Local Centres

Local phone numbers

The Resource Centre: 020 7700 7458, 76-80 Isledon Road N7 7LB
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30 am – 4.45 pm
Tuesday (Women’s only day) 9.30 am – 2.30 pm
Thursday 9.30 am – 1.30 pm. Closed on all bank holidays
The centre provides a drop-in, a café, an internet café which is also a training are for IT, a Creativity Centre for all Arts & Crafts, a counselling service and a befriending scheme. The centre is only open to Islington residents, unless they are visitors: visitors cannot use the services they provide. The centre is open to anyone with a mental health problem. Or they may be referred by a GP/CPN/psychiatrist or self-refer.

Rendez-Vous: 020 7281 5796, 75 Hanley Road N4 3DQ

Opening hours: Sunday 11 am – 5.30 pm (unless a bank holiday, then open till 7.30 pm)
Monday 11 am – 6 pm
Tuesday 11 am – 8 pm Wednesday – closed except for closed groups (cooking 11 am – 2 pm, relaxation exercises 1 – 2 pm)
Thursday 11 am – 8 pm.
Open on bank holidays, including Christmas The centre provides a drop – in, advice, groups & voluntary work.
Anyone can drop in but must be an Islington resident to join the groups.

Hillside House: 020 770 6408, 1 Hilldrop Road N7 0JE

Opening hours: Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm
Every other Saturday 10 am – 3 pm
Only open to Islington residents for free – apart from visitors, who cannot use the services.
Outside the borough a user has to pay a fixed fee (spot contract) – normally paid by their own borough services.

Hillside House: 020 7837 6736 13 – 15, Pine Street EC1R 0JH

Opening hours: Monday – Fri 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
The centre is open to Islingon and Camden residents for free, but outside these boroughs you have to pay (done by borough services at a fixed fee). They are open to people without a psychiatric diagnosis – but they must have “mental/psychic pain”.

Southwood Smith: 020 7226 2244, Southwood Smith Street N1 0XN

Opening hours: Monday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm Referral is by social worker/consultant psychiatrist, GP or any other mental health agency. The centre is only open to Islington residents. One has to have a psychiatric diagnosis.

Lambo Centre: 020 7263 3046 48, Despard Road N19 5NW

Opening hours: Monday – Wednesday 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Thursday 10 am – 7.45 pm Friday 12 noon – 4.45 pm They are open to both Islington residents and outsiders. Referral needs to be fom GP, CPN or the Crisis team. The centre is only for African and Afro–Caribbean people with a psychiatric diagnosis.

Day Hospital, Waterlow Unit: 020 7530 2200 (Medical referral only), Whittington Hospital, Highgate Hill, N19

Opening hours: Monday – Friday 9.30 am – 4.30 pm It provides groups, occupational therapy, key-working sessions, and employment training and advice. It is open to Islington residents only, though very occasionally from Camden in special circumstances. It provides groups, occupational therapy, key-working sessions, and employment training and advice.

Stress Project: Shelbourne House, Shelbourne Road N7 6DL

Opening hours: Monday – Friday 9.30 am – 5.30 pm Open to Islington residents only. They have and open access drop-in on Tuesday 10.30 am – 1 pm and Yoga, Wednesdays 2 pm – 3.30 pm, for which no referrals are necessary. One must have a mental health problem, and a referral is necessary for the rest of their services – from a health professional, including a social worker. One must also either be on a low income or unemployed. Sunnyside Gardens Project: 020 7272 3522, Hazelville Road, N19 Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10 am – 4.30 pm They cater for both Islington and non–Islington residents, no referral or psychiatric diagnosis is required. Fundamentally an ecological project.

The Haven CNC (Crisis Night Centre) 020 7288 1051

Opening hours: 24/7/365 – 8 pm – 6 am
One must be an Islington resident to use it. One may self-refer or be referred, but in either case they will contact one’s GP or psychiatrist for information.

Islington Mind: Day Centre – 020 7272 6936

Crisis Line – 020 7272 7722
Opening hours: Monday Wednesday, Friday (Mixed Days) 10 am – 4 pm
Tuesday 10 am - 4 pm (Lesbian and Gay Day) Thursday 10 am – 4 pm (Women’s only day)
Open to Camden and Islington residents only – except for people who have been using it for a long time. No referral necessary, and nor is any psychiatric diagnosis – it is enough to be simply isolated

Islington Mind Crisis Line: Day Centre – 020 7272 6936

Crisis Line – 020 7272 7722 35 Ashley Road, N19 3AG

Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday, 5 p m – 9.45 pm.

One may phone and they will phone you back. One may also phone to arrange to go on to have an hour-long face-to-face session that same evening.

Community Care Centres

Opening hours Monday – Friday 9 am – 4.40 pm These are the offices where the community mental health teams are based, and where psychiatrists and social workers can be found, as well as psychiatrists and CPN’s (community psychiatric nurses). They are only open to Islington residents.
Medical referral is essential, as is a psychiatric diagnosis.
Archway: 4, Vorley Road, N19 5JH.020 7527 7500
Calshot: 57, Calshot Street, N1 9XH. 020 7527 6400
Canonbury: 68, Halliford Street, N1 3RH. 020 7527 8200
Drayton: 52, Drayton Park, N5 1NS. 020 7527 8800
Elthorne: 17-23, Beaumont Rise, N19. 020 7527 7300