Ongo Talk

Counselling and Life Coaching service

We provide one to one counselling, life coaching and talking support groups for people who want to improve their mental health, emotional well-being and create a brighter future for themselves.

This is a free service if you live within the CLLD (Community Led Local Development) area. Once you've submitted your application, we will let you know if you're eligible. If you are not eligible for this service for free, please get in touch to find out more about what we can do to help.

CLLD is an EU funded programme which aims to make positive change across Scunthorpe. They support businesses and people to gain funding for projects which make a difference to our community. Find out more here.

We also offer wellbeing courses that are held at either our Cole Street office or The Arc in Westcliff. Our courses are part of self-help for positive wellbeing and confidence building. Check out our section ‘training dates’ below to see when the courses are available.

To find out more, take a look at our FAQs below. If you would like to apply for our counselling and life coaching service, click here.

What training is available?
- MindWorks - a half day strengthening emotional resilience and personal wellbeing course
- Mindful Destinations - a one day mental health, stress awareness and personal wellbeing course
- New Directions - an in depth three day well being programme for adults who are ready to make a change in their lives
- Confidence Course
We can also help you access fully accredited training, to help you build your CV up and get into employment.
Training dates
Confidence Course
- 4th December 2020
- 18th December 2020
- 15th January 2021
- 22nd January 2021
- 12th January 2021
- 19th January 2021
- 12th March 2021
- 19th March 2021
- 9th April 2021
- 23rd April 2021
Mindset for success (held via zoom)
- Tuesday 1st December 2020
- Monday 7th December 2020
- Monday 14th December 2020
- Monday 21st December 2020
For more information and to book onto a free course, contact the team via email at Ongotalk@ongo.co.uk
How much will the counselling cost me?

For some people, it will cost nothing.

If you live in Scunthorpe you might be eligible for this service free of charge, depending on the post code area that you live. You can check if you’re eligible here

Don’t worry though, if you can’t access the free counselling service, we can still offer it to you, there will just be a fee to pay.

For those needing to pay, please get in touch for prices.
How do I pay for this service?

Your first appointment will be a free consultation, and once that is complete, if you decide to book on more sessions you can pay for your next one with cash.
Who else is involved in this service?

We’re working with North Lindsey College and Ambassador Training to deliver this service. We’re able to offer counselling, life coaching, training, and providing volunteering opportunities to help you get back into work or develop your skills and confidence.

This project is part Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funded.
Why choose our counselling service?

We set up Ongo Talk because we wanted to be able to offer an affordable counselling and life coaching service to those who need it. We also wanted to offer a service where you will be guaranteed to hear from us within three working days of you getting in touch with us.
Have you considered counselling and life coaching for your staff?

We can support businesses to look after the mental health and wellbeing of their staff by offering our Ongo talk service.

For more information, click here.
Contact us

Please call 01724 844848 or email OngoTalk@ongo.co.uk