Get Connected is the UK’s free, confidential helpline for young people under 25 who need help and don’t know where to turn.
Our service is available 365 days a year and young people can get in touch by phone, webchat, email, text message or use the online help directory, WebHelp 24/7,
When a young person gets in touch, one of 100 trained Helpline Volunteers offers emotional support and can let them know about further specialist help from a database of 10,000 trusted organisations.
This support helps them emotionally through those first steps to finding the help they need to prevent an issue becoming a crisis.
Centre for Mental Health is a charity which aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy equal chances in life to those without.
We believe that people with mental health problems should not experience unfair barriers to a fulfilling life.
We carry out research, policy work and analysis to improve practice and influence policy in mental health as well as public services.
We aim to find practical and effective ways of overcoming those barriers so that people with mental health problems can make their own lives better with good quality support from the services they need to achieve their aspirations.
MHPF is the leading representative body for voluntary sector providers of mental health services, with over 50 members drawn from national, regional and locally based organisations operating across England.
A total of 4.8 million people were supported across our membership last year and we continue to work towards making recovery for those living with mental ill health a reasonable and attainable goal.
MHPF is a platform for collaboration and cooperation in areas of joint concern and interest. It also acts as a combined single voice for the mental health voluntary sector, facilitating communication from and to government bodies.
We are united by our desire to improve the quality of care for people with mental health needs and the outcomes of services provided.
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for millions of people affected by mental illness.
40 years ago, one man bravely spoke about his family’s experiences of mental illness in a letter to the Times and in the process brought together hundreds to talk about their experiences of mental illness and support each other.
Today we directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England to get through crises, to live independently and to realise they are not alone.
Our website and helplines give information and advice to 500,000 more and we change policy for millions.
We carry out research to make sure we really deliver results for people, young or old.
Our services, support groups, and members cover every county in England, giving us local insight and helping us spread innovations nationally.
All our work is governed by people who have lived through mental illness.
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NSUN network for mental health is the only England-wide charity led by, and for, people with experience of psychological distress.
We link service-users to each other and to carers, health professionals, commissioners and policy makers in order to ensure that people have the greatest possible influence over the services they use and their own lives.
Nationally NSUN sits on the Department of Health Ministerial Advisory Group on the Mental Health Strategy and many other influential bodies.
It’s free to join us and members get a weekly emailed bulletin with all the latest mental health news, jobs and opportunities; a regular printed newsletter and invites to free events and training. Join today because together we are stronger.
Bipolar UK is a small national charity dedicated to supporting individuals with the much misunderstood condition of bipolar, their families and carers.
Established in 1983 by service users to combat the lack of dedicated services, service user participation is core to everything we do.
We provide support services for individuals affected by bipolar including a national network over 120 self help groups, a moderated 24/7 web-based peer support forum, self management, one-to-one & telephone mentoring and a youth (18 to 25 years of age) service.
We produce information and guidance publications, work in partnership with research organisations and seek to combat the stigma and discrimination.
We reached out and supported 65,000 individuals affected by bipolar during the past year and demand for our services is rising at an unprecedented pace.
CIE provides tailor made programmes and project management that provide innovative solutions to a range of community and social inclusion issues
e.g. increasing service access to a more diverse range of communities; understanding demographic changes and locality based changes in community needs and aspirations; developing frameworks for action and innovation in equality and human rights.
CIE aims to go beyond traditional customer insight programmes or community consultation services by placing the communities or client groups in question at the heart of the chosen development.
We support organisations to reach diverse communities while at the same time increasing their capacity and capability to achieve meaningful engagement and promote social inclusion.
Time to Change is England’s biggest programme to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems.
The programme is run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and funded by the Department of Health and Comic Relief.
We aim to work with all sectors and communities to encourage more open conversation about mental health and ensure that people with mental health problems can be equal and active citizens.
Time to Change combines a national campaign with community activity.
We fund grassroots anti-stigma projects through our grants scheme, and support people with experience of mental health problems to become active social leaders.
We also work with the media, a wide range of organisations, BME communities and children and young people.
We have been running since 2007 and our work is proven to be having a positive impact on public attitudes as well as reducing the discrimination that people with mental health problems face.
Depression Alliance is the leading national charity that works with people who experience depression and anxiety.
We are recognised and respected in the health, welfare and charity sectors for our knowledge and expertise in a wide range of effective methods of non-medical support for depression.
We run a successful network of self-help groups across England, publish a quarterly magazine, coordinate a pen friends scheme and host an online chat forum DATalk.
We have piloted and now run wellbeing projects in London built around Time banking.
Informed by the experiences of people with depression, we also raise awareness of the realities of the illness amongst the general public with a variety of influential campaigns throughout the year.
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SISO was originally formed to empower users of mental health services to become valued and active members of their communities, helping people to feel safe within themselves and their wider community.
A Toolkit for Wellbeing, full of good advice, information and self help techniques was developed to help make the recovery journey a reality.
SISO works to reduce stigma and inequalities associated with mental health. It seeks to promote choice control, self management, hope and optimism, incorporating a ‘whatever works for you’ philosophy.
SISO focuses on what people can do, taking a panoramic view of a person’s life and not just a life governed by a mental health diagnosis.
Visit the SISO Website to find out more about its work and vision for the future:
