i.
Support groups
Six weekly groups across Porth, Treherbert, Ferndale, Pentre, Beddau, plus a Saturday online session. Turn up once, or every week. No referral needed.
See the schedule →Rhondda Valleys, South Wales · est. 2021
Support that meets you
in your valley.
Shift Together runs free mental-health support groups across the Rhondda — in libraries, plazas, old halls, and online. No diagnosis needed. No gatekeeping. Just a space to turn up.
Support. Help. Information. Friendship. Time.
01.
Our mission
Make mental-health support as ordinary as going to the gym or down the pub.
We started Shift Together because getting mental-health support in the valleys often means waiting lists, referral letters, and an assumption that you're already at crisis point. None of that works if you just want to talk on a Thursday morning.
Our groups are free, open, and facilitated by people trained in mental-health first aid, NLP and counselling. We meet where people already are — libraries, community halls, a plaza basement in Porth — and we show up every week. That's the whole idea.
02.
What we do
Three things, done properly.
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Training
Mental Health First Aid courses accredited by MHFA Wales, plus bespoke in-person workshops blending NLP, psychoeducation and suicide-awareness practice. Discounted rates for charities and social enterprises.
Course catalogue →iii.
Cook. Make. Connect.
Cook, Save, Share — monthly food, budgeting and eating-together. Making in the Moment — free art sessions with Harriet Fleuriot. Tools for wellbeing that don't look like therapy.
Workshops → 03.
This week's groups
Where we'll be.
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Online
Connect Online
Zoom
- Day
- Saturday
- Time
- 10:30 – 12:00
- Cost
- Free
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In person
Porth Plaza
Plaza Basement · CF39 9PG
- Day
- Thursday
- Time
- 09:30 – 13:30
- Cost
- Free
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In person
Treherbert
Treherbert Old Age Hall · CF42 5BH
- Day
- Thursday
- Time
- 13:00 – 15:00
- Cost
- Free
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In person
Ferndale
Ferndale Library · CF43 4PS
- Day
- Friday
- Time
- 14:30 – 16:30
- Cost
- Free
Heard about us
“Shift Together C.I.C is truly making a positive impact in the community by providing much-needed mental health support groups in Rhondda — creating a safe and supportive space for individuals to come together and share their experiences.”
Supported by
Proudly backed by the people who believe in this work.
First time?
Come to a group.
No booking form, no intake questionnaire. Pick a day and place that works, and show up. We'll make you a cup of tea.
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Every fiver matters.
We're a C.I.C., not a charity. Your donation pays for rooms, tea, art supplies and the facilitators who make the groups possible.
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