Working together to promote recovery, prevent a mental ill-health crisis and find solutions to our most pressing challenges.

  • Loneliness, social isolation and digital exclusion

    Loneliness, social isolation and digital exclusion

  • Work and wages

    Work and wages

  • Children, young people and parental mental health

    Children, young people and parental mental health

  • Access to mental health services

    Access to mental health services

  • Housing

    Housing

  • People discuss ideas at a South London Listens meeting

    Our Impact

    We’re improving access to services, supporting good mental health people support their communities.

  • Our Story

    By working together, we can prevent people’s lives being affected by mental ill-health.

  • Our Action Plan

    This is how we make change. Our action plan has been built on the contributions of over 6,000 people across south London.

  • Our Taskforce

    Our Taskforce is made up of our partners and co-led by the community. It oversees the implementation of our plans.

  • Get Involved

    Find out what is happening near you, where to find support and how you can get involved.

  • Latest News

    Read the latest news and view about what we are working on, and the real life stories about the impact we are having.

Mental health support in your community

Healthwatch organisations across South East London and South West London, mapped the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise activity within boroughs against the commitments and pledges of South London Listens. We’re continuing to work with partners at Healthwatch and in the community to build this resource further.

Urgent mental health support 24/7

You can get urgent support and advice from trained NHS mental health advisors, any time, day or night.

Each mental health trust in south London has a telephone line for people in urgent need. The lines are free to call and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

South East London

Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark - 0800 731 2864

Bexley Bromley and Greenwich - 0800 330 8590

South West London

Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth - 0800 028 8000