Public Health Annual Report 2026 - Appendix 1: Overview of current services

Prevention and early help

Family Hubs and Early Help (0–19 and families): 

Cumberland’s Family Hubs provide a prevention and early-help front door for families, alongside wider early help support for families and children. 
These services are particularly important for boys’ and men’s outcomes because they provide a route to:

• Earlier family support before escalation (reducing cumulative adversity and household stressors), and
• Practical support around wider determinants (e.g., mental health, smoking support, infant feeding, alcohol and drug support)
• Launch of DadPad in November 2025, offering support for new dads

Neurodiversity and emotional wellbeing service: 

• A pilot service providing online resources and a single point of contact for children, young people, families and professionals relating to neurodiversity and emotional wellbeing

Youth SAFE (Substance Awareness for Everyone):

• Support for young people and substance use, locally and online

Mental health services

Children and young people (0–18): 

In North Cumbria, specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are provided via Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW), supporting children and young people aged 0–18 experiencing significant mental health difficulties.

Digital and low-threshold mental health support for young people: 

Kooth

Kooth is an online mental health provider for children and young people in Cumberland, commissioned by Cumberland Council. Between Q1 and Q2 of 2045/26 there was an increase seen in proportions of males registering with Kooth. While this is positive, there remains a large difference in male vs female registrations.

Further services include:

• MyTime (by Barnados). MyTime is part of the CAMHS service for children and young people aged 5-18 years and a provides short-term, counselling based service.

• Mental Health Support Teams (by Barnados), offering support with anxiety and low mood in education settings

Adults Mental Health Support Services:

NHS North Cumbria Talking Therapies: for common mental health problems (including anxiety, depression, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress-disorder),”

Hope Haven (West Cumbria Mental Health Partnership)

Voluntary and community sector services

Every Life Matters: 

• Delivers suicide prevention work and provides suicide bereavement support across Cumbria

Andy’s Man Club:

• ANDYSMANCLUB: free-to-attend peer support groups for men (18+) meeting weekly (national model, with local groups including in/near Cumberland).

Support after domestic and sexual abuse

• Safety Net (Cumbria): trauma-informed support following domestic and sexual abuse for adults, children and others affected. 
• Cumberland Council domestic abuse support pages provide pathways and advice, including urgent safety steps and routes to accommodation support where needed. 
• Cumbria Victim Support: independent support for people affected by crime (including domestic abuse)
• Gateway 4 Men:  Carlisle men’s centre for men experiencing issues such as domestic abuse, social isolation and a need for housing/benefit support, comissoned by Cumberland Community Safety Partnership

Alcohol and drugs

1. Cumbria Addictions, Advice and Solutions (CADAS) : addiction support (including support for “affected others”/families). 
2. Recovery Steps Cumbria (Waythrough): free, confidential support for people who use drugs and alcohol, with wider links (housing/employment support). 

Gambling harms

• Beacon Counselling Trust: provides support for gambling-related harms across the North West, including Cumbria, with therapy and practical support delivered face-to-face (where available) and remotely