Helpful Resources

 

Helpful Resources 

NHS App

Download the NHS App or open the NHS website up and login to access a range of NHS services online.

Download the NHS App

Alcohol

Wirral Ways provide free and confidential drug and alcohol services across Wirral. 

Wirral Ways is a part of Change Grow Live. Above all else, they believe in people. If you use their services: they understand what you're going through. They won't judge. They believe you can make positive changes in your life.

Visit the Wirral Ways website

Dementia

Dementia Together Wirral 

Dementia Together Wirral provides a variety of interesting activities and events for those living with dementia and their carer’s. Membership is completely free and immediate. 

Visit the Dementia Together website

Age UK

The specialist staff and volunteers in Age UK’s Dementia and Carers Services make sure that people living with dementia and their loved ones are supported to live as well as they possibly can. They offer a host of services, from day care to specialist groups for the recently diagnosed. 

Visit the Age UK website

Diabetes

Diabetes Smart 

Diabetes Smart is a free course to support local people living with type 1 and 2 diabetes. The free course is facilitated by trained professionals. 

Visit the Diabetes Smart website

Drug Misuse

Wirral Ways 

Wirral Ways are free and confidential drug and alcohol services for adults, young adults, families, carers and affected others across the Wirral. They provide a non-judgemental service, with qualified, experienced staff and volunteers who offer support in health and wellbeing and substance misuse. They can talk to you in several supportive environments, all of which have a friendly atmosphere, and provide you with information to help you reduce your substance misuse or to become abstinent.

They are part of Change Grow Live, a health and social care charity which provides a range of treatment, recovery and support services for those who have concerns about their drug or alcohol use.

Their goal is to support service users to achieve and maintain their own vision of recovery. They believe that anyone can change their life direction and live life to its full potential. They have a variety of community hubs where their teams are based. They also deliver services out of GP practices and community centres.

Visit the Wirral Ways website

Eating Well

Wirral Foodbank 

Feeding Local People In Crisis 

Visit the Wirral Foodbank website

Change4Life 

Change4Life has lots of ideas for helping you and your family to eat better and move more. 

Visit the Change4Life website

Family Life

Branch Wirral 

Funded by Wirral Council and Cheshire and Merseyside NHS 
Branch is an online mental wellbeing hub for children and young people in Wirral, from 0 all the way to 18 (and up to 25 with additional needs). It doesn’t deliver services directly – it’s more of a guide, helping people to find the best tools and local support.

It can be used for any child or young person, no matter how big or small their worries feel. It’s packed with tips to help them feel better and, when they need a bit of extra support, gives simple routes into local services.

Branch doesn’t offer crisis support but has information on where to get help in an emergency.

Visit the Branch Wirral website

Family Toolbox Wirral 

Family Toolbox is available to all Wirral’s parents and carers. It aims to make resources and support more readily available, putting the power right in the hands of families to work out what you want to change, and what steps you want to take to do that.

Visit the Family Toolbox website

Koala North West 

Every family can face challenges and Koala North West understands this well. They are there with a solution when life can get overwhelming. 

Visit the Koala North West website

Fitness

Loneliness

If you’re experiencing loneliness there are lots of people and groups you can reach out to. 

Age UK 

Age UK have lots of information and advice as well as groups and services in your local area. 

Visit the Age UK website

Chatterbox 

Chatterbox is a free telephone befriending service for socially isolated, acutely lonely people, and for people who provide caring support to others

Visit the Chatterbox website

Mental Health

Wirral Mind 

Wirral Mind provide mental health support across Merseyside. 

Visit the Wirral Mind website

Money Worries

Step Change 

Step Change offer free debt help and advice. They’re a not for profit charity and their advice is free. 

Visit the Step Change website

Orcha Health Apps

Digital health offers a huge opportunity to transform how we prevent health concerns, treat patients and meet clinical needs.

With more than 350,000 digital health technologies available, and over 5 million people downloading one every day, why have we not yet seen wholesale adoption across health and care, payers and providers? 

It’s because of the barriers to adoption, including awareness, trust, access and governance.

The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) provides the core infrastructure to overcome these barriers and introduce digital health safely. Our technology establishes the quality assurance procedures long followed by other areas of medical practice.

The Orcha website audits all health apps and recommends the ones that are safe and secure so you have peace of mind when downloading/using these services.

Visit the Orcha website

Struggling to Cope

Samaritans 

If you’re having a difficult time, struggling to cope or having suicidal thoughts the Samaritans are there to help. 
Call FREE: 116 123 or visit the Samaritans website

Everyturn 

Everyturn are a national not for profit, providing mental health services on behalf of the NHS, with self-referring services visit their website for more information

Visit the Everyturn website