Community Meeting Point Harpenden

We are a small local charity serving the area around Harpenden and St. Albans. We started in 1991, operate five days a week and support adults from Harpenden and surrounding areas whose lives have been affected by mental illness.

Our aim is to support members to regain skills, self confidence and interests and enable them to have the same opportunities and choices as everyone else in the community. We believe this will help to break social isolation and facilitate the recovery of a meaningful and satisfying life

Our services are delivered by a small team of staff and approximately 30 dedicated volunteers.

Community Meeting Point operates from a versatile town centre location with an adjoining retail unit.

From this location we are able to offer information, support, short courses and opportunities for real work experience to support people whose lives have been affected by mental illness. People are supported to regain skills, confidence, interests and hope for the future.

Our range of services are designed to support people in their recovery and to help them to stay well. We focus on supporting our members to become more involved in community life and provide a range of practical activities and courses to help people get ready for employment or further training. We support members to have the same opportunities and choices as everyone else in the community and to make use of the same local facilities.

We also operate a charity shop which adjacent to our activity hub. The shop provides real work experience for our members who have the opportunity to be involved in any or all aspects of running a retail operation. It also provides additional funding for CMP to deliver the services.