Groups ...
The Hearing Voices Network is made up of over 180
groups, below are some of them. If you are interested in attending
a Hearing Voices Self Help/Support, look below and see if there
is a group in your area. If there are none listed, contact our office.
We may have some more up to date information, or be able to support
you in setting up a group yourself.
Click on the area nearest to you to find out more:
Please note: This list is not definitive.
If you are part of a Hearing Voices Group that is not listed here,
please let us know. Email: nhvn@hotmail.co.uk
North East
Lincolnshire:
Grimsby: (Dove Hearing Voices Group) www.beehive.thisisgrimsby.co.uk
County Durham:
Hartlepool: Sue Holder, Tel: 01429 866001
Northumberland:
Morpeth: Tel: 01670 510652, 01670 510652: email: contact@contactmorpeth.org.uk,
www.contactmorpeth.org
Yorkshire
Bradford: Rufus May: 01274 322444, 07984 480224
Leeds: David Beck Tel: (0113) 259-0569, mobile: (07886) 774362,
email: info@hvgl.co.uk
, website: www.hvgl.org.uk
Sheffield: Peter Bullimore: Tel 0114 271 8210, Email: peterbullimore@yahoo.co.uk
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North West
Cumbria:
Barrow in Furness: Julie Sanders, Vicky Rae; Tel 01229 432642 /
01229 430333 Email: Peter.Batty@haveringpct.nhs.uk
Carlisle: John Soady; Tel; 01228 591667: Email; cumbiahv@yahoo.co.uk
Lancashire:
Chorley: Telephone: 01257 260714
Blackburn: Telephone: 01254 296062
Manchester:
Bury: Telephone: 0161 253 6556
Manchester: Kate Crawford, Tel: 0114 271 8210
Middleton: Tel: 0845 122 8641
Rochdale: Telephone: 0845 122 8641
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East Midlands
Derbyshire
Chesterfield: Nigel Wing, Telephone: 01558 491604
Derby: Telephone: 01558 491604, website: www.southernderbyshire.nhs.uk
Ripley - Amber Valley Group: Sharon James, Telephone: 01773 513508
/ 01773 513196, Email: thecroft@rethink.org
Leicestershire:
Leicester: Fridays, 2-4pm, Tel: 0116 225 6845, Email: chris.stowers@leicspart.nhs.uk
Nottinghamshire:
New Ollerton: Crystal, Tel: 07907499206
Long Eaton: Nigel Wing, Tel: 0155 8491604
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West Midlands
No details at present
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East
Bedfordshire:
Bedford: Jackie Mugridge, Telephone: 01234 310044 / 01234 310043,
Email: DayResource.Centre@plpt.nhs.uk
Suffolk:
Lowestoft: Sally Breach, Tel: 01502 531 789 / 01502 531789 email:
riverside@fwaprojects.org.uk
Norfolk:
Norwich: Tel: 01603 418284 (24hr answerphone)
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South East
Sussex
Sussex Hearing Voices: www.sussexvoice.org.uk,
Email; sara.meddings@sussexvoice.org
Eastbourne: Julie Stapley, Tel: 01323 446059 or 0779 504 4463,
website: www.sussexvoice.org.uk
Hailsham: Sara Meddings, Tel: 01323 440022
Hastings: Andy Stubbs, Tel: 01424 448860, Frances Cunningham, 01242
710138, Claire Tredgett: 01424 710050
Lewes: Louise Blake: Tel: 077857 16955, Sue Buckland: 01273 585750,
www.sussexvoice.org.uk,
Worthing: Dorothy Cooper/James Peters, Tel: 01903 843390 www.sussexvoice.org.uk
Surrey
Guildford: Alison Tully / Rachel Brennan, Tel: 01483 443586 Email:
rbrennan@sabp.nhs.uk
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London
For up to date info on groups in the
London area, contact the London Hearing Voices Groups Project
(Address: Rachel Waddingham, Mind in Camden, Crossfields Centre, 8 Fairhazel Gardens, London, NW6 3SG, Email: LHVN@mindincamden.org.uk,
Tel: 020 7625 9042)
NEW! The London Hearing Voices Project is now developing peer support groups for young people who hear, see or sense things that others don't (aged 12-18). We are working in partnership with the Anna Freud Centre to launch a Voice Collecitve group in Camden within the next month. We will be launching another group in partnership with NSPCC Tower Hamlets Young People's Centre in January. For more info, check out www.voicecollective.co.uk or email Rachel or Dzifa at info@voicecollective.co.uk.
