Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and mental health charity Mind in Cambridgeshire have teamed up to offer a new safe haven for those experiencing a mental heath crisis in Peterborough. 

The Sanctuary will open on Monday, 19 September to allow people to get practical and emotional support.

The move marks the start of the latest stage of the Urgent and Emergency Care Vanguard programme in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

NHS organisations together with local authorities, police and representatives from the third sector have combined to launch a number of projects aimed at improving the way urgent mental health care is delivered and to reduce the pressures on accident and emergency departments.