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Find free help with food, housing, money worries, mental health and family life. Search by location or category to find support available to you.
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Urgent NHS mental-health support
Call NHS 111 and choose option 2 for urgent mental-health help.
Inclusion Isle of Wight
Free confidential drug and alcohol support in Newport with self-referral available.
Drug Addicts Anonymous – There Is a Solution
Free peer-support meeting in Newport for people affected by drug addiction.
Drug Addicts Anonymous – We Can Recover
Free evening peer-support meeting in Newport for people affected by drug addiction.
St Mary’s Sexual Health Clinic
Free contraception, pregnancy testing, emergency contraception and STI or HIV testing and treatment.
Free postal STI testing
Confidential home STI and HIV testing kits plus condom access.
Smokefree Island
Free stop-smoking advice and support for people living or working on the Isle of Wight.
NHS Health Check
Free health assessment for eligible adults aged 40 to 74.
Newport and Central Social Prescribing
Help with loneliness, debt, housing, employment, low mood and long-term conditions through participating GP practices.
Healthy Lifestyles Isle of Wight
Weight-management, healthy-living and stop-smoking support; eligibility may apply.
Mountbatten bereavement support
Free counselling and bereavement support, including for people whose relative was not cared for by Mountbatten.
Wessex Cancer Support – Newport
Free emotional support and counselling for people affected by cancer in Newport.
Breast-cancer support group
Free monthly support group at the Riverside Centre for people affected by breast cancer.
Prostate-cancer support group
Free monthly support group at the Riverside Centre for people affected by prostate cancer.
Open Umbrella cancer coffee morning
Free monthly coffee morning at the Riverside Centre for people affected by cancer.
SWAN Independent Advocacy
Free statutory advocacy for eligible people under care, mental-capacity and mental-health legislation.
Carers Emergency Alert
Free emergency-alert scheme for unpaid carers.
Carers Passport
Free passport helping unpaid carers identify their role and access appropriate support.
Mental-health carers’ drop-in
Free weekly Friday drop-in at the Riverside Centre for carers supporting someone with mental-health needs.
Carers’ Café with Mountbatten
Free Friday carers’ café with no booking or membership required.
Age UK information and signposting
Free advice and signposting for older residents, relatives and carers.
Age UK welfare-benefits advice
Free confidential benefits checks and claims assistance for people aged 50+.
Age UK digital drop-ins
Free help with phones, tablets, computers and online services.
Age UK Home First
Free short-term practical support for people aged 50+ following hospital discharge.
Support services across the UK
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