Safe Havens offer face-to-face mental health support.
Canterbury, Maidstone and Thanet Safe Havens, run by Mental Health Matters, are available 6pm to 11pm, 365 days a year, for people aged 16 plus. The Medway Safe Haven is open 12pm to midnight, 365 days a year, for people aged 16 plus.
No appointment or referral is needed. Anyone who lives in Kent or Medway can use the service, regardless of where you live.
The Folkestone and Hythe Safe Haven, run by Hestia, offers an open access walk-in service for residents of Folkestone and Hythe, aged 16 plus, and is open from 6pm to 11pm weekdays and 12noon to 11pm weekends and Bank Holidays, 365 days a year.
Contact details and the locations of each haven can be found below.
Email: Canterbury MHM
Phone: 07876 476703 or 07483 163953
Visit: 22-23 North Lane, Canterbury, CT2 7EE
Hestia offers an open access walk-in service for residents of Folkestone and Hythe, aged 18 plus, who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
The haven is open from 6pm to 11pm weekdays and 12noon to 11pm weekends and bank holidays.
Email: Folkestone.
Facebook message: @hestiafolkestonehaven
Phone: 07827 533871
Visit: Rainbow Centre, 69 Sandgate Rd, Folkestone, CT20 2AF
Folkestone and Hythe
Email: Medway MHM
Phone: 07850 901151
Visit: Medway, Safe Haven, Medway Maritime Hospital (opposite the urgent treatment centre), Windmill Road, ME7 5NY
Email: Thanet MHM
Phone: 07850 655 877
Visit: Thanet Safe Haven, Thanet Mental Health Unit, Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother (QEQM) Hospital site, 164 Ramsgate Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 4BF. (Enter the QEQM car park (Ramsgate side) and turn left. The first door you come to is where you will find the haven. Ring the bell and someone will come down to meet you.)