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Covid-19 help
Welcome to the CoronaHub. Discover services and resources suggested by others to help you through the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK. Please add anything that we’re missing.
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You can call our free and confidential helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for help and support if you are worried or anxious about any aspect of the coronavirus. We also offer information around finances, childcare, housing or benefits. Financial grants also available.
A free and confidential phoneline service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood or depression and needs someone to talk to. You can also call if worried about someone.
Counselling directory allows you to search for counsellors in your local area who specialise in you specific needs. Also lists online and telephone therapists
Provides single parent tailored information, support and advice, while encouraging and enabling parents across Scotland to make the most of the opportunities available to them. Helpline open Mon-Fri 9:30am-4pm.
Our counselling service is a not-for-profit, low-cost counselling service designed for the Chinese communities. We provide English, Cantonese and Mandarin speaking counsellors.
You are not alone. If someone you love is dying or has died, this Online Community is a place to share experiences, get things off your chest, ask questions and chat to people who understand.
We help support and advise any parent who is experiencing a perinatal mental illness. We also guide family, friends, carers and employers how to support someone who is suffering. Helpline open 9am-8pm daily.
Free tutorials to learn a variety of coding skills.
An independent fact checking charity to check claims and myths you hear about coronavirus.
The ABF is considering applications from professional actors, actresses and stage managers who have contracted Covid-19, or are self-isolating because they are unwell, once the applicant has applied for Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance.
Home of the largest community of Counsellors and Psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage in the UK. Search our directory.
If you're a professional performer who wants to train for a new career, or who is facing financial difficulties, then we will endeavour to help you out.
Support for pet owners needing to go into hospital, or who need assistance with walks, e.g. because of health issues. Also maintain a register of care homes that will accept pets.
Browse over 60,000 free ebooks to view online or on your kindle.
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for kids aged 3+. Themes include Frozen and Harry Potter.
Take 1-minute to self-report daily, even if you are well. This helps our scientists identify high-risk areas, who is most at risk and how fast the virus is spreading.
We provide vocational, practical, and emotional support to those who are currently working, or have worked, in the UK drinks industry.
Includes guidance on matters such as food hygeine and employee sickness.
If you work in music and are struggling to cope emotionally or with mental health, or know someone who is, talk to us. It doesn't have to be a crisis, or about music. Open 24/7
To end hunger and poverty by supporting a network of food banks. They provide emergency food and support to people in poverty and campaign to end the need for food banks.
Shop for engaging resources that help kids develop a growth and resilient mindset so they can face life’s challenges with confidence.
Play Therapy helps children understand muddled feelings and upsetting events, using play to communicate at their own level and at their own pace, without feeling interrogated.
We offer financial support to people that have worked in Builders Merchants, Cookshops, DIY shops and outlets, hardware stores, garden centres, or that have worked for manufacturers and distributors and worked in the pottery and glass industry.
Wach episodes and clips, play games, and even sing along to your favourite Horrible Histories songs!
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Provides advice and support to men of any age who are down or in crisis; dedicated to preventing male suicide.
ABTA LifeLine is here to help travel industry colleagues in times of hardship. Financial support may be available if you are experiencing severe hardship.
Deaf people are twice as likely to experience mental health problems. Our psychological therapy service is delivered in British Sign Language, cutting out the need for an interpreter.
Free coworking space for anyone working from home and wanting to feel connected and part of a community.
Find guidance on support for businesses who are paying sick pay to employees, who pay business rates or tax and learn about the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
To help all those suffering grief in the UK. They aim to find the bereaved, acknowledge their grief & provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship & ongoing support
The College is working with NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) to update guidance for psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals working in mental health settings. A confidential helpline and email support is available and delivered by trained Doctor Advisor College members.
In our online forum, you can chat with others who have been affected by postpartum psychosis. The forum is open to anyone that has been affected, including partners and family.
A not-for-profit website that offers free video tutorials on topics from maths to cosmology.
Jami provides practical and emotional support for the mental health needs of the Jewish community.
Fearne Cotton chats to celebrity guests about their mental health in a podcast series about mental health. Guests include Dawn French, Stephen Fry, author Matt Haig and Olympic diver Tom Daley.
Teaching resources including excercises and games on science topics such as body systems and cells, electricity and climate change.
The Foundation devotes much of its work to the relief of poverty and need among current and former Directors and the immediate families of deceased Directors.
Shielding is for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19). It’s also for their family, friends and carers.
Bestselling author and illustrator is teaching drawing every weekday on YouTube to kids who are now at home.
App which has condensed the therapy experience down into a digital self-help platform to offer guidance with many aspects of mental health
Range of online fitness videos for all ages and differing abilities. Includes exercises for older adults too.
Holiday refunds, travel insurance cover and more
Find resources, offers and toolkits that may help NHS staff during this time.
Telephone: 0300 060 3000, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm
Here you’ll find British Lung Foundation information about coronavirus and useful links for the latest updates.
Short video explaining how to wash your hands correctly to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
Coronavirus can affect anyone, but people with pre-existing health problems and older people are thought to be at greater risk of developing severe symptoms.
The Theatre Helpline is a free, independent and confidential phone and email service that provides support to people working in the theatre industry. Trained staff are available to offer support and signposting on any topic which affects your wellbeing.
Our dedicated coronavirus page brings together the latest on government support for your business, advice across themes such as supporting your staff and communicating with customers, how leaders like you are reacting right now and the best of what the rest of the web has to offer.
Holiday refunds, travel insurance cover and more
Been sacked? Had your contract changed? Don’t sit back. Act now! All workers who've been sacked should get in touch with ex-colleagues and work to demand reinstatement. Get in touch with us if you need support in making your demands via Facebook or at [email protected]
Explore the Surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover with 360 view!
Scotland's professional body for counselling and psychotherapy. Search our register.
Digital health community online created to empower and connect people facing health challenges and disabilities. This is a place for peer support, not to find a diagnosis.
Connecting anyone struggling with childcare during this time with volunteers - ask for disclosure/PVG checks. Please use this group to post your needs and offer of childcare.
Provides relevant tools and knowledge to help understand more about depression and some lifestyle changes that can help you through recovery.
An app offering peer support for people struggling with mental health issues. Creates social connections where can express thoughts and feelings and start conversations.
The charity provides financial aid to dental students, dentists and their families in need, whether they are in training, in practice, have left the profession or are retired.
Gathering tech experts globally to brainstorm, collaborate and offer expertise across a broad range of initiatives going on.
If your income has changed or you need to self-isolate due to coronavirus – whether you have the illness yourself or you need to care for someone else as a result – the benefits that may be available to you depend on your situation.
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are!
The counselling service is open 24/7 and staffed by professional counsellors, all bound by strict codes of confidentiality. You can talk to them over the phone or by video. Also accessible via live chat and email.
Food banks can request food and supplies to be delivered to them. Individuals from the public can find out what items food banks near them are requesting.
A free helpline and web-based information service that gives practical information and advice on many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close. Helpline Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.
Providing recovery & support for the Armed Forces community whose lives are affected by their service, no matter when they served. Helpline open Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm
These Q&As relate to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and pregnancy – guidance for healthcare professionals: Version 3 – 18 March 2020
A free and confidential web and phone service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. Helpline open Mon-Thurs 6pm-2am, Fri 6pm -Mon 6am
We have introduced a confidential staff support line, operated by the Samaritans and free to access from 7.00 am – 11.00 pm, seven days a week. You can call for support, signposting and confidential listening.
Alternatively, you can text FRONTLINE to 85258 for support 24/7 via text.
A wide range of COVID-19 related information and guidance is freely available online. NHBF Members have access to a free 24/7 legal helpline.
We’re the UK charity for backstage and front of house workers. Talk to us about practical help at any stage of your career – from welfare and debt advice to financial support and counselling.
Provides short audio guides on a variety of mental wellbeing related issues to offer practical advice and help boost mood
Sometimes relationships are the source of our problems and unhappiness. When you feel like this The Relationship Helpline from The Spark is here to help.
The NHS-featured mental health and well-being app: helping you become your best possible self!
If you have an eating disorder, or are supporting someone who does, we've listend to the issues you’ve raised and, with the help of eating disorder clinicians, put together guidance to try to respond to the most common ones.
In Scotland, if you are experiencing hardship, you can apply for a crisis grant (money you might not need to repay) from the Scottish Welfare Fund.
You don't need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
The complete list: English, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Dari, Estonian, Farsi, French, German. Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kiswahili, Krio, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Oromo, Malayalam, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Sindhi, Slovak, Spanish, Somali, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yiddish.
Join us for six of our plays, shown for free via our YouTube channel, one at a time, on rotation every two weeks.
