Funding secured for new 24/7 mental health hub

York’s Mental Health Partnership has secured funding for a new support hub

More than £2.4m has been secured to help fund a new 24/7 mental health hub in York over the next two years.

The facility, likely to be developed in Acomb, would offer support to adults, with no referral required.

York’s Mental Health Partnership (YMHP) said it would be run by a team of NHS and volunteer staff, including clinicians, social workers and peer support workers.

The date of opening and the exact location of the facility is yet to be announced.

YMHP said the local community would benefit from support in a "calm and comfortable environment".

For the last two years, the "Connecting our City" project has been developing a community-based mental health hub model for the west of the city, with plans for another hub in the north of the city.

In the future, YMHP said it aimed to create a third hub in the east so residents "across the whole of York" could benefit.

Prof Lynne Gabriel OBE, who co-chairs YMHP, said they had delivered a "co-designed and co-produced" venue and service.

"Having successfully secured the NHSE funding, we now can extend that offer into a 24/7 community mental health hub – an exciting and much-needed innovation," she said.

CEO of York Mind, Alyson Scott, said the process had brought people across statutory and voluntary services together with people with lived experiences.

"We have worked through the challenges and are a stronger, more trusting partnership as a result," she added.

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