(Mon- Fri – 09.00 – 16.00)
Email: info@chrysaliscentre.org

Social Media:
– Facebook
– Instagram
– Twitter/X