When someone dies, finding out what needs to be done can be overwhelming. This simple guide explains what you need to do first, and what to do in the weeks and months that follow.
A group of therapists set up the website frontline19.com so doctors, nurses and other NHS staff can access counselling services online during the Covid-19 lockdown.
We know that the introduction of increased social distancing and self-isolation measures and the closure of pubs, bars and restaurants will hit our licensed trade sector hard. We can support you in many ways including our 24/7 helpline.
If you run a business or are self-employed and are concerned about paying your tax due to coronavirus, you can call HMRC’s helpline for help and advice: 0800 024 1222. Open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
The game that makes learning to read fun, covering everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. Free computer version.
Mystery Science creates science lessons for U.S. schools. They are offering a starter set of science lessons (videos and activities) for free.
Play Therapy UK (PTUK) is a not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting the use of play and creative arts as ways of enabling children to reach their full potential.
44 engineering and science challenges from the engineers at Dyson, designed for children aged 7+.
Free home fitness workout videos for a range of age ranges and skills.
In the coming weeks, more children and young people will face bereavement through the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). At Winston’s Wish, we work with bereaved families and offer guidance on how to speak to children about death and dying, and about different causes of death, whether sudden or expected, through illness, accident, suicide or violence.
Opening Up promotes mental wellbeing and suicide prevention through cricket and run a regular podcast.
An easy to use and accessible website to help find the right tools and resources to help you feel better.
The human givens approach is different. Its therapists look to see what is missing, or being misused, in clients' lives, with the aim of helping them find ways to better meet their needs.
This is a support, ideas sharing and chat group for parents who find themselves suddenly home schooling due to the Corona Virus or are considering taking their children out. Lets help our kids and stay sane together!!
The Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp is a free writing podcast that delivers a complete 8 week fiction writing course over 48 episodes.
England only - If you have a medical condition which makes you extremely vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19), register and tell us whether or not you need support.
With Zoom you can schedule one-to-one or group video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. Free for basic use.
Cavell Nurses’ Trust has set aside additional funding for grants designed to help nursing and midwifery professionals support their living costs like rent and utility bills. We support UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, both working and retired, when they’re suffering personal or financial hardship.
A podcast with comedians talking about death and grief, highlighting that people are not alone in grief.
We offer a confidential mental health support helpline and signposting for people who identify as Trans, Agender, Gender Fluid or Non-Binary. Family and friends can also call. Open Mondays and Fridays 8pm to midnight.
We've teamed up with a psychotherapist to assess your mood and match you to a Tate artwork. Take this quiz to reflect on your present well-being and find out which artwork in our collection suits your mood.
We can provide financial assistance to anyone with two years' employment in companies involved in manufacturing/supplying furniture, kitchens or bathrooms; furniture stores such as DFS, BrightHouse, Ikea, Argos; carpet sales or fitting; beds, curtains and upholstery.
A private Facebook support group to give and receive advice, share experiences and meet other sufferers of PMDD in the UK.
Forsome employees and employers without HR departments, furloughing can seem complex. This in itself may stop some employers agreeing to implement this important financial lifeline. This quick info sheet is intended to make it simple, allowing employees and employers to help each other through it.
An honest account into how some the UK’s best-known celebrities have coped with mental health, from OCD to insomnia, addiction to grief, and depression to anxiety.
Explains what suicidal feelings are, including possible causes and how you can learn to cope. Our helpline is open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday or you can text 86463
CAMHS provides information on the different support services available for children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional and behavioural wellbeing.
Whether you need a grant due to illness or injury, with support for everyday living costs or with crisis funding for the unexpected, we can help. We also support dance professionals through a range of specialist bursary schemes.
Whether informally with your own networks or as an Ambassador, we would love your help to raise awareness. Share posts or create your own. If you would like to join our Ambassador facebook group to share tips etc. please follow this link to contact us.
Thank you!
The app provides different activities which are designed to help people resist and manage the urge to self harm using the basic principles of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy.
If you are an asylum seeker or a refugee living in Scotland, you have the right to NHS healthcare while you are here.
Explores peoples daily struggle with mental health and telling the world you're not alone. They hear about you, how to break the stigma, sharing your stories & listening
You can pay for meal kit delivery services as an alternative/complimentary to grocery deliveries. There are a range of providers available.
A charity which supports bereaved Muslim women and offers free and confidential face-to-face and/or telephone support.
Speacial tips and advice during the Covid-19 epidemic. There is also a helpline open 24/7 - 0808 2000 247
Their mission is to save and change the lives of veterans and their families affected by stress by inspiring, coaching and motivating sufferers to a better reality.
Includes lots of information and practical steps to improve your mental wellbeing at this time such as planning for staying home.
There are simple things we can all do to look after our mental health and wellbeing – take our quiz to get started today with a free plan, expert advice and practical tips.
This is a support group for disabled people who are having to partially protectively isolate ourselves due to being at extra risk from the coronavirus.
SAMH provides mental health resources online including a quiz to find out your wellbeing score.
Online directory of therapists of all sexualities and gender identities who work with gender and sexual diversity clients across the LGBTQI spectrum from a non-judgmental standpoint.
Helping both tutors and students find each other. Search by level, subject and location and create your own tutor or student profile. Online tutoring also available.
Some information on Coronavirus for the Roma community in the UK.
Bryony Kimmings is raising funds to support artists who may have had work cancelled, and they're currently matching donors to artists.
They go beneath the surface to find out how they have dealt with difficult challenges & to hear the tips and tricks they use to keep their spirits high
Offering free and confidential support to legal professionals of the UK and Ireland on health issues such as stress, depression and addiction. Helpline Open Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm
Offers information on a range of health related topics to help and encourage people to lead healthier lives
Need someone to talk to? confidential support from volunteers. Helpline Open Sun - Thur 12pm - 12am
Our online instant message service provides confidential, non-judgemental and anonymous support. We can listen to how you are feeling and help you, if this is what you want.
Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Find expert information and advice.
Free during COVID-19. A site packed with interactive phonics games, phonics planning, assessment ideas and many teaching ideas and resources to help children to learn to hear.
Covid-19 hardship grants are available – if bookshops or staff are having problems, contact [email protected] asap, we are here to help!
This easy read guide explains what the virus is, what the symptoms are, what to do if you think you have it and how to stop the virus spreading. You can use this guide to learn more about Coronavirus, or to explain the virus to other people.
There are exercises to tone your abs, raise your heart rate, and tone your upper arms. You will also find workouts suitable for new mums, such as postnatal yoga, or health problems, such as pilates for back pain. Plus, there's the Wake up! workout, Vinyasa flow yoga, and Belly dancing for beginners to get you moving.
Browse thousands of free classes for your career, passions and everything in between.
Offers financial and 24/7 emotional support and emergency finanial aid to anyone in the TV and cinema industry.
Information on healthcare advice for employers and support for businesses.
Helping you to find the most suitable, local, private tutors in an array of subject areas and languages. Online options also available.
Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. Read some tips on how to protect your mental health.
Quizlet is a website that provides learning tools and games to help revise anything from poetry terminology to musical notes. Think flashcards but much more interactive and fun.
From the mental health charity Mind, on online support community where people can share their struggles with others to provide peer support
Overseas visitors include immigrants (regardless of your legal status), overseas students and workers, tourists and holidaymakers and refugees and asylum seekers (regardless of your legal status).
Grief is a natural process, but it can be devastating. Cruse Bereavement Care is here to support you after the death of someone close. We offer a range of free confidential support for adults and children.
The lists, compiled by academics in the IOE’s London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL) and the Centre for Inclusive Education (CIE), feature resources for primary and secondary school pupils. They also contain videos and websites for adults to help them talk to children about the coronavirus and learning resources about the virus for pupils.
Scams can be difficult to recognise, but there are things you can look out for.
You can use our online scams helper to get advice that’s specific to your situation.
Advice for pet owners and livestock keepers on maintaining the welfare of their animals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Information, articles, and suggestions for managing your event during unprecedented times.
If you are experiencing extreme financial difficulties as a result of the coronavirus, you can apply for a grant. We are a small charity and prioritise assistance to those who need it most urgently.
Whats On Stage have compiled a large list of different stage shows, musicals and operas that you can watch from home.
Covers a broad range of topics including sick pay, mortgages, rental help, energy top-ups, cancelled events & more.
Information and resources to help with depression, anxiety and problems such as sleep difficulties, concentrating, studying, and how to support ourselves with suicidal thoughts.
The Cameron Fund is the only medical benevolent fund that solely supports general practitioners and their dependents. It provides support to GPs and their families in times of financial need, whether through ill-health, disability, death or loss of employment.
