Other local & national mental health organisations

Live Well Kent   

www.thinkaction.org.uk/contact-us/thinkaction-west-kent/

www.kentadvocacy.org.uk

www.westkentmind.org.uk/

www.maidstonemind.org/

www.porchlight.org.uk/

https://moodspark.org.uk/i-need-help-now/

Freephone 0800 011 3474

www.lighthearts-uk.com/

Mindfulness and meditation promoting holistic therapies and mental wellbeing.

The methods have been specially chosen by a mindfulness instructor and a NHS therapist/psychiatric nurse to help you reduce stress, cope with anxiety and deal with fearful feelings.

An online learning course on managing stress and making choices

The guide covers important topics such as:

• How financial debt and money worries impact people’s mental health.
• The importance of practical financial skills and how it helps with mental health, including expert advice on combating debt, knowing why people overspend, and how to manage the effects of money pressures.
• Practical, useful tips and advice such as how to budget, analyzing spending habits, where to save on household expenses, how to deal with debt, and how to make money management a habit.
• Other useful information and links to external resources to help develop practical financial skills and healthy habits around money.

OptiMale

(Understanding the male menopause and mental health)

This website covers important topics such as:

• Understanding "male menopause" - separating facts from fiction, and why it can be misleading (and harmful) to group the different changes and conditions affecting men as they age under this label.
• The physical and emotional changes associated with male menopause why men should always seek a proper medical diagnosis for said symptoms.
• The effect on men’s mental wellbeing - from memory loss and lowered libido to secondary effects like fatigue, insomnia, and irrationality - and their impact on daily life.
• Helpful tips and advice for managing symptoms, lifestyle changes and treatments that can help, and other useful information.

A localised hub of information with simple tips and advice and details of local and national services to help people protect their wellbeing.

Find a Counsellor near you

Advice on Mental Health and Wellbeing

Kent County Council’s Early Help and Preventative Services for young people aged 10-16.

Online support for young people 

CEOP Thinkuknow Resource Library 

Online safety advice, relationship + sex advice and more.

Advice for LGBTQ young people including details of weekly meet-ups in West Kent. 

Mental Health Foundation  

A national service to help people understand, protect and sustain their mental health.

A charity providing life changing research, economic analysis and policy influence in mental health.

www.mind.org.uk

Rethink Mental Illness    

Anxiety UK   

www.depressionalliance.org

www.nopanic.org.uk

www.ocdaction.org.uk

www.bipolaruk.org.uk

Beat (beating eating disorders)   

www.nshn.co.uk

www.rehab4addiction.co.uk/coronavirus/mental-health-coronavirus