Maldon Partners

Mental Health Wellbeing and Recovery Programme.

Please contact for additional details.

We provide Essex residents (excluding Southend-On-Sea and Thurrock) with access to health checks; stop smoking services; weight management courses; and emotional health and wellbeing support. All of our services are free.

First Stop is a charity helping those who are in need in the Braintree area and surrounding communities.

The aim is to help those who have/or are disadvantaged by: a history of poor mental health, carers, ex-offenders, homelessness, learning needs, senior citizens, single parents, socially isolated, substance misuse, those unemployed (whether on benefits or not) or anyone in hardship needing help.

The help they can get is by accessing:

• Affordable Counselling, 1:1 appointments
• Our Community Fridge (accessing good nutritional food and helping prevent food waste)
• CV Construction
• Education classes: Confidence courses (a choice of 4), Learn my Way (IT), Digital Confidence- using tablets and other devices (including internet safety), arts & crafts and basic skills, including budgeting and maths- all in a professional but informal way
• Accessing impartial Information, Advice & Guidance- to a range of services
• Safe c/o address 

And any other help that may be needed. Our expertise is that as a long established organisation, we can refer on to a range of services to meet an individual's needs.  

Home-Start Essex aims to give families with at least one child aged under 5 the best possible start in life by supporting parents and caregivers to feel less isolated, to build their confidence in themselves and their parenting and to find ways to manage the challenges they face. We build trusting, helpful relationships with families and deliver a range of flexible support to meet their individual needs, including volunteer-led home visiting, family groups, wellbeing services, school-readiness, and behaviour support programmes.

Maldon and District Community Voluntary Service exists to support thriving and strong communities in the Maldon District. Our services are designed to support and develop the local voluntary and community sector to thrive for the benefit of local people and the towns and villages they live in.

We offer a range of services to the local sector including funding and governance advice and information cascade. We also host the District's Volunteer Centre which supports people to get involved in community action and run a range of projects, services and activities to help people to feel well and connected to their communities.

We are your local mental health charity. Our mission is to listen to our communities and offer compassionate and inclusive mental health services, resources, and practical support to promote wellbeing for everyone.

Mid and North East Essex Mind believe no one should face a mental health problem alone. We provide mental health services for children and adults across the area including counselling, peer support, practical support and a dedicated young people's service. To find out more about the services available in your area please call us or visit the website for more information. 

Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through a network of over 230 charity shops and a clothing collection division.

Our core purpose is to provide The Salvation Army with resources to enhance its mission.

We pride ourselves on:

• Acting with… Responsibility, ensuring that we are good custodians of the resources entrusted to us
• Acting with… Honesty, at all times upholding the integrity of the organisation. We will be truthful to ourselves and trusting in each other.
• Demonstrating…Commitment in our day to day work, in order that the company can best support the aims and objectives of The Salvation Army.
• Showing… Respect, honouring the admiration in which The Salvation Army is held. We will mirror the esteem for the organisation and each individual within it.
• Striving for… Excellence in all that we do, particularly in the area of customer service.
• Acting with… Compassion, demonstrating an awareness of, and sensitivity towards each other, creating a desire to embrace the distressed and comfort those in need.

In our charity shops, we offer our volunteers the chance to gain some valuable retail experience, build their confidence and social skills and be part of our team. We cater for Neurodiverse and disabled volunteers.

Short courses and NVQ qualifications are available (dependant on criteria) and are facilitated through our own award winning 'learning booth'

25% Discount is also available on goods purchased in store.

Bus fares can be returned and lunches can be provided.