Get emotional support and practical advice on legal matters, debt and benefits via our 24/7 helpline on 0808 802 0282. COVID-19 grants also available - we aim to reach as many people as the fund allows.
The government is seeking 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS during the coronavirus outbreak. The NHS has said the volunteers will support the 1.5m vulnerable people who have been asked to "shield" themselves from COVID-19
NHS-approved. Download the free app and get your medication where you want it – from any pharmacy in England or delivered to any address in the UK for free.
By becoming a community reserve volunteer, you will help your community get back on track in the event of a major local emergency. This may be particularly important right now and we are working with the authorities to support the Covid-19 response in the best possible way.
Struggling with the challenges of parenthood? Need someone to talk to? Our free telephone, text and email support service helps parents and carers with the challenges they face. Mon-Fri, 9am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm
An online educational resource to help you learn how to recognise when someone is struggling with their mental health, and the best way to support them.
We’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits, and we understand how anxious you might feel before you pick up the phone. Helpline open 10am-10pm 365 days a year.
Turn2us is a national charity providing financial support to help people get back on track. Use the Grant Search to find out what charitable funds you may be eligible for.
Nip in the Bud make films to illustrate the behaviours common in different conditions in children, along with explanations and information on how to follow up and get help. The films are accompanied by downloadable fact sheets explaining the symptoms to look out for, to spot early signs of distress which may require further monitoring.
This site is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone. Designed for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one. Our helpline is free and open 9:30-5pm Mon-Fri.
Find resources and local services if suffering from the loss of a loved one.
101 awesomely fun science experiments you can do at home with 'stuff' you've already got.
SupportLine listens, supports and responds to callers in need of emotional support. It is aimed at those who are socially isolated, at risk, vulnerable and victims of abuse.
Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. If you’re being made redundant, it is important to know your rights and to prepare for life after redundancy.
Short on time? These 10-minute workouts are just what you need. These equipment-free fitness routines are great to do at home and short enough for you to easily fit them into your daily schedule.
Get advice about travelling abroad, including the latest information on coronavirus, safety and security, entry requirements and travel warnings.
Nextdoor app is the neighbourhood hub for connecting with neighbours to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.
Psychotherapy involves conversations with a listener who is trained to help you make sense of, and try to change, things that are troubling you.
On qwell you can chat online to qualified counsellors, set personal goals and record how you feel and get support from the quell community
Offers free debt advice and support to achieve long term financial control
A group dedicated to the Performing Arts industry to share news, tips, advice or anything helpful to do with the Coronavirus and how it is affecting you/your business.
If your child’s school closes due to coronavirus fears, or your child or another dependant becomes unwell or needs to go into self-isolation, you should be able to take time off work to look after them (this may be unpaid). See the ACAS site for more information.
By using our resources you will learn more about the impact of prejudice and discrimination and, we hope, join us in creating a society that is free from both. Includes activity book for up to age 13.
The high-intensity workout led by music. Feel every beat. Sync every move. Work every muscle.
Free language education available on Android, iOS, and the web.
Self-help app which promotes mental wellbeing using mindfulness techniques
Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana fame has just launched a new Instagram series called “Kitchen Quarantine,” where he will guide you step-by-step through basic recipes.
Explores everything from what anxiety is, why it happens to us, how our brains work and why using various tools and techniques to necessary for owning it
Call handlers will answer questions from businesses related to Covid-19 as well as relaying the challenges faced by businesses to the Scottish government. Open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm
The National Autistic Society match you with a volunteer befriender to exchange emails with and chat about things that interest or concern you and offer a friendly, supportive link with the wider community
Support, information and training. Call the helpline, text 07537 432444 or use the webchat. Support available Tues-Thurs, 7pm-9.30pm. All calls are taken by female volunteers.
We are acutely aware that faced with current circumstances, many pet owners may be struggling to look after their pet. To help provide support to pet owners we have set up a dog & cat behaviour advice line on 02038878347 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm).
Telephone: 0800 181 4422 Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm
Visit our site to find free, local and confidential counselling, advice or information services. These services are typically available to a wide range of ages e.g. 13-25.
For those living with bipolar this is an online community to talk about all things. Also provides a form to request a call back from a peer support line and lots of helpful guidance.
Our HopelineUK advisers want to work with you to understand why these thoughts of suicide might be present. This is a safe space to talk through anything happening in your life. Helpline open 9am – 10pm weekdays, 2pm – 10pm weekends.
It bridges the gap between health professionals and people living with mental health disorders with it's wit, humour, honesty, it offers readers information & support
Echo is the free online repeat prescription service by Lloyds Pharmacy. Echo works with GP surgeries in England to take care of prescriptions. You can request your medicines and Echo will confirm and dispense them to a delivery address of your choice.
A funding programme to support artists and performers during the COVID-19 crisis. The Artists Emergency Programme offers freelance artists, creative practitioners and performers the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £5,000 each.
Local authorities will decide what learning and childcare arrangements for the children of key workers are most appropriate for local circumstances. Please contact your Local authority.
Creating a Vision board can help you visualise your goals, aid decision making and help keep focused. This blog provides more detail how you can create your own.
4 ways to spot a coronavirus financial scam and protect people affected by dementia
As Scotland's animal welfare experts, we can answer all things animal-related when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Finding documents, guides, tips, videos, courses, podcasts, templates and information from across the UK, all aimed at helping you get to grips with workplace mental health
Mumsnet makes parents' lives easier by pooling knowledge, advice and support on everything from conception to childbirth, from babies to teenagers.
The Covid-19 Emergency Fund is open to those who are currently employed in the care sector (as stated above) who must take time off work due to Covid-19 for either illness or self-isolation. Another grant fund is also available.
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is already having an impact on businesses across the country and social enterprises are no exception. This page will be updated as often as possible with the latest news and resources to help us collectively get through it.
Stay at home guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Help transcribe the handwritten rainfall measurements from a particular year or information about the locations to assist climate scientists.
Latest advice for social workers regarding Coronavirus from the British Association of Social Workers.
A digital tool that helps young people to prepare and make the most out of mental health related GP visits. Know what to expect, plan what to say and record the outcomes.
Take a virtual tour of the some of the world's greatest museums and heritage sites.
Mental health advocates share the passions that shape their lives, as well as thoughts on their own mental health
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists help understand the complex emotional lives of infants, children, young people, families and carers in depth through a psychoanalytic approach.
The Sofa Singers is a free & weekly online singing event that aims to bring people together from around the world to spark joy and human connection.
Call 08088 021 122 to speak to our free Helpline, our Live Chat is also now available 24/7. Financial help and Covid-19 guidance is also available.
During this activity, you will watch clips from Harry Potter movies, answer questions from the clips and other puzzles.
Let Carol teach your child Maths during this difficult period. Age 4-12 years. Matched to the National Curriculum
You can find local and online counsellors. Costs start from £65 for your first session.
Action Mental Health provides support and opportunities for those with mental health issues or learning disabilities, encouraging a healthier way of life.
When coronavirus, the weather or your pet's health prevents them from enjoying the outdoors, there are other great ways to keep them mentally stimulated.
Play for free with your friends and thousands of players from the whole world. Over 1million opponents to challenge on 175 games.
We want to support artists, creative practitioners and freelancers as best we can in this crisis. We're making £20 million of financial support available to individuals, so they can better sustain themselves, and their work, in the coming months.
Create music to capture your mood and express how you feel. Instead of words, create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness, calm and anger
The Ben offers a free mental health support helpline and a safety net for anyone who works in our trade and is facing extreme financial hardship as a result of the virus. We may be in a position to offer one-off financial assistance on a case by case basis.
If you're not sure whether therapy could help, what type of therapy you need, or how to find a safe and effective counsellor or psychotherapist, we'll help you find what you need.
We're leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered. For urgent 24/7 help text YM to 85258. Parents helpline: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm
Applications are open to all professional authors who are resident in the UK or British subjects – including all types of writers, illustrators, literary translators, scriptwriters, poets, journalists and others
This blog shares links to resources you might find useful. We’ll update it as new resources become available or visible to us.
A website providing advice for common mental health issues, but also creates apps to help teenagers and young people to manage their mental health, including apps to help manage self harming and anxiety.
Can cats catch coronavirus (COVID-19)? What can I do if I have to self-isolate? Find answers to the more common questions about coronavirus here.
Ben will continue to be here for the automotive community providing health and wellbeing support for automotive people and their family dependants. We offer information, advice and guidance and emergency financial support.
Although designed for parents in Scotland, this has lots of useful guidance and ideas to keep kids busy.
You might be worried about coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) and how it could affect your life. This may include being asked to stay at home or avoid other people. This might feel difficult or stressful. But there are lots of things you can try that could help your wellbeing.
