​​Opening Hours -
Thursday - Sunday,
​3.45pm - 10.45pm
Open 52 weeks of the year. 
Currently we are running this as a telephone support service or face to face support.
Tel no. 07385 290804

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridportCFR

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​Contact details - 
The Assembly Rooms
Gundry Lane,
Bridport
​DT6 3RL

If you feel you are reaching a crisis point with your mental health and need support with your well-being, the Community Front Room is here for you. 
We offer a welcoming, non-judgemental and safe space for you to to come to be, to talk and be listened to.
Mental Health Practitioners and Peer Specialist specially trained for working in the Community Front Room are here to help you work out your next steps for your well-being.
You do not need a referral, just come and ring the doorbell when we are open.

The Community Front Room is open to anyone aged 18 years and over. 
However, we cannot work with people who:
- Require medical attention beyond basic First Aid.
- Are intoxicated by alcohol or substances.
- Are showing threatening or physically aggressive behaviours.
​- Are under 18 years old. ​

Bridport Community Front Room is now able to offer face to face support at the Assembly Rooms at Gundry Lane. Please call 07385 290804 to make an appointment. Covid compliant.
 Our telephone service 07385 290804 and video call service is also still available 
https://nhs.vc/community-front-room--bridport

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The video above shows a virtual tour of Wareham and Bridport Community Front Rooms during Covid 19. 

What is a Community Front Room?

A community front room is a safe and welcoming space where you can speak to a mental health worker or peer specialist with their own experience of coping with a crisis.

If you need urgent mental health support outside of opening hours call Connection on Freephone 0800 652 0190​
Dorchester Retreat is also open 7 days a week. 

Community Front Room is part of Dorset Mental Health's 'Access Mental Health'.

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And the CFR gives us the precious gifts of acceptance and safety which allow us to ‘just be’. ’ A quote and prose provided by one of our visitors.

Bridport, Shaftesbury, Wareham and Weymouth Community Front Rooms (CFR) are open every weekend, Thursday-Sunday 3.45-10.45pm for face to face drop in and virtual drop in via video calls. 
https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk/access-mental-health/community-front-rooms.

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“Entering the CFR feels as if you’re being enfolded within the arms of compassion and acceptance;
and, when you leave, hope walks beside you “.

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"Darkness was surrounding me and overwhelming me, and I went out in to the night. 
At first I didn't know where I was going, I just knew I had to get out of my flat. 
But then my heart led me to a familiar light - a light of hope shining in the deep darkness.
The light was glowing from the Community Front Room, which has become to me like a star in the darkest sky. 
With welcoming smiles (and much-needed mugs of tea!)I was given, yet again, the gifts of unconditional acceptance, support and seemingly never-ending patience from the amazing team who work there. 

I don't know what I would do without Community Front Room now; it is an oasis of calm, a beacon of hope, and no matter how you are feeling, you will be welcome here.
Sometimes, just having a cup of tea with someone is all you need - a chat with people who has 'been there'; or just space to sit quietly, knowing you are safe. 
But it's there for the times of crisis too. Hands reach out to hold you when you feel as if you are falling.
Hope, acceptance, safety, and empathy sum up the Community Front Room.... 
Please don't hesitate to come; it is there for YOU too."​

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