We are excited to be collaborating with Centre for Psychology and will be delivering a new 5 week course, helping people learn to live well with anxiety. The course will be held online via Zoom from 2pm – 4pm and will be every Wednesday for five weeks, starting on Wednesday 30th March. Our aim: This […]

All at Catalyst would like to wish you a Happy New Year and we hope 2022 is filled with love and kindness. After a much needed break, our Community Connections activity timetable is now back up and running as usual. To find out what we are offering during January, please visit our activity timetable page. […]

Our offices are closed on 27th, 28th December 2021 and 3rd January 2022 We will be open and available on all other days (except weekends and Bank Holidays) Our usual opening hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm Our outreach and out of hours services are still operating throughout including Bank Holidays and weekends. […]

Due to staffing issues, the Aldershot Safe Haven will be closed on Wednesday 15th December 2021 for face to face support. The closest available Safe Havens are Guildford and Woking and the virtual service is also available. To find out more visit Safe Havens Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

From 1 April 2020, Surrey County Council Public Health (the commissioners) and Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) signed a Co-operative Agreement to deliver the i-access service until 2025. At that time, the Catalyst subcontract was extended by direct award, and Procurement Law mandated that the Catalyst portion of the contract, as well […]

We are super excited to announce that from Tuesday 23rd November 2021, we will be selling second hand vinyl in our charity bookshop in Godalming. We will stock over 1,000 second hand records offering our customers a great selection of both albums and singles in all genres including rock and pop, soul, folk, musicals and […]

Alcohol Awareness Week (15-21 November 2021) is an opportunity to get us thinking about our drinking. This year, the theme is Alcohol and Relationships.  Many of us associate alcohol with nights out and socialising with friends and family, and alcohol can become a big part of our connections and interactions. It is important to recognise […]

World Mental Health Day – Sunday 10th October 2021, a day to raise awareness, educate and reduce the stigma associated to mental health so people feel comfortable to talk when they are struggling. As a Surrey mental health charity, mental health and wellbeing is part of our everyday work and we regularly encourage staff, volunteers, […]

Today we get together with thousands of organisations around the world to help raise awareness of suicide and help reduce the number of deaths lost to suicide. Not being okay is still widely stigmatised so we will be supporting the day on social media to help reduce the stigma and raise awareness about services available. […]

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day (https://www.overdoseday.com/ ) a global event that we proudly support by working towards preventing overdose, reducing stigma, raising awareness and providing support to people, families and loved ones affected by substance misuse and overdose. The message?  That every person’s life is valuable and that stigmatising people who use drugs needs […]

Anti-social behaviour week, an opportunity to help raise awareness about what to do if you experience or notice anti-social in the community of Surrey. Anti-social behaviours are actions that harm or lack consideration for the well-being of others and can reallt affect individuals and communities. There is support available in Surrey, including some of the […]

The Time to Change Surrey campaign has officially launched and Catalyst, along with Mary Frances Trust and Acting Out Productions are really proud to be part of the new initiative in Surrey. Catalyst are really excited to be part of the Time to Change Surrey campaign. We already have a great working relationship with our […]

Men’s Health Week is 14th – 21st June this year, an opportunity to raise awareness and encourage men to be more aware about their physical and emotional health. Research shows that men are less likely to seek help for their health and a recent survey from SMEF demonstrated that men in Surrey from the BAME […]

This week is Volunteers Week and we are lucky to have so many amazing volunteers as part of Catalyst. This week, we have sent ‘Thank You’ e-cards to all our current volunteers, we have arranged tea and cake for our bookshop volunteers and have recognised a volunteer for going the extra mile this year. The […]

After over a year of being being closed due to the pandemic, we are delighted that our Charity bookshop, A Novel Idea in Godalming is re-opening again on Tuesday 18th May 2021. Our volunteers have been working hard to get the shop ready for our customers. They have done an amazing job at sorting through […]

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and the theme this year is Nature. After a year in and out of lockdown and not being able to do much else, it’s fair to say that most of us have connected a little more with nature when out on our walks to get our daily exercise. Some have explored and found some […]

Catalyst and i-access are pleased to be working in partnership on the next Peer Mentor course which starts on 7th June 2021. We are looking for individuals who are at an advanced stage of recovery and would like to share their personal experiences to help and inspire others, whilst gaining an accredited qualification and enhancing their […]

The trial of the Woking Safe Haven 24/7 service is being extended until 7 May to improve access to crisis mental health support. Safe Havens provide an alternative to A&E for people in mental health crisis who don’t also have urgent physical health needs. It’s a place where people can go for urgent help with their […]

Catalyst (one of the lead providers for Community Connections Surrey) are proud to be working in partnership with Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust (SABP), delivering the SUN (Service User Network) service. This new service is available for people in Surrey and NE Hampshire. What is Sun? SUN (Service User Network) is a new, easy […]

The Woking Safe Haven, one of the five out of hours crisis mental health venues in Surrey and Aldershot, is commencing a pilot scheme to offer a 24-hour service from the 15th February to 31st March 2021. This is an important alternative to A&E for people requiring mental health support who do not need immediate […]

Some people that use alcohol or drugs in a harmful way are unaware of when they need to tell DVLA about their drink / drug use. With this in mind we have collaborated with i-access, Surrey and Borders Partnership and the Alcohol Liaison team at Royal Surrey to produce a handy leaflet which details when […]

Due to staffing issues, the Aldershot Safe Haven will be closed on Friday 22nd December. The closest available Safe Havens are Guildford and Woking and the virtual service is also available. To find out more visit Safe Havens Apologies for any inconvenience caused.  

Catalyst are still continuing to offer outreach support during the current lockdown, while also supporting clients safely by digital and online means. Our mental health services can still offer some face to face sessions alongside online and telephone support We are offering a range of online groups and activities to support mental health and wellbeing […]

Our offices are closed on 25th, 28th December 2020 and 1st January 2021 We will be open and available on all other days (except weekends and Bank Holidays) Our usual opening hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm Our outreach and out of hours services are still operating throughout including Bank Holidays and weekends. […]