Bridge-It Housing

Works with the local council to tackle housing related issues. Adults between 18-65 welcome. Contact for more details.

Centrepoint

Provides supported accommodation services for homeless young people across Barnsley. Although we are unable to take direct referrals into these services, feel free to contact our offices.
It also runs the free-phone Centrepoint Helpline, a national service for any young person aged 16-25 who is worried about homelessness.

Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm

Safe@Last

Safe@Last supports vulnerable children and young people at risk of running away. We have a 24 hour helpline, offer one-to-one support and deliver prevention training in schools across South Yorkshire and beyond. This includes children who have run away or been forced to leave home and those who are thinking about it.

Text SAFE to 60777

YMCA Barnsley

Mon-Fri - 9am - 9pm
Sat - 9am - 1pm

Barnsley Citizens Advice Bureau

Get advice on applying for homeless help from the council, including making an application and challenging a decision.

Also offer advice if you have nowhere to sleep tonight, getting a housing plan, and social services input.

Services include phone, email, web-chat and face to face advice.

Christians Against Poverty

Provides sustainable poverty relief through debt counselling, advice and practical help.
Empowers people to help themselves out of poverty. The course is for you if you are working, unemployed, retired or a student. Money coaches run the session.

Hope House

Care and leadership in forming good relationships through groups and meetings. Activities held most days.

Welfare Rights Team

Housing and Welfare Service

British Heart Foundation

34 Market Street, Barnsley, S70 1SL
0122 620 3281

DebRA Charity Shop

44 Market Street Barnsley, S70 1SN
0122 624 1527

RSPCA

Monday - Saturday
9am - 6pm

Salvation Army Charity Shop

4 Bow Street, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8JL
0122 621 0210

Homelessness and Housing Options Team

This team operates out of the Civic Hall in Barnsley Town Centre and offers both telephone advice and regular drop-in sessions. Those helped include the homeless, those at risk of homelessness or anyone with an immediate housing problem.

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - 10am - 5pm
Wednesday - 10:30am - 5pm
Friday - 10am - 4:30pm

YMCA Barnsley

Works with young people and their families. Youth work and activities to empower young people and help to realise their potential. Resources available to support homeless and vulnerable in the community.

Monday to Friday, 8:15am - 9:15am
(Clothes washing and drying (drop off, collect next day), Hot Drinks, Referral to council services)

Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30am - 9:30am

Action for Barnsley

Tuesday
6pm - 8pm

Athersley

Monday
1pm - 3pm

Barnsley Churches Drop-In

Monday - 10am - 12pm
Thursday & Friday - 12pm - 2pm

Barnsley Foodbank

Unit 14 Aldham Industrial Estate, Wombwell, S73 8HA

Barnsley Hope House Café

Wednesday
10am - 2pm

Barnsley St. George’s

Thursday
12pm - 2pm

Darfield

Tuesday
9:30am - 11:30am

Goldthorpe

Monday
10am - 11am

Hoyland

Wednesday
10:30am - 12pm

Penistone

Tuesday
10am-12pm

Royston

Salvation Army, Midland Rd, Royston, S71 4QJ
0122 672 7203

Wombwell

Monday
11:30am - 1:30pm

Worsbrough Common

Friday
10am - 12pm

Barnsley Beacon

Advice, information and support for parents and carers of drug users.

Barnsley Recovery Steps delivered by Humankind

Provides Recovery Steps service. A range of free, confidential services to users and their families. Support people over 18 yrs to stay safe, live happier and healthier lives and stay drug and alcohol-free. Experienced and professional teams. Services: 1:1 and group sessions, counselling, family support, recovery plan, health checks and vaccinations, reduce harm and overdose prevention, medications to reduce drug use, detox as out or inpatient, mentoring, pregnancy, prison. Needle exchange on site.

Monday - Friday
9am-5pm

Barnsley Young Person’s Service

This project is for offenders only and accessible to those young people referred through the criminal justice system.

Barnsley Community Dental Service

Dental services for people who are not registered at any NHS dentist.

