A new deal has been struck to convert a vacant office building in Birmingham into a new café and wellbeing hub.
Birmingham-based mental health charity Living Well 海角视频 has agreed a deal for 55 St Paul's Square, in the Jewellery Quarter.
The hub will span three storeys, with a café and wellbeing studio on the ground floor and two further floors of therapy rooms above.
The facility will have nine therapy rooms available to smaller regional wellbeing organisations that have little therapy space of their own amid increasing demands for face-to-face support.
The wellbeing studio will be dedicated to helping mental health staff to access support for themselves.
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The new space is the latest part of the 'Grounded' project which is a partnership between Living Well 海角视频 and NHS England and will be called 'Grounded. St Paul's' when it opens in July.
It is the third location of its kind to be launched by Living Well 海角视频 in the past year, joining sister sites in Selly Oak which opened last July and Hall Green in January.
The brace of facilities have already welcomed thousands of people through their doors and offered free workshops, talking therapy and created jobs for people who had previously faced barriers to employment.
They also run craft, yoga and fitness classes and information points.
Ben Howells is chief executive of Living Well Consortium which comprises more than 40 mental health organisations based across the West Midlands.
He said: "The launch of this third site is monumental in expanding the support and care that we at Living Well 海角视频 have always been dedicated to providing.
"Beyond services for the inner-city community, we're incredibly proud this site will also offer a dedicated space for mental health workers to visit when they need to decompress from the stresses of the job. We're aware that caring for others can be incredibly demanding at times.
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"We hope Grounded. St Paul's will give caregivers a calming, peaceful place to recharge and recoup, ready to continue giving the much-needed support that so many of us benefit from."
He added: "Since launching in Selly Oak and Hall Green, we've seen a huge rise in the number of people interacting with our services and seeking the support they need. Mental health struggles are a reality of life, no matter who you are or where you live.
"Not only are we able to offer people support in their local area but we're actually seeing people make use of that support and interact with one another."