The new state-of-the-art centre provides a modern, welcoming space in the heart of the community offering integrated mental and physical health services and an enhanced working environment for staff.
A community café on the ground floor will make Lowther Road a place that everyone can use and enjoy.
1 Lowther Road will be the home for the majority of NLMHP’s Islington Community Services including:
- Complex Depression Anxiety and Trauma
- Personality Disorder Service
- Community Rehabilitation
- The Islington Clozapine and Depot Clinic
The Centre is the latest building to open as part of the St Pancras Transformation Programme, which also includes Highgate East, a brand-new inpatient facility.
The Centre is the latest building to open as part of the St Pancras Transformation Programme
North London Mental Health Partnership’s (NLMHP) Islington team already has close links with Arsenal in the Community project which delivers sport, social and education programmes to over 5,000 individuals each week including many with mental health diagnoses.
The new centre is located less than a mile from the Emirates Stadium, which will further strengthen those bonds and enable even more effective community working.
Community is deep-rooted within Arsenal, with the club offering safe and positive environments for local people and using the power of sport for good, offering wider opportunities linking to education, accredited courses and employment.
Declaring the centre open, Per Mertesacker expressed his pride: “This is an issue that is close to my heart. As a young man in Germany, I spent a year working in a mental health hospital, and the experience was both humbling and life-shaping.”
North London Mental Health Partnership’s (NLMHP) Islington team already has close links with Arsenal in the Community project
“Our mental wellbeing is just as important as our physical wellbeing. That’s something we work on every day at our club, whether that’s giving our young Gunners in the Academy the tools and confidence they need to learn and grow, or whether it’s our Community team, who are providing essential support and care to some of the most vulnerable people in our area,” Mertesacker continued.
“I’m proud I can share in this moment to deliver a first-class facility right in the heart of our community, that will play a major role in supporting both patients and staff for years to come,” Mertesacker concluded.
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Jinjer Kandola MBE, NLMHP Chief Executive said: “The Partnership is committed to improving the outcomes for all our service users and the quality of the care we provide.”
“Through our St Pancras Transformation Programme, we are delivering new leading-edge therapeutic environments for service users and carers and improved working environments for our staff,” Kandola explained.
“The cutting-edge design of Lowther Road was developed with input from service users, carers, our staff, and the local community, and can be adapted as our needs change over time,” Kandola concluded.
- Companies:
- Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
- Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