Monday & Wednesday - 8:45am - 12:30pm & 1:15pm - 5pm
Tuesday and Thursday - 8:45am - 12:45pm & 1:15pm - 5pm
Friday - 8:45am - 12:30pm & 1:15pm - 4:30pm

A&E

01226 43 27 88

Barnsley Hospital

Gawber Road, S75 2EP

Barnsley Walk-In Centre

Sackville Street, S70 2RD
0330 123 9188

Child Assessment Centre

Accessed through A&E

i-Heart Barnsley

i-Heart Barnsley is a Barnsley Healthcare Federation service providing NHS Primary care services to people in Barnsley.

Weekdays - 4pm - 6pm
Weekends - 8am - 9:30am

Minor Injuries

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - 8am - 9:30pm
Saturday, Sunday, Monday - 7am - 9:30pm

NHS 111

Get advice on medical problems. They can call an ambulance if required.

Barnsley Sexual Health Clinic

Gateway Clinic, Unit 1, Gateway Plaza, Sackville Street
0800 055 6442

Assertive Outreach Team

This service offers support to people who may be vulnerable or at risk because they find it hard to accept help. If you ask for help from the team, they’ll work with you and other services, to improve your living conditions and quality of life. The service is available every day from 8am to 8pm during the week and 9am to 5pm at weekends. You’ll be referred to the services by a community mental health team

Barnsley Council – Intensive Home-Based Treatment Team

Aims to resolve crisis at home by providing support and onward referrals after crisis is resolved. Alternative to hospital admission.

Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services (BSARCS)

We Listen. We Believe. We Support. Every experience of sexual violence is different and has an impact, even if it only happened once. If it is affecting you, call us.

Community Mental Health Teams

4 teams in Barnsley looking after people 16+ with short or long-term mental health needs.

IDAS

Largest specialist charity in South Yorkshire supporting people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. Refuge accommodation, community support, peer mentoring, group work and helpline (see Helplines section). All ages and genders welcome. Professional and confidential approach.

Lundwood Health Centre

55 Littleworth Ln, Barnsley S71 5RH
0122 664 5048

Mental health access team, Barnsley (NHS) – Intensive Home-Based Treatment Team

Programme to increase access to mental health services and psychological therapies. Aimed at treating common mental health problems.

Northern Central Community Mental Health Team

Littleworth Lane, Barnsley S71 5RG
0122 664 5000

Pathways Support Centre

Provides holistic services to anyone 18+ who is experiencing low level mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and low mood. We offer both individual and group sessions. Contact for an introductory session to access the service.

Young People’s Mental Health (CAMHS)

Barnsley’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) works with children and young people up to the age of 18 who have mental health or emotional difficulties.

Needs to be referred to the service by a professional.

Monday - Friday
9am - 5pm

Domestic Abuse

03000 110 110
01226 775 555

Housing emergency

0844 984 1800

Rape Support

0300 111 0777

Central Library

Barnsley’s central library offering daily activities and groups on top of usual library services. Including Conversation Club to improve English, Culture Hub, Job Club

Asylum Help UK

Call Asylum Help UK if you’re an adult asylum seeker or dependant of an adult asylum seeker.

Helpline available Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:30 only.

Asylum Support Application UK

Call Asylum Support Application UK if you’re an asylum seeker and can’t support yourself financially and want to apply for asylum support.

Helpline available Monday to Friday 08:00 to 17:30 only.

Barnsley CVS

Coffee shop - 8am - 3:45pm
Resource Centre - 10am - 4pm

British Red Cross Barnsley

Offers support to refugees by appointment only in the Barnsley office.

Refugee Council Children’s Service

Call Refugee Council Children’s Service if you are a child in the UK on your own and applying for asylum.

Helpline available Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:30 only.

Karma Nirvana

A National Charity that supports victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage. Honour crimes are not determined by age, faith, gender or sexuality, we support and work with all victims. Culture, religion and tradition are not an excuse; forced marriage is illegal in the UK.

Helpline available Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 only.

National Domestic Violence Helpline

If you are a woman who’s experiencing domestic violence and need to find a place to refuge call this 24 hour service, which will usually give you a place on the day.

National LGBT Domestic Violence Helpline

If you’ve experience hate crime, sexual violence or domestic abuse, we’re here to help you. We also support lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people who have had problems with the police or have questions about the criminal justice system.

Helpline available Monday to Friday 10:00 - 17:00 only.

Opoka – National Helpline

Opoka helps and supports Polish women and children in the UK experiencing domestic violence and abuse and who are often as a result suffering in isolation without knowing who to turn to, or how and where to seek help.