A national charity helpline that provides free and confidential faith and culturally sensitive support services targeted at vulnerable young people in the UK.
Discover expert advice, educational resources and free eBooks to support children's learning at primary school and at home, from Oxford University Press. Free e-book library for 3-11year olds
How to self-isolate if you've been diagnosed or suspect Coronavirus.
Over the coming days and weeks we'll be bringing you daily content that supports you as schools close across the UK, to help you with your education and wellbeing. Resources for age 3 to 16+
Advice for musicians fearful of the implications Covid-19 could have on their own health and their performance and teaching commitments.
24/7 helpline offering confidential emotional support for people concerned about their own or others' mental health
Call 0300 456 3565 Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
The Association of Christian Counsellors is a professional body and registered charity representing Christian counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.
Find details of various loans and grants available for businesses.
With the Georgia Aquarium Live Cams you can have a look and see what the fish and sharks are up to!
We provide free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK. If you're aged 25 or under, and are experiencing any painful emotion or are in crisis, text THEMIX to 85258.
To help suddenly bereaved people access specialist care through the provision of free information and advice services
Your mental health is really important. The ArtsMinds information hub contains lot of resources for performers and creative practitioners.
Offering emotional, financial and other wellbeing support to anyone in retail including supporting service industries such as wholesaling, distribution and manufacturing.
We offer emergency financial support to nursery workers, teaching assistants and learning support staff, teachers, lunchtime supervisors, caretakers and school administrators.
Learn weaving, sewing, ceramics, botany, woodwork, sourdough baking and more. Discover and purchase online courses, live workshops and kits from our artists and makers.
Find people in your area that can help with doing the shopping, offer company etc.
Need help sorting out your debts, have credit questions or want pensions guidance?
Add +44 7701 342744 to your Whatsapp and send us a message.
Twitch is a live streaming platform for gamers and the things we love. Watch and chat now with millions of other fans from around the world.
While there's no evidence to suggest that pets can be carriers of Coronavirus or can become ill from it themselves, your pets may be impacted if you or any members of your family test positive or are asked to self-isolate. There are lots of easy ways to take care of your pets' needs even if you can't leave the house.
Wide range of resources and games for kids.
Comprehensive content for adults aged 19 to 64, including pregnant women and adults with disabilities.
Well known UK charity offers a dedicated helpline, online seminars and online support groups for anyone suffering anxiety at this time.
Find lessons and sheet music for a range of instruments including your voice.
We can provide grants and support for women on low incomes who have specific needs and are struggling to make ends meet or trying to overcome financial problems. There is a Covid-19 fund available.
We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, all souls! Browse our library of free yoga videos to find a practice that suits your mood or start a journey toward healing.
UKCP is a membership organisation with national registers of psychotherapists, psychotherapists qualified to work with children and psychotherapeutic counsellors.
Find a variety of activities, games, quizzes and videos from the Tate Modern Gallery.
Find information and tips for managing your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak (also known as COVID-19). Whether you're social distancing or self-isolating you may be feeling anxious or stressed during this time, and that's completely normal.
Advice for employees, including employees that need to take time off to care for someone with coronavirus or concerned about going into the workplace.
If you have any concerns, questions or issues about any aspect of caring for someone living with a serious and complex mental illness, you can contact us through our helpline open Monday, Wed & Friday: 10am - 4pm Tuesday & Thursday: 12noon - 8pm
Latest updates and how you and your pets can cope during self-isolation. 24hr emergency line open for emergencies only.
TBF’s priority is to help members experiencing financial hardship for a period of two-weeks or more as a result of reduced pay/wages or reduced hours due to no work as well as helping with requests that meet the normal criteria for sickness.
Many migrants, refugees, and people with insecure immigration status in the UK will be particularly at risk during Coronavirus, due to lack of or restricted access to council services, healthcare, and housing. JCWI, Migrants Organise, and Medact have put together a short guide for Mutual Aid groups to consider how best to support at risk migrants.
Local community organising groups to communicate, learn and assist each other at a local level.
Find a range of exercises to pick from including a video exercise library. Also available as an app.
Free resources to help support your child's learning at home, while schools are closed. For ages 3-5, primary and secondary level.
Counselling can help with all sorts of different issues. It can help you find direction, provide a viewpoint if feeling a 'bit stuck', tackle things from your past or make some life changes.
Artist Rob Biddulph is live-streaming draw along classes for kids (adults might find these fun too!)
Range of advice for carers including contingency planning and looking after your own health and wellbeing.
Volunteering roles available as warehouse assistant or delivery driver.
A range of extra support and measures will be in place to help workers, benefit claimants and businesses affected by coronavirus.
BiPolar UK is a user led charity working to enable people affected by Bipolar disorder / manic depression to take control of their lives.
Print, complete and deliver these postcards to elderly of self-isolating neighbours to let them know you are able to assist with activities such as shopping.
Many supermarkets are urgently requiring more staff. Read more and apply via this news article.
A weekly online podcast that interviews comedians, artists, friends, and the occasional doctor. Each episode explores mental illness, trauma, addiction and negative thinking.
Explore a wide range of courses for different age groups from 1 to 100hours.
Offers online life skills courses based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help deal with anxiety and general wellbeing. Free courses for NHS, health and social care workers.
Benevolent funds - grants - can offer financial help without repayment. You may be eligible if you or a family member, has ever worked in one of the industries covered. Follow this link to find more.
A template letter to provide to your care team to share guidance to keep you safe and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Short videos designed to help people recognise small conflicts in their life and make some easy changes leading to happier outcomes for themselves and their children. #SeeItDifferently
If you’re a furloughed worker, or have lost your job as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) and want to develop your skills to help you look for work, free online training is available.
Video includes importance of washing hands.
People from the anxious to the occasionally overwhelmed to the painfully panicked come to this podcast to start an anxiety adventure.
Open 24/7, provides a free for many workers and UK students services, helping to determine, whether you have depression or/and anxiety, and how to get help.
Whatever you're going through, call us free any time. You don't have to be suicidal to call us. We offer a safe place for you to talk in your own way, about whatever's getting to you.
This money is available to existing PRS members globally and will be offered in grants of up to £1000 each, depending on need.
Dogs Trust is issuing some top tips on how dog owners can keep their dogs happy and active at home if they need to self-isolate due to coronavirus.
Shout is the UK's first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. A safe space where you're listened to by a trained, supervised Crisis Volunteer. Text Shout to 85258
We advise all carers to create an emergency plan – for you and all those you look after. Having a plan in place can help ease your worries if you are not able to care for those you look after at any point in the future.
Independent Food Aid Network has nationally mapped the locations of food banks across the UK. A useful resource to find your nearest food bank outside the Trussel Trust network.
With funeral costs high and rising, many people faced with a sudden loss struggle to find an affordable send off for their loved ones. We can help.
See the latest information, advice and guidance relating to Coronavirus. There are also links to the online and phone 111 service if required.
This scheme supports self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships) who have lost income due to coronavirus. IT allows you to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of your trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for the next 3 months. This may be extended if needed.
We offer accredited confidential, anonymous and free mental health support, information and signposting to men anywhere in the UK through our webchat and helpline services.
Helpline open 24/7. Lifeline is the Northern Ireland crisis response helpline service for people who are experiencing distress or despair. Deaf and hard of hearing Textphone users can call Lifeline on 18001 0808 808 8000.
Free online jigsaw puzzles. Hundreds of new jigsaw puzzles every day created by users from all around the world.
This page has some tips and suggestions for managing feelings of loneliness.
Offering free & confidential support to anyone living with or worried about an eating disorder. Call the 24 hour helpline, email, or join the monthly online support group.
App for OCD therapy comprehensive of learning tool about OCD, ERP exercises, OCD community online, personalised therapy plan
A safe space to hear honest and insightful mental health interviews in the hope listeners will feel more empowered to continue the conversation with others
Here are some classic children's books, free to read or listen to. Perfect for a long break from school!
Simple video explaining what the virus is, where scientists think it originated from, from how at risk children are and what they can do to help protect themselves and help fight it.
Master new skills in design, marketing, technology, and data — online or at our campuses around the world. Mix of free and paid courses.
Simple illustrated book to explain Coronavirus to little ones.
The Emergency Fund is an emergency payment for people with dependants on a zero hours contract and who have lost their jobs or have had their income substantially reduced as a direct result of Coronavirus and are suffering hardship.
A video diary app for people managing their mental health to self care by recording clips and responding to guided exercises to reflect, review and share
If you don't have symptoms and are looking for general information, a free helpline has been set up. The helpline is open everyday, 8.00am to 10.00pm.
