FREE online peer support service available to anyone over the age of 16 living with or affected by HIV. The service is available across the UK and to British nationals living or working outside the UK.

Plus Health

A national organisation offering online peer-led support and training for people living with HIV.

Website: positivelyuk.org 
Phone: 020 7713 0444 

Free and confidential legal advice for people who have experienced discrimination because of their HIV status. Also provide information and learning.  

Website: nat.org.uk
Phone: 020 7814 6767

Provide timely and up to date information about HIV treatment and related issues.

Website: i-base.info
Phone: 020 8616 2210

Provide accurate, up-to-date information on HIV to support people living with HIV and healthcare professionals.

Website: aidsmap.com
Phone: 020 7837 6988

Online support and learning for individuals living with HIV (including online peer group meetings).

Website: tht.org.uk
Phone: 0808 802 1221

A peer-led programme led by Black migrant women. They train women living with HIV, across the UK, as Mentor Mothers to provide psycho-social support to peers in their pregnancy journey and beyond. 

Website: 4mmm.org 
Phone: 0800 470 0317 

Promotes and advocates for the rights, health, welfare and dignity of women living with HIV through research, and raising awareness.                           

Website: sophiaforum.net 

Support the health and wellbeing of children and young adults living with HIV.

Website: chiva.org.uk/
Phone: 0117 905 5149

24/7 emotional support helpline for people in crisis or needing someone to talk to about about anything mental health.                      

Web: samaritans.org
Phone: 116 123

Devon Partnership Trust - free talking therapies service, anyone over 18 can self refer.                

Web: talkworks.dpt.nhs.uk
Phone: 0300 555 3344                  
Email: dpt.talkworks@nhs.net 

Crisis Team @ Devon Partnership Trust - 24/7 Urgent Mental Health Helpline. First Response service - can be referred by clinician or can self-refer. 

Phone: 111 and select the mental health option. 

Mental Health Matters - offers out-of-hours mental health support to anyone aged 18+ in Devon, from three locations.

Web: mhm.org.uk/the-moorings-devon

Support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, and mental health support needs across Devon.                                 

Website: Devon - United Response 
Phone: 01803 868550 

A men’s suicide prevention Charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the UK.

Web: andysmanclub.co.uk

Free counselling and psychotherapy service commissioned by the Devon Mental Health Alliance. 
 
Web: counsellorssouthwest.org 
Phone: 01822 258018    

Practical, medical, forensic, and emotional support to everyone that has experienced sexual assault or rape, regardless of age or gender. Can be referred by a professional or self- refer.

Web: sarchelp.co.uk/ 
Phone: 0300 3034626 (24 hr)

A specialist support service (face-to-face, online, or by telephone) for people in Devon and Torbay who have experienced any form of sexual violence, at any point in their lives.

Web: Devon Rape Crisis
Phone:01392 204174

Supports adults and children who have been sexually assaulted, abused, or raped across Devon & Cornwall. They provide an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor Service.             

Website: bridgeprojectsw.org.uk/ 
Phone: 0300 303 4626  

Devon and Torbay based support for LGBT+ people who have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence.  

Web: intercomtrust.org.uk/domestic-abuse-support/ 
Phone: 0800 612 3010    9am - 4pm Monday to Friday   

National help and support for LGBT+ people who have experienced sexual assault, rape, domestic abuse, hate crime, or ‘conversion therapy’.    

Web: galop.org.uk          
Phone: 0800 999 5428            

Support for Devon and Torbay families with children aged 0-19 (0-25 if they have special educational needs).

Web: Devon and Torbay Family Hubs
Phone: 0800 538 5458

Support for Devon and Torbay families with parenting, school, behaviour, development, disabilities, neurodiversity, mental health, eating disorders, and complex or chronic health conditions.

Requesting help: Children and Family Health

Support for 11–25-year-olds, including counselling, one-off Wellbeing Sessions, CBT, Victim of Crime support, Wellbeing Cafés, and group sessions. We also offer guidance for parents, carers, and professionals to help support young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Web: youngdevon.org/
Phone: 08082 810155

Youth clubs across Devon and online on Discord. 1-2-1 support with a youth worker, LGBTQ+ support, SEND support, social prescribing, a creative hub, and street-based youth work.  

Web: spaceyouthservices.org

Safety planning, 1-2-1 support, group support sessions, and safe accommodation.

Web: TDAS
Phone: 0800 916 1474

Integrated Domestic Abuse Support Service. If you’re experiencing abuse, you can complete a confidential self-referral form. A support worker will then contact you at a safe time during their working hours.

Support Form

Devon based support and pattern changing courses for women who have or are experiencing domestic abuse.

Web: wearesafe.org.uk
Phone: 0303 0300 112

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Web: mensadviceline.org.uk
Phone: 0808 8010 327

Your first step to recovery in Devon if you want to cut down or stop drug or alcohol use. For adults 18+, we offer 1:1 support, group programmes, recovery and family support, harm reduction, accredited mentoring, plus advice and guidance.

Web: Together
Phone: 0800 233 5444

At Shrublands House, every service user is supported with a recovery coordinator, peer support, 1:1 interventions, group work, and healthcare assessments. We also offer family support through a specialist Health Visitor, referrals to community rehab, prescribing interventions (stabilisation, detox, reduction), plus signposting and advice.

Email: tsdft.drugandalcohol@nhs.net
Phone: 01803 291129

An innovative Southwest-based chemsex service for men who have sex with men. We offer a confidential, judgment-free space to explore changes you’d like to make around chems, with support to help you achieve them. Services include harm reduction advice, 1:1 structured support, condoms and safety packs, signposting to specialist services, and information on postal testing.

Web: Chemsex Help

Support for young people who use drugs or alcohol or are worried about a friend or family member who uses drugs or alcohol. 

Web: y-smart.org.uk
Phone: 01271 388162

You can use either the Policy in Practice or the Entitled to benefits calculator for a detailed overview of what benefits you may be entitled to.

Web: betteroffcalculator.co.uk
Web: entitledto.co.uk/

Help to Claim service can support you in the early stages of your Universal Credit claim, from the application, through to your first payment.

Web: citizensadvice.org.uk/helptoclaim  Phone: 0800 144 8 444

Age UK Devon offers a free and confidential information and advice service for older people, their families and carers.

Web: ageuk.org.uk/devon/
Phone: 0333 241 2340

You will find easy to use and accessible information that will help you to find the services you need.

Web: devonservices.org.uk

Devon’s online community hub - connecting people to their community, promoting social action, and volunteering.

Web: devonconnect.org/

Torbay Community Helpline supports with wellbeing, advice, families, digital help, home tasks, urgent needs, and can link you to local coordinators and community builders.

Web: Torbay Community Website
 Phone: 01803 446022