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Living with anxiety or depression?

You’re not alone with your local Anxiety and Depression Support Group. These Groups run in a range of locations in the community and online via zoom, offering peer support and help to people, enabling them to regain confidence to engage in everyday social and workplace activities.

Our groups are open to everyone, over the age of 18, across Manchester. They offer an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Anyone who joins the group will be able to share ideas and access help and information.

Up until recently, they were known as Self Help Groups, but we’ve changed the name so it’s clearer who they are for and to help highlight the important part they play in local communities across Manchester.

For general enquiries email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

Access:

See our timetable below to find an anxiety and depression support group near you. You can join more than one group and attend as many sessions as you like.

Age:

18+

Cost:

Free

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Address:

Face-to-face and online across Manchester

Come along to one of our drop-in groups

Living with anxiety or depression? Manchester’s anxiety and depression support groups are here so you can join others, build on your experience, overcome obstacles like isolation and find new ways to move on together.

Our groups are for anyone over 18, living in Manchester. They’re free, run every week and you just drop-in face to face or online – whenever suits you best. It’s a safe and confidential place to talk about your experiences and share advice.

Monday

14:00- 16:00 – Altrincham Anxiety and Depression Group

Altrincham Methodist Church
Barrington Road
Altrincham
WA14 1HF

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with depression. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

There is no need to self-refer or book, simply drop-in to a group on the day. However, if you would like someone to greet you upon arrival at the venue, you can give us a call or send us an email and we’ll make sure someone is available to meet you. Please follow the guidance and rules of the centre and the group.

Tuesday

11:00 – 13:00 – Garden Workshop

Zion Centre
339 Stretford Road
Hulme
Manchester
M15 4ZY

Join our weekly Garden Workshop!

We will be growing vegetables, doing garden maintenance and making garden structures. There’s no need to book, just drop in.

14:00 – 16:00 – Managing Distressing Thoughts Workshop

Zion Centre
339 Stretford Road
Hulme
Manchester
M15 4ZY

This workshop will show how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques can help manage distress by:

  • Understanding our emotions and how they can affect us
  • Looking at ways of tolerating distress
  • Accepting our emotions
  • Improving emotional wellbeing

This is a Rolling 10-week course, starting on Tuesday, 9 May from 2-4pm. There is no need to book, just drop in.

For more information call 07580 717 007.

19:00 – 21:00 – Manchester Social Anxiety Group

Kath Locke Centre
123 Moss Lane East
Manchester
M15 5DD

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with social anxiety. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with social anxiety. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

There is no need to self-refer or book, simply drop-in to a group on the day. However, if you would like someone to greet you upon arrival at the venue, you can give us a call or send us an email and we’ll make sure someone is available to meet you. Please follow the guidance and rules of the centre and the group.

19:00 – 21:00 – Online Anxiety and Depression Group via Zoom

To attend our online session, please email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com. Our team will then send you further details.

Wednesday

14:00- 16:00 – Zion Anxiety and Depression Group

Zion Centre
339 Stretford Road
Hulme
Manchester
M15 4ZY

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with depression. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

There is no need to self-refer or book, simply drop-in to a group on the day. However, if you would like someone to greet you upon arrival at the venue, you can give us a call or send us an email and we’ll make sure someone is available to meet you. Please follow the guidance and rules of the centre and the group.

19:00- 21:00 – Online Anxiety and Depression Group via Zoom

To attend our online session, please email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com. Our team will then send you further details.

Thursday

13:00- 15:00 – Harpurhey Anxiety and Depression Group

No 93
93 Church Lane
Harpurhey
Manchester
M9 5BG

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with depression. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

There is no need to self-refer or book, simply drop-in to a group on the day. However, if you would like someone to greet you upon arrival at the venue, you can give us a call or send us an email and we’ll make sure someone is available to meet you. Please follow the guidance and rules of the centre and the group.

19:00- 21:00 – Online Anxiety and Depression Group via Zoom

To attend our online session, please email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com. Our team will then send you further details.

Friday

13:00- 15:00 – Urmston Anxiety and Depression Group

St Clements Church Parish Hall
Manor Avenue
Urmston
M41 9HH

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with depression. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

Saturday

10:00- 12:00 – Wythenshawe Anxiety and Depression Group

Wythenshawe Forum Library
Civic Centre
Wythenshawe
Manchester
M22 5RX

This group offers an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others who also struggle with anxiety and depression. Our groups care about your experiences and really understand. They offer help, information and a place for people to share ideas on how to cope with depression. For more information, email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

There is no need to self-refer or book, simply drop-in to a group on the day. However, if you would like someone to greet you upon arrival at the venue, you can give us a call or send us an email and we’ll make sure someone is available to meet you. Please follow the guidance and rules of the centre and the group.

Our groups meet up in

  • Altrincham – Monday
  • Hulme – Tuesday, Wednesday
  • Harpurhey – Thursday
  • Moss Side – Tuesday
  • Urmston – Friday
  • Wythenshawe – Saturday

But if you can’t make one of these groups we have online groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Online groups

Our online Anxiety and Depression support groups are open to everyone, over the age of 18, across Manchester. They’re just like our face-to-face drop-in groups, but in the comfort of your own home.  They offer an empathetic and non-judgmental space where you can meet others, who also struggle with anxiety and depression, to share ideas and get help.

Our experienced group facilitators deliver two-hour sessions every week on:

  • Tuesday at 7pm
  • Wednesday at 7pm
  • Thursday at 7pm

To attend any of our groups, please email: adgroups@thebiglifegroup.com.

Our team will then send you further details.

If you have previously registered and attended any of our groups, you will automatically receive an email with the new details (please remember to check your junk folder for this email).

Having problems getting in touch or joining a group?

Send us an email or get in touch with us through our Facebook page, and our friendly team will be in touch to help.

Join our growing peer support community on Facebook!

Our Facebook group provides a safe space for peer support for people living with anxiety, social phobia, low mood and depression.

A small number of peer support group facilitators regularly review page content and provide advice and information.

To join the group, visit: www.facebook.com/groups/selfhelppeersupport.