Our online games and interactives bring our building and collections to life. Create your own hair-raising 18th-century wig designs, become a master craftsman or explore our new Exhibition Road entrance built entirely in Minecraft blocks.
Print this poster to let visitors, delivery drivers or others know you are self-isolating.
This site brings together resources from our Museums, including activities, games and videos. Discover activities to support a range of curriculum topics for use in the classroom, in museum galleries and beyond.
Comedian David Walliams narrates a story each day for free at 11am. You can also listen to recordings.
Leading UK charity for doctors, medical students and their families. RMBF provides financial support, money advice and information when it is most needed due to distress caused by age, ill health, or bereavement. RMBF has a telephone befriending service for anyone who needs to talk.
If you're serving or have served in the UK Armed Forces, call us for free confidential advice and support if you're having a tough time, trouble sleeping, flashbacks, or feeling down.
Register if you have a medical condition that makes you extremely vulnerable to coronavirus. For example, you’ll be able to ask for help getting deliveries of essential supplies like food.
These simple knitting projects for kids are perfect for beginners.
Covid Tech Support is a helpdesk for tech support queries for those helping to tackle the covid crisis. We're helping communities set up their IT systems, Covid projects access technical volunteering talent and charities address their digital needs
Find templates, guidance and video tutorials to build a Safety Plan. Identify actions to resist suicidal thoughts and develop positive ways to cope with stress and emotional distress.
Helps individuals and companies recognise and reduce stress.
This is a crowdsourced collection of resources for HR and business leaders to help inform and support Coronavirus response plans. Here you’ll find a curated collection of public Coronavirus response communications, templates, news, remote work, hiring impact, and resources.
Wide range of resources and activities. Some are now available for free during COVID-19.
Supporting bereaved children and their families following the death of someone close. Services are free and open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm.
TOG is an inspirational walking portal where you will find fab walks and related information that aims to inspire families to get out and explore this wonderful country.
Our Advice Service offers practical help on issues such as the Mental Health Act, community care, welfare benefits and carers rights. We also offer general help on living with mental illness, medication and care.
Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and depression with Catch It. The free app will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.
They chat to guests who have dealt with mental health issues and discuss all the weird stuff going on in our minds.
Visit PetCoach and find free answers from vets to all your health, nutrition and behavior questions
A UK-wide online advice service designed to help you understand, manage and improve your financial and mental health
Care for the Family is a national charity which aims to promote strong family life and to help those who face family difficulties.
Welcome to Duet Yourself, a virtual community choir! This is an online choir for anyone who can’t access a face to face choir or singing group.
Many migrants, refugees, and people with insecure immigration status in the UK will be particularly at risk during Coronavirus, due to lack of or restricted access to council services, healthcare, and housing. JCWI, Migrants Organise, and Medact have put together a short guide for Mutual Aid groups to consider how best to support at risk migrants.
We are The Mix's online community - a bunch of 13-25s from the UK who talk anonymously about what's on our minds and help each other out.
The meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks on this page can help you build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos. American site but content may be useful.
SignHealth is committed to making sure coronavirus information is available in British Sign Language.
Coronavirus is both a health and economic crisis, deeply affecting the self-employed. We'll be providing you with all the latest updates, and are here to answer your questions.
The Student Minds blog is the UK's biggest blog on student wellbeing and mental health. Here students can speak up about their experiences of living with mental health difficulties.
Their mission is for women to get quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and the year after. Find self-help guides online.
Guidance for British people travelling and living overseas following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).
This is a relaxed, friendly and honest group for anyone in the UK to express and chat about how they are feeling and coping, including sharing tips. Its main focus is carers or families of those with Dementia or Alzheimers.
A charity offering a range of online resources and support for anyone having relationship issues.
Providing information, resources and support for children and young people affected by family mental illness.
A space for you to express your concerns, discuss uncertainties and work through problems. If you are lonely or isolated, it can be the friendly voice you need at the end of the line. Open 9am to midnight daily.
A group primarily for people to get help with any issues they are having with Universal Credit, to offer help and support to other members and share their experiences (both good and bad) openly.
Helpline open 24/7. Lifeline is the Northern Ireland crisis response helpline service for people who are experiencing distress or despair. Deaf and hard of hearing Textphone users can call Lifeline on 18001 0808 808 8000.
Find guidance on support for businesses who are paying sick pay to employees, who pay business rates or tax and learn about the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
This money is available to existing PRS members globally and will be offered in grants of up to £1000 each, depending on need.
Simple video explaining what the virus is, where scientists think it originated from, from how at risk children are and what they can do to help protect themselves and help fight it.
Well known UK charity offers a dedicated helpline, online seminars and online support groups for anyone suffering anxiety at this time.
Shop for engaging resources that help kids develop a growth and resilient mindset so they can face life’s challenges with confidence.
Mental health advocates share the passions that shape their lives, as well as thoughts on their own mental health
We advise all carers to create an emergency plan – for you and all those you look after. Having a plan in place can help ease your worries if you are not able to care for those you look after at any point in the future.
Whether informally with your own networks or as an Ambassador, we would love your help to raise awareness. Share posts or create your own. If you would like to join our Ambassador facebook group to share tips etc. please follow this link to contact us.
Thank you!
Support, information and training. Call the helpline, text 07537 432444 or use the webchat. Support available Tues-Thurs, 7pm-9.30pm. All calls are taken by female volunteers.
The NHS-featured mental health and well-being app: helping you become your best possible self!
A free and confidential phoneline service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood or depression and needs someone to talk to. You can also call if worried about someone.
Connecting anyone struggling with childcare during this time with volunteers - ask for disclosure/PVG checks. Please use this group to post your needs and offer of childcare.
We offer accredited confidential, anonymous and free mental health support, information and signposting to men anywhere in the UK through our webchat and helpline services.
The high-intensity workout led by music. Feel every beat. Sync every move. Work every muscle.
Range of advice for carers including contingency planning and looking after your own health and wellbeing.
Telephone: 0300 060 3000, Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:30pm
From the mental health charity Mind, on online support community where people can share their struggles with others to provide peer support
Covid-19 hardship grants are available – if bookshops or staff are having problems, contact [email protected] asap, we are here to help!
Covid-19 (Coronavirus) is already having an impact on businesses across the country and social enterprises are no exception. This page will be updated as often as possible with the latest news and resources to help us collectively get through it.
Whatever you're going through, call us free any time. You don't have to be suicidal to call us. We offer a safe place for you to talk in your own way, about whatever's getting to you.
A website providing advice for common mental health issues, but also creates apps to help teenagers and young people to manage their mental health, including apps to help manage self harming and anxiety.
Stay at home guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Dogs Trust is issuing some top tips on how dog owners can keep their dogs happy and active at home if they need to self-isolate due to coronavirus.
This site brings together resources from our Museums, including activities, games and videos. Discover activities to support a range of curriculum topics for use in the classroom, in museum galleries and beyond.
When someone dies, finding out what needs to be done can be overwhelming. This simple guide explains what you need to do first, and what to do in the weeks and months that follow.
Find a range of exercises to pick from including a video exercise library. Also available as an app.
Teaching resources including excercises and games on science topics such as body systems and cells, electricity and climate change.
Ben will continue to be here for the automotive community providing health and wellbeing support for automotive people and their family dependants. We offer information, advice and guidance and emergency financial support.
Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura of Osteria Francescana fame has just launched a new Instagram series called “Kitchen Quarantine,” where he will guide you step-by-step through basic recipes.
Are you a parent or carer who is concerned about the mental health of your child or teenager? Find expert information and advice.
Short video explaining how to wash your hands correctly to avoid the spread of coronavirus.
An easy to use and accessible website to help find the right tools and resources to help you feel better.
The counselling service is open 24/7 and staffed by professional counsellors, all bound by strict codes of confidentiality. You can talk to them over the phone or by video. Also accessible via live chat and email.
While there's no evidence to suggest that pets can be carriers of Coronavirus or can become ill from it themselves, your pets may be impacted if you or any members of your family test positive or are asked to self-isolate. There are lots of easy ways to take care of your pets' needs even if you can't leave the house.
Take 1-minute to self-report daily, even if you are well. This helps our scientists identify high-risk areas, who is most at risk and how fast the virus is spreading.
CAMHS provides information on the different support services available for children and young people who have difficulties with their emotional and behavioural wellbeing.
Explore a wide range of courses for different age groups from 1 to 100hours.
Help transcribe the handwritten rainfall measurements from a particular year or information about the locations to assist climate scientists.
Discover expert advice, educational resources and free eBooks to support children's learning at primary school and at home, from Oxford University Press. Free e-book library for 3-11year olds
Volunteering roles available as warehouse assistant or delivery driver.
