Medical bosses have opened a third mental health safe haven to provide support to people in their communities.
The Anchorage, has been opened in Wallsend, North Tyneside, by the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Everyturn Mental Health.
Similar centres were recently opened in Ashington and Newcastle, while a fourth is planned to be launched in Whitehaven, Cumbria, later this year.
Everyturn Mental Health’s senior development manager, Samantha Kitula, said the charity’s existing sites had shown how “vital” community-based services were to residents.