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York St John Communities Centre

The Communities Centre offers a range of mental health, wellbeing and education services from one to one support, groups and drop in sessions.

 

What do they offer?

Mental health, wellbeing, and community facing services, groups, and projects for communities within York and North Yorkshire.

One-to-one Support

  • Counselling

Clients are normally offered weekly sessions. This will initially be up to 10 sessions and depending upon circumstances, may be extended for a further 10 sessions to a maximum of 20.

The Centre offers counselling on a sliding scale, from £15 to £55 per session.  You can pay by card on arrival at the Centre or through our online shop.

Information leaflet:

 

  • Coaching for Wellbeing

Coaching for wellbeing is a transformative journey whereby working in partnership with your coach, you can better understand yourself, harness your strengths, set meaningful goals, and create positive changes in your life.

The Centre offers a sliding scale, from £30 to £50 per session

Bereavement Services

Please find out ‘Bereavement Services’ leaflet here

Bereavement Café

Bereavement Café for bereaved people to help them understand what they are going through. When you are bereaved of someone you loved, the emotions you feel can be confusing. Bereavement counsellors and other helpers will be there to listen to people’s stories. Each person’s grief is unique, but we will teach a little about the grief journey most people go through, and you may recognise yourself in what we say.

We also warmly welcome anyone interested in helping family and friends with their grief, as well as anyone interested in learning more about bereavement support.

Bereavement Café sessions are held monthly on Wednesday’s from 1.00 to 3.00pm. Please visit our website for upcoming dates: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/working-with-the-community/communities-centre/bereavement-services/

  • Bereavement Support Group

A free 12 week online support group for people who are bereaved or experiencing grief.

In the group you will have the opportunity to talk about your feelings and to others who have gone through a similar experience and can relate to your experiences. It’s a space for everyone to listen and mutually support each other. It won’t take away the pain, but it can help to share it with people who want to listen.

Our weekly group will be held every week on Tuesday, from 4.30pm to 6.00pm, online on Zoom. The Bereavement Support Group is free to join. If you would like to join the group, please fill out a referral form.

Children and Young People

Community Language School

Is a free community language school offering multiple classes for children aged 5 to 16

This gives young people an opportunity to use and learn maybe the language of their heritage or an additional language that parents might want them to learn but done have the time to teach them.

If you are interested in enrolling your children, please email them: cls@yorksj.ac.uk.

 

  • Creative Literacies Hub

The Creative Literacies Hub is a completely free service which welcomes parents, carers, and their children, who would like to learn effective ways of approaching reading and creative writing. We provide a comfortable and welcoming environment in which we have 2 programmes you can attend: Supporting Reading at Home, and Creative Writing Together. Our programmes are delivered on Tuesdays, doors open from 3.30pm but sessions will start nearer to 4.00pm to allow for the school run. Sessions end at 5.00pm, and both programmes last for 6 weeks.
The two programmes running are:

Supporting Reading at Home
This free to access programme welcomes parents, caregivers, and children aged 5 to 11. During these workshops, you’ll learn techniques to assist your child in reading a diverse selection of texts. Your child will be involved in the remaining 4 sessions, joining you as you read together.

Creative Writing together
These free sessions are available to parents, caregivers, and children between the ages of 7 and 14. Throughout all 6 workshops, you and your child will participate in collaborative creative writing sessions. Across these sessions, you’ll explore various settings, characters, and plots, experimenting with different perspectives within your story universe.

Drop in Sessions

  • Breastfeeding Group

We’ve teamed up with Treasure Chest to bring crucial breastfeeding resources to families free of charge. The group aims to give new families a chance to talk with peer supporters as well as other families who are breastfeeding or combination feeding. If you are a breastfeeding parent, you are welcome! The support group is open to anyone in the community, including parents affiliated with York St John. Our drop-in sessions are held every Tuesday from 10.00am to 11.30am at York St John University Chapel.

 

  • Sunflowers Kids Club

YSJ Communities Centre hosts the ‘Sunflowers Kids Club’, which is nurturing space that supports mental health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugee children and their parents since July 2022. In our club children, age 0 to 17, have opportunities to learn, express themselves, enhance their emotional well-being, make friends and integrate into York.

The Sunflowers Kids Club also offers individual psychosocial support to children and parents, as well as a variety of other activities designed to support their integration in York, including trips, knowledge exchange, art, mindfulness, Ukrainian classes, and so on.

To find out more and register your child, please visit the Sunflowers Kids Club website: https://sunflowersinyork.org/sunflowers-kids-club/

 

  • Lauren’s Ladies

Free weekly group that provides a space for students who identify as female, who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts or struggling with their mental health. It is a judgement-free, comfortable space, for people to receive peer-led and therapeutic support in times of crisis.

Find out more: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/working-with-the-community/communities-centre/laurens-ladies/
For any of these services or support, you can self-refer by completing our online self-referral form, which is available on our website at: www.yorksj.ac.uk/ysjcc.
After submitting the form, your referral will be assessed and you will be contacted by a member of the Communities Centre staff to identify next steps.

Where are they?

York St John Communities Centre, 32-34 Clarence Street, York, YO31 7EW

The entrance is via the rear, which backs onto the YSJ University campus. Follow the road into the University by 30 Clarence Street and turn left towards Brook Street. The City of York Council car parks Union Terrace and Lord Mayor’s Walk are available nearby.

How to access support?

For any of these services or support, you can self-refer by completing our online self-referral form, which is available on our website at: www.yorksj.ac.uk/ysjcc

After submitting the form, your referral will be assessed and you will be contacted by a member of the Centre staff to identify next steps.

Location

Address

York St John Communities Centre, 32-34 Clarence Street, York, YO31 7EW

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