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NHS
Urgent mental health support via
📞111
(select the mental health option 2)
Available 24/7 in England.
Mind
Mind provides reliable guidance, everyday coping tools, and signposting to local services.
It is a steady starting point if you’re unsure where to turn.
📞 0300 123 3393
(open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday - except bank holidays)
Samaritans
Samaritans offer a safe, confidential 24/7 space to talk if you’re feeling overwhelmed, distressed, or simply need someone to listen without judgement.
📞 116 123
(free, available 365 days a year)
📧jo@samaritans.org
(give 24 hours for response)
Shout
Shout is a free 24/7 text service for times when everything feels heavy.
Text SHOUT to 85258 to message with a trained volunteer — especially helpful if talking on the phone feels difficult.
💬Text SHOUT to 85258 (24/7)
NHS Every Mind Matters
NHS Every Mind Matters offers practical, easy to follow advice for looking after your mental health.
You can find support around stress, sleep, low mood and anxiety, along with simple tools and personalised action plans to help you take small, manageable steps towards feeling better.
Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health Foundation is an independent UK charity working to improve health and care for everyone.
Through research and practical insights, they explore the wider factors that shape our health — including mental wellbeing — helping build fairer, more effective systems of support.
Their work can help you better understand how your wellbeing is influenced not just by personal choices, but also by the environment and systems around you.
Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health is a UK charity focused on improving mental health for all by building and sharing strong research, challenging inequalities, and influencing policy and practice so that people receive better support when they need it.
They don’t provide direct support, but their work helps shape fairer, more effective mental health services and greater understanding across society. By exploring their reports and resources, you can gain a deeper understanding of mental health, the wider systems that influence it, and the changes being made to improve support across the UK.
By exploring their reports and resources, you can gain a deeper understanding of mental health, the wider systems that influence it, and the changes being made to improve support across the UK.
Mental Health Foundation – Nature & Mental Health
The Mental Health Foundation has published research exploring the strong connection between nature and mental wellbeing.
Their reports highlight how time outdoors can reduce stress, support mood, and strengthen our sense of connection. You can explore their evidence-based findings and practical insights here →
The Wildlife Trust
The Wildlife Trusts is a UK conservation charity that highlights the positive connection between nature and wellbeing.
Their research shows that regular contact with wildlife-rich environments and nature-based activities — including volunteering and green prescribing programmes — is linked with improved mental wellbeing, reduced stress, and overall better health.
You can explore their nature and wellbeing research here →
RSPB
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) recognises how powerful nature can be for our mental health.
Through their Nature Prescriptions work, they encourage simple moments outdoors — listening to birdsong, noticing seasonal changes, or spending time in green spaces — to help reduce stress and lift mood.
I love how this reflects what I experience in the woods myself: that even small, gentle connections with nature can bring calm, clarity and a sense of grounding.
European Centre for Environment & Human Health
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter European Centre for Environment & Human Health explores how the world around us — especially nature — affects our wellbeing.
Their work helps explain why time outside can make us feel calmer, clearer and more balanced, and offers insights you can use in your own life. If you’ve ever wondered why walking through a wood, listening to birdsong or sitting by water lifts your mood, their website is full of accessible information that connects real research to everyday experience.
It’s a great place to explore and find gentle encouragement on how nature can support your own mental and emotional health.
ACAS
If work is starting to feel overwhelming or is affecting your mental health, ACAS offers free, confidential advice to help you understand your rights and navigate difficult conversations with confidence.
Their guidance on stress and wellbeing is practical and reassuring — a helpful place to turn if you need clarity or support around work-related pressures.
THE MIX
If you’re under 25 and feeling overwhelmed, anxious or simply in need of someone to talk to, The Mix offers free, confidential support designed especially for young people.
You can access their helpline, webchat, or explore practical advice on mental health, relationships, work, and life challenges — all in a safe, non-judgemental space.
You don’t have to figure everything out alone.
Headspace
If you’re looking for gentle support with stress, sleep or anxious thoughts, the Headspace app offers guided meditations, breathing exercises and sleep tools that are easy to fit into everyday life.
Whether you have two minutes or twenty, it provides simple, accessible ways to pause, reset and build small moments of calm into your day — especially helpful if your mind feels busy or overwhelmed.
Calm
If you’re seeking moments of calm in a busy world, the Calm app offers guided meditations, soothing music, breathing exercises and sleep stories designed to help you unwind.
It’s especially helpful in the evenings or during stressful periods, offering gentle support to slow racing thoughts and create a sense of ease.
Even a few quiet minutes can make a difference.
Action for Happiness
If you’re looking for gentle, practical ways to nurture your wellbeing,
Action for Happiness offers beautiful monthly action calendars filled with simple daily prompts to inspire kindness, connection and gratitude.
Each month has its own theme, with small, uplifting suggestions you can easily weave into everyday life.
The calendars are thoughtfully designed, visually calming, and easy to follow — a lovely reminder that positive change often begins with one small action each day.