Counselling can help with all sorts of different issues. It can help you find direction, provide a viewpoint if feeling a 'bit stuck', tackle things from your past or make some life changes.
Play Therapy UK (PTUK) is a not for profit organisation dedicated to promoting the use of play and creative arts as ways of enabling children to reach their full potential.
Get advice about travelling abroad, including the latest information on coronavirus, safety and security, entry requirements and travel warnings.
Here you’ll find British Lung Foundation information about coronavirus and useful links for the latest updates.
Coronavirus can affect anyone, but people with pre-existing health problems and older people are thought to be at greater risk of developing severe symptoms.
Offers free debt advice and support to achieve long term financial control
These simple knitting projects for kids are perfect for beginners.
We are The Mix's online community - a bunch of 13-25s from the UK who talk anonymously about what's on our minds and help each other out.
A private Facebook support group to give and receive advice, share experiences and meet other sufferers of PMDD in the UK.
Overseas visitors include immigrants (regardless of your legal status), overseas students and workers, tourists and holidaymakers and refugees and asylum seekers (regardless of your legal status).
Free tutorials to learn a variety of coding skills.
A range of extra support and measures will be in place to help workers, benefit claimants and businesses affected by coronavirus.
Latest updates and how you and your pets can cope during self-isolation. 24hr emergency line open for emergencies only.
Create music to capture your mood and express how you feel. Instead of words, create music to reflect emotions like joy, sadness, calm and anger
Offers information on a range of health related topics to help and encourage people to lead healthier lives
The Emergency Fund is an emergency payment for people with dependants on a zero hours contract and who have lost their jobs or have had their income substantially reduced as a direct result of Coronavirus and are suffering hardship.
The government is seeking 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS during the coronavirus outbreak. The NHS has said the volunteers will support the 1.5m vulnerable people who have been asked to "shield" themselves from COVID-19
We offer financial support to people that have worked in Builders Merchants, Cookshops, DIY shops and outlets, hardware stores, garden centres, or that have worked for manufacturers and distributors and worked in the pottery and glass industry.
Learn how to manage feelings like anxiety and depression with Catch It. The free app will teach you how to look at problems in a different way, turn negative thoughts into positive ones and improve your mental wellbeing.
4 ways to spot a coronavirus financial scam and protect people affected by dementia
Quizlet is a website that provides learning tools and games to help revise anything from poetry terminology to musical notes. Think flashcards but much more interactive and fun.
Cavell Nurses’ Trust has set aside additional funding for grants designed to help nursing and midwifery professionals support their living costs like rent and utility bills. We support UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants, both working and retired, when they’re suffering personal or financial hardship.
Nextdoor app is the neighbourhood hub for connecting with neighbours to exchange helpful information, goods, and services.
Psychotherapy involves conversations with a listener who is trained to help you make sense of, and try to change, things that are troubling you.
The human givens approach is different. Its therapists look to see what is missing, or being misused, in clients' lives, with the aim of helping them find ways to better meet their needs.
Grief is a natural process, but it can be devastating. Cruse Bereavement Care is here to support you after the death of someone close. We offer a range of free confidential support for adults and children.
An independent fact checking charity to check claims and myths you hear about coronavirus.
You can pay for meal kit delivery services as an alternative/complimentary to grocery deliveries. There are a range of providers available.
A wide range of COVID-19 related information and guidance is freely available online. NHBF Members have access to a free 24/7 legal helpline.
With Zoom you can schedule one-to-one or group video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars. Free for basic use.
Digital health community online created to empower and connect people facing health challenges and disabilities. This is a place for peer support, not to find a diagnosis.
The Silver Line is the only free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Our online instant message service provides confidential, non-judgemental and anonymous support. We can listen to how you are feeling and help you, if this is what you want.
A video diary app for people managing their mental health to self care by recording clips and responding to guided exercises to reflect, review and share
Applications are open to all professional authors who are resident in the UK or British subjects – including all types of writers, illustrators, literary translators, scriptwriters, poets, journalists and others
Browse over 60,000 free ebooks to view online or on your kindle.
This easy read guide explains what the virus is, what the symptoms are, what to do if you think you have it and how to stop the virus spreading. You can use this guide to learn more about Coronavirus, or to explain the virus to other people.
A safe space to hear honest and insightful mental health interviews in the hope listeners will feel more empowered to continue the conversation with others
Provides relevant tools and knowledge to help understand more about depression and some lifestyle changes that can help you through recovery.
Although designed for parents in Scotland, this has lots of useful guidance and ideas to keep kids busy.
Over the coming days and weeks we'll be bringing you daily content that supports you as schools close across the UK, to help you with your education and wellbeing. Resources for age 3 to 16+
This is a crowdsourced collection of resources for HR and business leaders to help inform and support Coronavirus response plans. Here you’ll find a curated collection of public Coronavirus response communications, templates, news, remote work, hiring impact, and resources.
Bryony Kimmings is raising funds to support artists who may have had work cancelled, and they're currently matching donors to artists.
Advice for employees, including employees that need to take time off to care for someone with coronavirus or concerned about going into the workplace.
We can provide financial assistance to anyone with two years' employment in companies involved in manufacturing/supplying furniture, kitchens or bathrooms; furniture stores such as DFS, BrightHouse, Ikea, Argos; carpet sales or fitting; beds, curtains and upholstery.
The complete list: English, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Dari, Estonian, Farsi, French, German. Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Kiswahili, Krio, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Oromo, Malayalam, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Sindhi, Slovak, Spanish, Somali, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yiddish.
Wide range of resources and activities. Some are now available for free during COVID-19.
Call 08088 021 122 to speak to our free Helpline, our Live Chat is also now available 24/7. Financial help and Covid-19 guidance is also available.
The meditations, podcasts, blog posts, and talks on this page can help you build resilience and find some calm amidst the chaos. American site but content may be useful.
Includes guidance on matters such as food hygeine and employee sickness.
Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. Available for free at school, home, and everywhere kids are!
The Covid-19 Emergency Fund is open to those who are currently employed in the care sector (as stated above) who must take time off work due to Covid-19 for either illness or self-isolation. Another grant fund is also available.
Offers financial and 24/7 emotional support and emergency finanial aid to anyone in the TV and cinema industry.
Get emotional support and practical advice on legal matters, debt and benefits via our 24/7 helpline on 0808 802 0282. COVID-19 grants also available - we aim to reach as many people as the fund allows.
Register if you have a medical condition that makes you extremely vulnerable to coronavirus. For example, you’ll be able to ask for help getting deliveries of essential supplies like food.
Comprehensive content for adults aged 19 to 64, including pregnant women and adults with disabilities.
We know that the introduction of increased social distancing and self-isolation measures and the closure of pubs, bars and restaurants will hit our licensed trade sector hard. We can support you in many ways including our 24/7 helpline.
If you are experiencing extreme financial difficulties as a result of the coronavirus, you can apply for a grant. We are a small charity and prioritise assistance to those who need it most urgently.
NHS-approved. Download the free app and get your medication where you want it – from any pharmacy in England or delivered to any address in the UK for free.
If you have an eating disorder, or are supporting someone who does, we've listend to the issues you’ve raised and, with the help of eating disorder clinicians, put together guidance to try to respond to the most common ones.
Online directory of therapists of all sexualities and gender identities who work with gender and sexual diversity clients across the LGBTQI spectrum from a non-judgmental standpoint.
Range of online fitness videos for all ages and differing abilities. Includes exercises for older adults too.
If you're serving or have served in the UK Armed Forces, call us for free confidential advice and support if you're having a tough time, trouble sleeping, flashbacks, or feeling down.
Many migrants, refugees, and people with insecure immigration status in the UK will be particularly at risk during Coronavirus, due to lack of or restricted access to council services, healthcare, and housing. JCWI, Migrants Organise, and Medact have put together a short guide for Mutual Aid groups to consider how best to support at risk migrants.
Here are some classic children's books, free to read or listen to. Perfect for a long break from school!
In the coming weeks, more children and young people will face bereavement through the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19). At Winston’s Wish, we work with bereaved families and offer guidance on how to speak to children about death and dying, and about different causes of death, whether sudden or expected, through illness, accident, suicide or violence.
Provides advice and support to men of any age who are down or in crisis; dedicated to preventing male suicide.
A group primarily for people to get help with any issues they are having with Universal Credit, to offer help and support to other members and share their experiences (both good and bad) openly.
Comedian David Walliams narrates a story each day for free at 11am. You can also listen to recordings.
To help suddenly bereaved people access specialist care through the provision of free information and advice services
Local authorities will decide what learning and childcare arrangements for the children of key workers are most appropriate for local circumstances. Please contact your Local authority.
Need someone to talk to? confidential support from volunteers. Helpline Open Sun - Thur 12pm - 12am
UKCP is a membership organisation with national registers of psychotherapists, psychotherapists qualified to work with children and psychotherapeutic counsellors.
They go beneath the surface to find out how they have dealt with difficult challenges & to hear the tips and tricks they use to keep their spirits high
A charity offering a range of online resources and support for anyone having relationship issues.
Take a virtual tour of the some of the world's greatest museums and heritage sites.
An honest account into how some the UK’s best-known celebrities have coped with mental health, from OCD to insomnia, addiction to grief, and depression to anxiety.
Welcome to Duet Yourself, a virtual community choir! This is an online choir for anyone who can’t access a face to face choir or singing group.
We want to support artists, creative practitioners and freelancers as best we can in this crisis. We're making £20 million of financial support available to individuals, so they can better sustain themselves, and their work, in the coming months.
We’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits, and we understand how anxious you might feel before you pick up the phone. Helpline open 10am-10pm 365 days a year.
With the Georgia Aquarium Live Cams you can have a look and see what the fish and sharks are up to!
To help all those suffering grief in the UK. They aim to find the bereaved, acknowledge their grief & provide reassurance, a virtual hand of friendship & ongoing support
Short on time? These 10-minute workouts are just what you need. These equipment-free fitness routines are great to do at home and short enough for you to easily fit them into your daily schedule.
Play Therapy helps children understand muddled feelings and upsetting events, using play to communicate at their own level and at their own pace, without feeling interrogated.
In Scotland, if you are experiencing hardship, you can apply for a crisis grant (money you might not need to repay) from the Scottish Welfare Fund.
Free resources to help support your child's learning at home, while schools are closed. For ages 3-5, primary and secondary level.
Whats On Stage have compiled a large list of different stage shows, musicals and operas that you can watch from home.
See the latest information, advice and guidance relating to Coronavirus. There are also links to the online and phone 111 service if required.
Master new skills in design, marketing, technology, and data — online or at our campuses around the world. Mix of free and paid courses.
With funeral costs high and rising, many people faced with a sudden loss struggle to find an affordable send off for their loved ones. We can help.
A podcast with comedians talking about death and grief, highlighting that people are not alone in grief.
A UK-wide online advice service designed to help you understand, manage and improve your financial and mental health
Let Carol teach your child Maths during this difficult period. Age 4-12 years. Matched to the National Curriculum
Your mental health is really important. The ArtsMinds information hub contains lot of resources for performers and creative practitioners.
How to self-isolate if you've been diagnosed or suspect Coronavirus.
Print this poster to let visitors, delivery drivers or others know you are self-isolating.
This blog shares links to resources you might find useful. We’ll update it as new resources become available or visible to us.
You don't need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
Simple illustrated book to explain Coronavirus to little ones.
Advice for pet owners and livestock keepers on maintaining the welfare of their animals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Learn weaving, sewing, ceramics, botany, woodwork, sourdough baking and more. Discover and purchase online courses, live workshops and kits from our artists and makers.
Explains what suicidal feelings are, including possible causes and how you can learn to cope. Our helpline is open 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday or you can text 86463
Visit PetCoach and find free answers from vets to all your health, nutrition and behavior questions
Information on healthcare advice for employers and support for businesses.
Echo is the free online repeat prescription service by Lloyds Pharmacy. Echo works with GP surgeries in England to take care of prescriptions. You can request your medicines and Echo will confirm and dispense them to a delivery address of your choice.
Whether you need a grant due to illness or injury, with support for everyday living costs or with crisis funding for the unexpected, we can help. We also support dance professionals through a range of specialist bursary schemes.
Visit our site to find free, local and confidential counselling, advice or information services. These services are typically available to a wide range of ages e.g. 13-25.
Information and resources to help with depression, anxiety and problems such as sleep difficulties, concentrating, studying, and how to support ourselves with suicidal thoughts.
The College is working with NHS England and Improvement (NHSE/I) to update guidance for psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals working in mental health settings. A confidential helpline and email support is available and delivered by trained Doctor Advisor College members.
If you don't have symptoms and are looking for general information, a free helpline has been set up. The helpline is open everyday, 8.00am to 10.00pm.
Bestselling author and illustrator is teaching drawing every weekday on YouTube to kids who are now at home.
Join us for six of our plays, shown for free via our YouTube channel, one at a time, on rotation every two weeks.
Covers a broad range of topics including sick pay, mortgages, rental help, energy top-ups, cancelled events & more.
Explore the Surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover with 360 view!
Holiday refunds, travel insurance cover and more
You can find local and online counsellors. Costs start from £65 for your first session.
Guidance for British people travelling and living overseas following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19).
You might be worried about coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) and how it could affect your life. This may include being asked to stay at home or avoid other people. This might feel difficult or stressful. But there are lots of things you can try that could help your wellbeing.
Many migrants, refugees, and people with insecure immigration status in the UK will be particularly at risk during Coronavirus, due to lack of or restricted access to council services, healthcare, and housing. JCWI, Migrants Organise, and Medact have put together a short guide for Mutual Aid groups to consider how best to support at risk migrants.
The Couch to 80k Writing Boot Camp is a free writing podcast that delivers a complete 8 week fiction writing course over 48 episodes.
We’re the UK charity for backstage and front of house workers. Talk to us about practical help at any stage of your career – from welfare and debt advice to financial support and counselling.
During this activity, you will watch clips from Harry Potter movies, answer questions from the clips and other puzzles.
Our counselling service is a not-for-profit, low-cost counselling service designed for the Chinese communities. We provide English, Cantonese and Mandarin speaking counsellors.
Shielding is for people, including children, who are at very high risk of severe illness from coronavirus (COVID-19). It’s also for their family, friends and carers.
If you work in music and are struggling to cope emotionally or with mental health, or know someone who is, talk to us. It doesn't have to be a crisis, or about music. Open 24/7
Mystery Science creates science lessons for U.S. schools. They are offering a starter set of science lessons (videos and activities) for free.
The Theatre Helpline is a free, independent and confidential phone and email service that provides support to people working in the theatre industry. Trained staff are available to offer support and signposting on any topic which affects your wellbeing.
SignHealth is committed to making sure coronavirus information is available in British Sign Language.
Support for pet owners needing to go into hospital, or who need assistance with walks, e.g. because of health issues. Also maintain a register of care homes that will accept pets.
Browse thousands of free classes for your career, passions and everything in between.
SAMH provides mental health resources online including a quiz to find out your wellbeing score.
App which has condensed the therapy experience down into a digital self-help platform to offer guidance with many aspects of mental health
England only - If you have a medical condition which makes you extremely vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19), register and tell us whether or not you need support.
If you're not sure whether therapy could help, what type of therapy you need, or how to find a safe and effective counsellor or psychotherapist, we'll help you find what you need.
Print, complete and deliver these postcards to elderly of self-isolating neighbours to let them know you are able to assist with activities such as shopping.
Offers online life skills courses based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help deal with anxiety and general wellbeing. Free courses for NHS, health and social care workers.
These Q&As relate to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and pregnancy – guidance for healthcare professionals: Version 3 – 18 March 2020
App for OCD therapy comprehensive of learning tool about OCD, ERP exercises, OCD community online, personalised therapy plan
If you're a professional performer who wants to train for a new career, or who is facing financial difficulties, then we will endeavour to help you out.
This scheme supports self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships) who have lost income due to coronavirus. IT allows you to claim a taxable grant worth 80% of your trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for the next 3 months. This may be extended if needed.
This site is a safe place where you can learn from other young people, how to cope with grief, and feel less alone. Designed for any young person dealing with the loss of a loved one. Our helpline is free and open 9:30-5pm Mon-Fri.
The Ben offers a free mental health support helpline and a safety net for anyone who works in our trade and is facing extreme financial hardship as a result of the virus. We may be in a position to offer one-off financial assistance on a case by case basis.
Free home fitness workout videos for a range of age ranges and skills.
Free online jigsaw puzzles. Hundreds of new jigsaw puzzles every day created by users from all around the world.
The game that makes learning to read fun, covering everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. Free computer version.
Some information on Coronavirus for the Roma community in the UK.
Their mission is to save and change the lives of veterans and their families affected by stress by inspiring, coaching and motivating sufferers to a better reality.
The Cameron Fund is the only medical benevolent fund that solely supports general practitioners and their dependents. It provides support to GPs and their families in times of financial need, whether through ill-health, disability, death or loss of employment.
Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed specially for kids aged 3+. Themes include Frozen and Harry Potter.
Find templates, guidance and video tutorials to build a Safety Plan. Identify actions to resist suicidal thoughts and develop positive ways to cope with stress and emotional distress.
