Community
York St John Communities Centre
Mental health, wellbeing, and community facing services, groups, and projects for communities within York and North Yorkshire.
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Founded in 2016, we are based on the York St John University campus.
We offer high quality and affordable counselling, coaching and different mental health and wellbeing services to communities outside York St John University, as well as free groups, drop-ins, and community projects such as our Community Language School.
We are part of the Research and Training Clinic Consortium (RTCC).
Leaflets and resources
Our general Communities Centre leaflet and 2 support resource leaflets are available to download.
More detailed leaflets on each of our individual services can be found further below in their relevant pages.
Communities Centre Leaflet (PDF, 2.2MB) - Our general Centre leaflet, providing an overview of the different services, projects, and resources we offer.
Signposting and Support - York St John Communities Centre (PDF, 1MB) - Sharing external support and resources on general wellbeing, bereavement and loss, drug and alcohol use, domestic violence and abuse, education and learning, employment, family, gender and sex, neurodiversity, outdoors, physical, practical support, self harm, and ethnic minorities.
Bereavement support information (PDF, 1.8MB) - Compiled by Dr John Wilson, our Director of Bereavement Services, sharing some insight, resources, and guidance.
If you would like a physical copy of any of our leaflets, please visit our Centre in York.
If you would like a bulk order to display or share at your workplace, community centre, or similar, please email us at ysjcc@yorksj.ac.uk. We will be happy to print copies for you to collect, or depending on how many are printed we may be able to send these to you by Royal Mail.
Services offered by the Centre
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Counselling
Counselling for a range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship problems, bereavement and loss.
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Coaching
Coaching for wellbeing to help you make the desired changes to your life.
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Bereavement services
A range of options to support people who are bereaved or experiencing grief.
Groups and programmes
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Community Language School
Offering free multiple language classes for children aged 6 to 13, supporting your families in passing down languages to the younger generations growing up in England.
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Drop-in sessions
Find out more about the various drop-in services we have partnered with or host.
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Lauren's Ladies
Free weekly group that provides a space for students who identify as female, who may be experiencing suicidal thoughts.
Our work
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Centre research
As well as our community facing services and programmes, the York St John Communities Centre also conducts research into current issues in mental health.
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Newsletter and columns
Explore our insightful news articles, newsletter, and columns for information and our activity highlights.
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Events and training
Discover a range of engaging events and training sessions, from in-person to online.
More information and support
Opportunities at the centre
Find out about paid, volunteering, student placement and partnership opportunities.
Our team
Meet the Centre team and associates.
Equality, diversity and inclusivity
How we make sure our Centre is welcoming and inclusive.
External support and resources
Details of emergency support organisations and self-support resources.
Room hire
Find out more about our rooms to hire at the Communities Centre.
Support the Communities Centre
Anything that you are able to donate can help support the work we do and the services that we offer to our community.
Supporting York St John Communities Centre
Your donation makes a great difference!
Your gift helps cover the cost of providing free services such as our community language school, bereavement group and cafes, student suicide support group 'Lauren's Ladies' and various drop-ins.
As our income grows, so too does our staff team of receptionists, administrators, coordinators, assessors, supervisors, counsellors, coaches, and group facilitators. Your support is needed to ensure they are actively involved in service delivery and are remunerated for their work. Anything you are able to donate can help support the work we do and the services that we offer to our community.
Get in touch
01904 876 072
This number is in use from 6.00pm to 8.00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. You can leave a message on our confidential telephone line and we will return your call as soon as possible.