Barking & Dagenham: Dee Sleet, Tel: 020 8276 7870
Bexley: Anthony Theuninck, John Exell, Tel: 01322 356 141, Email:
Anthony.Theuninck@oxleas.nhs.uk
Bromley: Graham White, Rea Lawton, Stewart Tight: Telephone; 0208
466 2507 / 0208 650 9540, Email: stewarttight@hotmail.com
Camden: Mind in Camden Hearing Voices Group (Camden Town, Tuesdays), Contact:
Jeremy, Ksenija or Tajinder (020 7911 0822, admin@mindincamden.org.uk)
Camden: Mind in Camden BME Hearing Voices Group (Camden Town, Fridays), Contact: Tajinder (020 7911 0822, trai@mindincamden.org.uk)
Camden: Mind in Camden Women's Hearing Voices Group (Swiss Cottage, Fridays). Contact Ksenija (020 7911 0822, kkadic@mindincamden.org.uk)
Deptford: Deptford Hearing Voices Service: John Robinson Telephone:
07966391211 Website: www.dhvs.freeuk.com
(facilitates a number of groups, including weekends)
Hackney: Homerton Friends Lodge Hearing Voices Group. Stacey Cowen
Turner & Peter Reynolds. Tel: 0208 985 0221, Email: stacey.cowenturner@cityandhackneymind.org.uk
Hackney: Lee House Hearing Voices Group. Rachael Bailey / Laurie
Grandi / Yumi Onishi, Tel: 020 7275 9100, Email: Rachael.Bailey@hackney.gov.uk
Haringay: Claringdon Centre, Teressa Hays: Telephone 0208 489 4860
Havering: Rainham Mind Hearing Voices Group. Contact: Sue Cornell
or Jenny Forsey, Tel: 01708 554471, Email: havmindhq@hotmail.com
Hillingdon: The Pembroke Centre, Contact: Grace St John Alomenu
/ Pamela Yates, Tel: 01895 622 424
Islington: Ashley Road Hearing Voices Group. Contact: Pat O’Driscoll,
Tel: 0207 272 6936 / 0207 5615289 / 0207 272 6797 Email: pat.odriscoll@islingtonmind.org.uk
South Islington: Caroline Franks, Tel: 0207 5304400
Newham: Contact: Barney Williams / Alessandra Deacutis: Telephone:
0207 055 4400, Open to inpatients of Newham Centre for Mental Health
Newham: Liz Casey / Jim Taylor: Tel: 0208 221 7600
Redbridge: Redbridge Hearing Voices Group (Redbridge Resource Centre),
Contact: Sharad Ranavaya, Tel: 020 8708 5112
Sutton: Sutton Mental Health Foundation supports 4 groups (Sutton,
Cheam, Belmont & Jasper Ward (Sutton Hospital). Contact Angelina
Cosgrove for more details: 0208 770 0172 or 07526 781041
Southwark: Southwark Mind Hearing Voices Group (Tuesdays). Contact: info@southwarkmind.org.uk
Tower Hamlets: Hearing Voices Group @ BESIDE. Contact: Afroza Ali,
Tel: 0208 980 9787, Email: afroza.beside@btconnect.com
Waltham Forest: Victoria Messengbird / Hannah Schwartzman: Tel:
020 8521 2975
Wandsworth: FWA Hearing Voices Group (Battersea). Contact: Carmelo
Del Piano / Robert Hawes, Tel: 0207 350 2231, Email: battersea@fwaprojects.org.uk
Wandsworth: Central Wandsworth Hearing Voices Group @ Triangle
Resource Centre, Broomhill Road. Tel: 020 8874
6787
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South West
Cornwall:
Bodmin: Jayne Ritchie/ Claire Hinton, Tel: 079180 36072 or 07970
Cornwall HVN: (North) Jain Ritchie, Tel:01208 815676, Tel:01566
86293 / 07807813996, Email: jainritchie@aol.com
Newquay: Fiona Chisholm / Jayne Howard, Tel: 01637 871063
Devon:
Exeter – South West Network: The Bridge Collective, Telephone:
01394 33358 Email; bridgecollective@hotmail.co.uk
Honiton: The Haven: Andrew Barkla, Tel: 01404 42343 / 01404 42548
Bristol:
Bristol: Glenn or Tim, Telephone: 0117 973 5142 or 07912 624 296
Email: Tim.Dowling@awp.nhs.uk
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Wales
Carmarthenshire: Nyfed Griffiths, Telephone: 01239 841823
Pembrokeshire HVG: Hywel Davies/Ann Hollowell, Telephone: 01646
692535/01437 760026
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Scotland
HVN Edinburgh: Shona Ferguson: 0131 537 6256, George Watson, Barbara
Braner or Christine Hislop: 0131 5378650
Glasgow: Tel: 07806478574 Email: hvngvoices@yahoo.com
Lerwick - Shetland Echo's: Anne Burke, Tel: 01595 694787
Is your group listed here?
Are the details correct? If not, email nhvn@hotmail.co.uk
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