1 The Textile Building, Hackney
About this service
Off Centre offers a range of specialist services designed to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing. These include Off Centre, a therapeutic service for young people aged 16–25 with moderate to severe mental health needs; Project Indigo, which provides keyworking, therapeutic support, peer mentoring, and youth groups for LGBTQIA+ young people, delivered by staff with shared lived experience; and Growing Minds, a therapeutic service for African, Caribbean, and Mixed Heritage young people, also delivered by therapists with shared lived experience.
Across all services, support focuses on young people’s mental health and emotional needs, alongside therapeutic groups and psychoeducation that help build understanding and reduce social isolation.
More Information
Off Centre is a free and confidential therapy and support service for young people aged 11–25 who are registered with a City and Hackney GP. It aims to improve young people’s mental health and wellbeing by providing access to one-to-one therapy, therapeutic groups, and youth groups in a safe and supportive environment. We offer counselling, arts therapies, an art therapy group, a DBT skills group cofacilitated with ELFT NHS colleagues, as well as social youth groups.
The service offers age-appropriate, targeted support that addresses both mental health needs and wider social factors that may impact wellbeing. Off Centre also encourages young people to get involved in shaping the service through its Youth Advisory Panel.
If you would like any more information on any of the services we offer, please do get in touch.
Referrals to Off Centre, Growing Minds, or Project Indigo can be made via this form.
Please note that the form cannot be saved and must be completed in one session.
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