This very busy centre also provides a 'drop-in' service and canteen facility which allows clients to enjoy a wholesome delicious meal whilst gaining support from each other and staff in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. You will find an environment for social support with a sense of community for people who are lonely, depressed, suffering from stress or are finding it difficult to cope. This includes people who are presently experiencing or who have experienced a recognized mental health problem. When we are open, you can come for as long or as short a time as you wish. Much can be achieved by a friendly chat over a cup of tea (or coffee!)  A problem shared is a problem halved as they say.

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else;  you are the one getting burned." - Buddha.        *        "If you are going through hell, keep going."  - Winston Churchill.        *        "There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do." - Henry Ford.        *        "Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it." - Benjamin Franklin.        *        "Empty pockets never held anyone back.  Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that." - Norman Vincent Peale.        *        "Character is the result of two things:  Mental attitude and the way we spend our time." - Elbert Hubbard.        *        "Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does." - William James.        *        "Always listen to the experts.  They'll tell you what can't be done and why.  Then do it." - Robert Heinlein.        *        "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." - Dr Wayne W. Dyer.        *        "Don't say you don't have enough time.  You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." - H. Jackson Brown,  Jr.        *        "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw.        *        "We all have ability.  The difference is how we use it." - Stevie Wonder.        *        "A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself." - Alexander Graham Bell.        *        "It's love...not time that heals all wounds!" - Unknown.     *     "Life's most urgent question is, what are you doing for others?" - Martin Luther King, Jr.     *     "Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.     *     "I have not failed.  I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison.     *     "Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up." - The Reverend Jesse Jackson.     *     "Don't judge those who try and fail, judge those who fail to try." - Unknown.     *     "When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." - Helen Keller.     *     "To one's self be true." - Unknown.     *     "If you can dream it, you can do it." - Walt Disney.     *     "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:  It...Goes...On." - Robert Frost.     *     "There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Gandhi.     *     "Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer." - Ed Cunningham.     *     "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - E.E. Cummings.     *     "Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret." - Lawrence J. Peter.     *     "Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together." - Vista M. Kelly.     *     "The only place you will find success before work is in the dictionary." - May B. Smith.     *     "A life is never ended until all the lives it has touched have ended too." - Chinese proverb.     *      "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley.     *     "Age is of no importance unless you're a cheese." - Billie Burke.     *     "A Cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde.     *     "It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." - Abraham Lincoln.     *     "They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." - Carl W. Buechner.     *     "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu.     *     "Do what you can with what you have where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt.     *     "I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted.  I am only very, very curious." - Albert Einstein.     *     "Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, your right." - Henry Ford.     *     "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did when he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali     *     "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Ann Landers.     *     "When written in Chinese, the word "CRISIS" is composed of two characters, one represents danger and the other represents opportunity." - John F. Kennedy.     *     "The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it." - Harry Emerson Fosdick.     *     "I don't hate you for failing, I love you for trying." - Marge Simpson.     *     "What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." - Albert Pike.     *     "Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." - Samuel Ullman.     *     "Life is not easy for any of us.  But it is a continual challenge, and it is up to us to be cheerful and to be strong, so that those who depend on us may draw strength from our example." - Rose Kennedy (Kennedy Family matriarch)     *     "I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark." - Muhammad Ali The Centre is a warm, friendly and safe social place where you can share your experiences with others or just chat. If you need to talk to someone in private the staff are always available. They can also help with certain practical problems e.g. filling in forms, arranging payment plans for bills etc. Please keep in mind that although you may be having mental health problems (and 1 in 4 people each year does but doesn't recognize it!) lots of help is available to completely turn your life around. You may be trying to cope with other conditions such as alcohol or drug addiction, Anorexia Nervosa, or any one of dozens of different illness's which are affecting your life...the same applies, we can help you find the strength to help yourself.  Nobody's life is without pain and sometimes it seems like the ones who least deserve it get the most.  Life is too precious to waste, so never give up no matter what life throws at you.  You never know what is around the corner!   Facilities   Superb computer suite with 11 computers all with Internet access. Garden with seating & Barbecue Area TV & Video Lounge with Full Size Pool Table Private parking Area Dining Room serving delicious mid day meals Women's Make Over Room For those wanting to relax we have a quite area Private Counseling Room Art room Alternative Therapy Room Lockers   The Daybreak Website has been developed to act as your starting point for exploring support groups and networks that are available both within Daybreak and in your community and indeed throughout the world via the Internet. The website is also designed to get you thinking about life in a different way - a way you may never have considered before so don't allow your mind to be closed otherwise you may be walking away from something.... that has the potential to change YOUR  life!  There is a rich source of information at your fingertips so take the time to look through the site carefully. At the end of the day please do not be afraid to ask for help, don't hesitate for a second.  You may feel as though you must try to sort out your problems on your own because the people around you either can't or won't help you.  That may or may not be true, there are a lot of people in the world who do only care about themselves BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE WHO WANT TO HELP YOU - SEEK THEM OUT!     www.ask.co.uk   www.google.co.uk www.yahoo.co.uk                                     VERY IMPORTANT The information carried on this site is not intended as a medical guide. Nothing on this site can replace the supervision and advice of a good health professional such as a doctor and/or psychologist/councillor. Anyone suffering from any mental health problem should see their doctor immediately and regularly.