Mental health services are free on the NHS.
To get urgent medical help, use the NHS 111 online service, or call 111 if you’re unable to get help online.
BEAM Sandwell
We are an emotional health and well-being drop-in service for young people aged 5-18 (or up to 25 if you're a care leaver) who are registered with a GP in Sandwell.
Our team of experienced well-being practitioners and volunteers will listen to whatever is troubling you.
how BEAM helps young people
How BEAM Sandwell helps
We help with anything relating to emotional well-being. In simple terms, this is your emotional health and happiness.
You are emotionally healthy if:
- you function in society - at school, college, uni, work, or with friends and family
- you are able to cope with life's challenges by drawing on your strengths
- you understand and manage your emotions
- you accept yourself and show acceptance of other people.
what beam can and can't do
Our aim is to help you boost your resilience as well as develop coping skills for when life presents challenges.
BEAM Sandwell can...
- recommend strategies and techniques that aim to make life easier – for example, how to manage a panic attack, or how to improve sleep
- give practical suggestions and advice – this might be suggesting you look at website or that you contact another service
- provide a listening ear if you have something you want to get off your chest
BEAM Sandwell won't...
- assess or diagnose any conditions
- automatically make referrals into other services
- necessarily have to tell anyone that you have spoken to BEAM
There may be times where we feel we need to speak to other people, services or agencies. We will try and speak to you about this before we do.
BEAM helped me grow and understand I’m not the only person who feels like this, there’s others
How to access BEAM Sandwell
Register with us, and we will get back in touch with you as soon as we can.
The service does not run on a Friday or a Sunday so we will not respond in these times.
Sandwell Beam opening hours for call back service during the Christmas and New Year holiday are as follows:
| 21 December 2020 | Closed |
| 22 December 2020 | Closed |
| 23 December 2020 | Closed |
| 24 December 2020 | Closed |
| 25 December 2020 | Closed |
| 26 December 2020 | Closed |
| 27 December 2020 | Closed |
| 28 December 2020 | Closed |
| 29 December 2020 | Closed |
| 30 December 2020 | Closed |
| 31 December 2020 | Closed |
| 1 January 2021 | Closed |
| 2 January 2021 | Closed |
| 3 January 2021 | Closed |
| 4 January 2021 | 10am - 5pm |
There may be a slight delay when services reopen on the 4 January. All request for support during this period will be will be replied to as soon as possible to arrange an appointment.
Please note we are not an emergency service.
Need urgent support?
A mental health crisis is an emergency that has a direct and immediate threat to your physical or emotional well-being. In these situations, it's important to get help quickly.
Try to stay calm and ask someone for help if you need it. It could help to tell someone you trust, maybe a family member or a friend. They can be with you and help you decide what to do. They can also contact services on your behalf.
If there is any immediate risk to life, contact the emergency services by calling 999.
Crisis support services
partnership
Sandwell BEAM, funded by Sandwell and Birmingham West CCG and Sandwell Children's Trust, is a service delivered in partnership with Krunch, Kaleidoscope, Kooth and Black Country Health Care NHS Foundation Trust.
