Christmas and New Year planned closures

Sexual & Reproductive Health

METRO Get it

Kent and Medway

Services will operate at reduced capacity from Friday 23rd December 2022 — Monday 2nd January 2023. Condoms orders will be distributed on Thursday 29th December 2022 only.

Services will resume as normal from Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

Bexley, Wandsworth, Richmond Upon Thames, Merton

Services will close from Monday 19th December 2022 — Friday 6th January 2023. No new-orders will be dispatched during this time period.

Services will resume as normal from Monday 9th January 2023.

Clinics

Pitstop Greenwich

Pitstop clinic will be open on Wednesday 21st December, but closed on Wednesday 28th December. It will open again on Wednesday 4th January 2023.

Plumsted Greenwich Sexual Health

Plumsted Greenwich Sexual Health clinic will be closed on Friday 16th December and Friday 30th December. It will be open on Friday 23rd December, and then Friday 6th January 2023 onwards.

Sexual Health Office phone line

Services are operating at reduced capacity from 10:00am — 3:00pm on Monday 19th December — Friday 23rd December 2022.
Services are operating at reduced capacity from 10:00am — 3:00pm on Wednesday 28th — Friday 30th December 2022.
Services are closed: Saturday 24th — Tuesday 27th December 2022, and Saturday 31st December — Monday 2nd January 2023.
Services are operating at reduced capacity from 10:00am — 3:00pm on Tuesday 3rd — Friday 6th January 2023.
Service will resume as normal from Monday 9th January 2023.

Additional support

Helpful contacts:

Advice and information on sex, contraception, and relationships: getit.org.uk
Morning after pill: Market Street Health Centre, 16—18 Market Street, Woolwich, SE18 6QR, 020 8301 8920
People with symptoms (Greenwich or Bexley): Market Street Health Centre, 16—18 Market Street, Woolwich, SE18 6QR, 020 8301 8920
People with symptoms (Medway): Clover Street Clinic, 4 Clover Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4DT, 0300 123 1678
People with symptoms (Wandsworth, Merton and Richmond/Twickenham): Falcon Road Clinic, 160 Falcon Road, Wandsworth, London, SW11 2LN, 0333 300 2100
People needing contraceptives: Market Street Health Centre, 16—18 Market Street, Woolwich, SE18 6QR, 020 8301 8920
Online testing without symptoms: greenwichsexualhealth.org, London Borough of Greenwich residents only
Online testing without symptoms: checkurself.org.uk/plus, London Borough of Greenwich residents only (over 24s only)
Online chlamydia and gonorrhoea Testing (without symptoms): www.checkurself.org.uk, London Borough of Greenwich or Bexley residents only (under 25s only)
Online chlamydia and gonorrhoea Testing (without symptoms): getit.org.uk, London Borough of Bexley, Wandsworth, Merton and Richmond/Twickenham residents (under 25s only)
Condoms, education, health and care, and testing for young people: PE Logan's Pharmacy, 209 Trafalgar Rd, Greenwich, London SE10 9EQ: open throughout the holidays, including Christmas Day
PEP (Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV): Accident & Emergency / any GUM clinic.
Sexual health screening and support: gmi.shl.uk, Londoners (excluding Greenwich, Hillingdon, and Croydon residents).

Community

METRO GAD Welfare Rights Service

Services will close on Friday 23rd December 2022, and will reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

METRO GAVS

Services will close on Monday 19th December 2022, and will reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

METRO GAVS Voice and Influence Work

Services will close on Friday 16th December 2022, and will reopen Wednesday 11th January 2023.

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Youth and adult counselling

Services will close on Thursday 22nd December 2022, and will reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2023.
HIV

Counselling Services will close on Thursday 22nd December 2022, and will reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

Young Greenwich Parenting Support Service

Services will close on Thursday 22nd December 2022, and will reopen Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

Lewisham Proud & Well LGBTQ Mental Health Drop-in

Our final session will take place on Thursday 22nd December 2022, and will re-commence on Thursday 12th January 2023.

Additional support

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact the relevant number below:

If you are concerned that you cannot keep yourself safe, please contact your GP or in an emergency attend your local A&E department
Papyrus prevention of suicide: 0800 068 4141 or text 07786 209697
Samaritans: 116 123
LGBT Helpline Switchboard: 0300 330 0630
YoungMinds (parent line): 0808 802 5544
For emergency issues around housing, please contact Shelter: 0808 800 4444
Kooth is an online counselling service for young people you may also like to access if you require support whilst you are waiting for counselling: kooth.com
Hub of Hope is a helpful app, you simply enter your postcode and it comes up with all the places for support near you: hubofhope.co.uk
Text the word ‘SHOUT’ to 85 258 to start a conversation with a trained volunteer for support

Youth

METRO Bridge, METRO Shine, METRO Snap, METRO Spark, METRO Stand Out, METRO Transcend, METRO Zest

All our youth groups will close on the week ending Sunday 11th December 2022, with staff available to respond to admin based emails until Friday 16th December 2022.

Our youth groups will return on the following dates:

METRO Transcend: Wednesday 3rd January 2023
METRO Snap: Thursday 4th January 2023
METRO Zest: Friday 5th January 2023
METRO Shine: Monday 9th January 2023
METRO Bridge: Monday 9th January 2023
METRO Spark: Tuesday 10th January 2023