Date published: 29 July 2025
A new wellbeing and mental health advisory service has been launched in Knowsley to help guide children, young people, parents and carers through their options in finding the right support, when they need it.
The Knowsley Open Gateway Service (KOGS) combines a team of professionals from different organisations, including Mersey Care, who will work together to give Knowsley residents the support they need. They make it easy for families to get the care they need.
From counselling and support, to help with mental health and wellbeing, all the information is available via the KOGS website and will provide contact with any of the teams.
Mersey Care's children and young people's mental health services and mental health support teams in schools are part of this new partnership across Knowsley, alongside:
This partnership will deliver services with five values at the heat of everything it does:
- Compassion: Our priority is that children, young people and their parent or carers feel understood and heard on each point of their journey with us
- Accessibility: We are committed to breaking down barriers to mental health services, making them available to all, regardless of circumstance
- Collaboration: Working with a network of trusted partners, we ensure people from all communities who seek help from us feel supported and respected
- Integrity: Upholding the highest ethical standards, we ensure transparency and trustworthiness in all our actions
- Inclusive: Ensuring people from all communities who seek help from us feel supported and respected.
