Help for Families

Practical support, help and advice for families in Horsham District.

If you do not find anything helpful in this list of services, please look at our 'Find a community service' directory where you can search by location and issue.

• Family Support Work

  Our team of experienced and professional support practitioners are based all across Sussex. From Bognor Regis in the West to Hastings in the East and covering urban and rural areas. We help families who are struggling with issues including relationship breakdown, mental health, financial hardship and domestic violence. We provide emotional support through one-to-one visits, group sessions and playwork, as well as practical support such as form filling and arranging appointments. Our practitioners will work with a family for as long as they need us and until they feel strong enough to manage on their own.

• Homestart CHAMS

  A local charity able to support parents as they learn to cope, improve their confidence and build better lives for their children.

• Horsham Debt Advice

  Free impartial advice on how to manage your money and how to deal with your debts and arrears. We can contact creditors on your behalf and try to agree with them repayment plans which you can afford. We can advise you on IVAs and bankruptcy. Office in Horsham.

• Horsham Matters

  This charity provides practical help and support to the community by providing essential food, fuel and shelter and working with partners to create sustainable solutions to wellbeing. Self referral or referral by partner agency.

• Mediation Plus

  Providing mediation, conflict resolution, and training for the community.

• MIND West Sussex

  Support people with their mental health, provide specialist training and campaign to improve services and promote understanding.

• Paragon

  Providing specialist domestic abuse team working with adults and children.

• Reaching Families

  A local charity empowering families of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

• Relate West Sussex

  Counselling for individuals, couples, families and children and young people, aged 5+. Also provide psychosexual therapy for those facing sexual problems in their relationships. Offer subsidised counselling.

• Springboard

  A local charity for children, young people and young adults with SEND.

• Ten Little Toes baby bank

  Baby bank based in Cowfold, West Sussex, offering support to families and parents in crisis or facing difficult circumstances throughout Sussex.

• The Richmond Fellowship

  Richmond Fellowship Horsham works with individuals affected by mental ill health already living in their own homes. We offer 12 one to one support sessions for mental health support such as stress, anxiety and depression, and run a variety of groups such as anxiety, women's group and drop ins.

• West Sussex County Council Community Hub emergencies only

  WSCC's Community Hub is open 7 days a week and offers information and advice about support available for those struggling with costs towards fuel or food bills.

• West Sussex County Council: Education, children and families

  Support available for families in West Sussex.

• West Sussex Energy

  Hints and tips on heating your home and saving energy. Provides householders, frontline works, councillors and health/community workers with advice on local home energy schemes and support services.