Eighteen mental-health charities and support groups across the Bailiwick — the oldest, Guernsey Samaritans, opened in 1963; the newest in 2023. Seven registered charities and five companies limited by guarantee. Six offer counselling, three crisis support, three wellbeing and social prescribing; two focus on dementia. Eight based in St Peter Port. —
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Castel·Est. 2021
Part of Health Improvement Commission for Guernsey and Alderney LBG
Free charity service linking adults to community wellbeing support through link workers and group activities.
St Sampson·Health service·Est. 1963
Part of Samaritans (UK national charity, registered 219432)
✦Oldest in this niche
Registered charity providing free, confidential 24-hour emotional support by phone and email to anyone in distress across the Bailiwick.
St Sampson
Registered charity providing free and low-cost grief and loss counselling to adults across the Bailiwick.
St Peter Port·Health service·Est. 2004
Registered charity providing accessible professional counselling and counsellor training on a sliding-scale, open-referral basis.
St Peter Port
Registered charity (CH64) providing free, confidential therapy for problematic substance use and gambling, and a needle exchange service in St Peter Port.
Vale·Est. 2021
Mental health support organisation listed on the Association of Guernsey Charities register and the Guernsey Charity Register.
St Martin·Health service·Est. 2023
Part of States of Guernsey Health & Social Care
Admiral Nurse Service provides specialist dementia nursing and carer support, run by States of Guernsey Health & Social Care with Dementia UK.
St Peter Port·Health service·Est. 1977
Registered charity providing mental health support, training, and wellbeing services for adults 18+ across the Bailiwick since 1977.
St Peter Port·Est. 2013
Youth charity established in 2013, offering DBS-checked crisis support, child safeguarding therapy, and social prescribing for young people in St Peter Port.
Alderney·Health service
Part of Guernsey Mind
Mental health charity providing counselling, therapies, and supported self-help for over 16s in Alderney, affiliated with Mind UK and Guernsey Mind.
St Peter Port·Est. 2021
Domestic non-profit organisation offering evidence-based sleep health education, tools, and products at zero cost, specialising in children, adolescents, and adults.
Castel
Registered charity (CH627) that raises funds exclusively for the Maggie's centre in the grounds of University Hospital Southampton.
St Peter Port·Health service·Est. 1980
Charity established in 1980 as the Guernsey Schizophrenia Fellowship, specialising in mental illness and dementia support, and a member of the Association of Guernsey Charities.