Community Core Mental Health Service

The Community Core Mental Health Service is Voluntary and Community Sector-led.

The service provides support in a community setting for people in the Bradford District with severe mental illness (SMI). Service users can be referred to one of the three different delivery partners:

• Inspired Neighbourhoods
• The Cellar Trust
• Bradford District and Craven Mind

The VCS Alliance is the Lead Accountable Body for this contract and hosts this system access point page.

The service exists to support people who cannot currently access statutory services or are transitioning between statutory and community support.

Other community-based VCSE-led services are available for people experiencing lower level mental ill health. Please visit www.healthyminds.services to see other provisions available in Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale, and Craven.

Community Core Referral Criteria

Please read the full referral criteria before referring a person to this service.
This criteria applies to individuals with diagnosed severe mental health conditions OR to individuals without a formal diagnosis where they are experiencing significant emotional distress, affecting their quality of life.
This service caters to individuals aged 16 and above, but excludes those:

• already accessing secondary mental health services.
• deemed an immediate risk to themselves or others.
• with substance/alcohol issues posing a risk or hindering service use.

The full referral criteria can be downloaded here:

Submitting your Community Core Referral

When referring a client to the Community Core Mental Health Service, the delivery provider of the service is dictated based on the client’s GP practice. Different delivery providers cover different Primary Care Networks. If you have any trouble with accessing or submitting your referral form, please email core@thevcsalliance.org.uk