Speacial tips and advice during the Covid-19 epidemic. There is also a helpline open 24/7 - 0808 2000 247
We can provide grants and support for women on low incomes who have specific needs and are struggling to make ends meet or trying to overcome financial problems. There is a Covid-19 fund available.
If you are an asylum seeker or a refugee living in Scotland, you have the right to NHS healthcare while you are here.
We offer emergency financial support to nursery workers, teaching assistants and learning support staff, teachers, lunchtime supervisors, caretakers and school administrators.
The lists, compiled by academics in the IOE’s London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL) and the Centre for Inclusive Education (CIE), feature resources for primary and secondary school pupils. They also contain videos and websites for adults to help them talk to children about the coronavirus and learning resources about the virus for pupils.
The app provides different activities which are designed to help people resist and manage the urge to self harm using the basic principles of Dialectical Behavioural Therapy.
TOG is an inspirational walking portal where you will find fab walks and related information that aims to inspire families to get out and explore this wonderful country.
Their mission is for women to get quality care and support for their mental health during pregnancy and the year after. Find self-help guides online.
A digital tool that helps young people to prepare and make the most out of mental health related GP visits. Know what to expect, plan what to say and record the outcomes.
This is a support group for disabled people who are having to partially protectively isolate ourselves due to being at extra risk from the coronavirus.
A free helpline and web-based information service that gives practical information and advice on many issues and procedures that face us after the death of someone close. Helpline Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.
We help support and advise any parent who is experiencing a perinatal mental illness. We also guide family, friends, carers and employers how to support someone who is suffering. Helpline open 9am-8pm daily.
Creating a Vision board can help you visualise your goals, aid decision making and help keep focused. This blog provides more detail how you can create your own.
This is a support, ideas sharing and chat group for parents who find themselves suddenly home schooling due to the Corona Virus or are considering taking their children out. Lets help our kids and stay sane together!!
We offer a confidential mental health support helpline and signposting for people who identify as Trans, Agender, Gender Fluid or Non-Binary. Family and friends can also call. Open Mondays and Fridays 8pm to midnight.
Sometimes relationships are the source of our problems and unhappiness. When you feel like this The Relationship Helpline from The Spark is here to help.
In our online forum, you can chat with others who have been affected by postpartum psychosis. The forum is open to anyone that has been affected, including partners and family.
People from the anxious to the occasionally overwhelmed to the painfully panicked come to this podcast to start an anxiety adventure.
When coronavirus, the weather or your pet's health prevents them from enjoying the outdoors, there are other great ways to keep them mentally stimulated.
Need help sorting out your debts, have credit questions or want pensions guidance?
Add +44 7701 342744 to your Whatsapp and send us a message.
Our dedicated coronavirus page brings together the latest on government support for your business, advice across themes such as supporting your staff and communicating with customers, how leaders like you are reacting right now and the best of what the rest of the web has to offer.
The Foundation devotes much of its work to the relief of poverty and need among current and former Directors and the immediate families of deceased Directors.
Leading UK charity for doctors, medical students and their families. RMBF provides financial support, money advice and information when it is most needed due to distress caused by age, ill health, or bereavement. RMBF has a telephone befriending service for anyone who needs to talk.
Artist Rob Biddulph is live-streaming draw along classes for kids (adults might find these fun too!)
There are exercises to tone your abs, raise your heart rate, and tone your upper arms. You will also find workouts suitable for new mums, such as postnatal yoga, or health problems, such as pilates for back pain. Plus, there's the Wake up! workout, Vinyasa flow yoga, and Belly dancing for beginners to get you moving.
If your child’s school closes due to coronavirus fears, or your child or another dependant becomes unwell or needs to go into self-isolation, you should be able to take time off work to look after them (this may be unpaid). See the ACAS site for more information.
Free language education available on Android, iOS, and the web.
The ABF is considering applications from professional actors, actresses and stage managers who have contracted Covid-19, or are self-isolating because they are unwell, once the applicant has applied for Universal Credit or Employment Support Allowance.
For those living with bipolar this is an online community to talk about all things. Also provides a form to request a call back from a peer support line and lots of helpful guidance.
Open 24/7, provides a free for many workers and UK students services, helping to determine, whether you have depression or/and anxiety, and how to get help.
It bridges the gap between health professionals and people living with mental health disorders with it's wit, humour, honesty, it offers readers information & support
A weekly online podcast that interviews comedians, artists, friends, and the occasional doctor. Each episode explores mental illness, trauma, addiction and negative thinking.
Redundancy is a form of dismissal from your job. If you’re being made redundant, it is important to know your rights and to prepare for life after redundancy.
Helps individuals and companies recognise and reduce stress.
Supporting bereaved children and their families following the death of someone close. Services are free and open Mon-Fri 9am-9pm.
Helping you to find the most suitable, local, private tutors in an array of subject areas and languages. Online options also available.
BiPolar UK is a user led charity working to enable people affected by Bipolar disorder / manic depression to take control of their lives.
As Scotland's animal welfare experts, we can answer all things animal-related when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a relaxed, friendly and honest group for anyone in the UK to express and chat about how they are feeling and coping, including sharing tips. Its main focus is carers or families of those with Dementia or Alzheimers.
101 awesomely fun science experiments you can do at home with 'stuff' you've already got.
We're leading the fight for a future where all young minds are supported and empowered. For urgent 24/7 help text YM to 85258. Parents helpline: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm
A national charity helpline that provides free and confidential faith and culturally sensitive support services targeted at vulnerable young people in the UK.
A group of therapists set up the website frontline19.com so doctors, nurses and other NHS staff can access counselling services online during the Covid-19 lockdown.
A charity which supports bereaved Muslim women and offers free and confidential face-to-face and/or telephone support.
Deaf people are twice as likely to experience mental health problems. Our psychological therapy service is delivered in British Sign Language, cutting out the need for an interpreter.
A not-for-profit website that offers free video tutorials on topics from maths to cosmology.
Our Advice Service offers practical help on issues such as the Mental Health Act, community care, welfare benefits and carers rights. We also offer general help on living with mental illness, medication and care.
Shout is the UK's first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. A safe space where you're listened to by a trained, supervised Crisis Volunteer. Text Shout to 85258
This page has some tips and suggestions for managing feelings of loneliness.
The charity provides financial aid to dental students, dentists and their families in need, whether they are in training, in practice, have left the profession or are retired.
Care for the Family is a national charity which aims to promote strong family life and to help those who face family difficulties.
24/7 helpline offering confidential emotional support for people concerned about their own or others' mental health
Includes lots of information and practical steps to improve your mental wellbeing at this time such as planning for staying home.
Offering free & confidential support to anyone living with or worried about an eating disorder. Call the 24 hour helpline, email, or join the monthly online support group.
We have introduced a confidential staff support line, operated by the Samaritans and free to access from 7.00 am – 11.00 pm, seven days a week. You can call for support, signposting and confidential listening.
Alternatively, you can text FRONTLINE to 85258 for support 24/7 via text.
Provides short audio guides on a variety of mental wellbeing related issues to offer practical advice and help boost mood
The Student Minds blog is the UK's biggest blog on student wellbeing and mental health. Here students can speak up about their experiences of living with mental health difficulties.
Providing recovery & support for the Armed Forces community whose lives are affected by their service, no matter when they served. Helpline open Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm
Find details of various loans and grants available for businesses.
Finding documents, guides, tips, videos, courses, podcasts, templates and information from across the UK, all aimed at helping you get to grips with workplace mental health
On qwell you can chat online to qualified counsellors, set personal goals and record how you feel and get support from the quell community
Coronavirus is both a health and economic crisis, deeply affecting the self-employed. We'll be providing you with all the latest updates, and are here to answer your questions.
The National Autistic Society match you with a volunteer befriender to exchange emails with and chat about things that interest or concern you and offer a friendly, supportive link with the wider community
Find a variety of activities, games, quizzes and videos from the Tate Modern Gallery.
The Association of Christian Counsellors is a professional body and registered charity representing Christian counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.
We welcome all levels, all bodies, all genders, all souls! Browse our library of free yoga videos to find a practice that suits your mood or start a journey toward healing.
Food banks can request food and supplies to be delivered to them. Individuals from the public can find out what items food banks near them are requesting.
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists help understand the complex emotional lives of infants, children, young people, families and carers in depth through a psychoanalytic approach.
Gathering tech experts globally to brainstorm, collaborate and offer expertise across a broad range of initiatives going on.
Holiday refunds, travel insurance cover and more
A free and confidential web and phone service for anyone in Scotland over the age of 16 experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety. Helpline open Mon-Thurs 6pm-2am, Fri 6pm -Mon 6am
Can cats catch coronavirus (COVID-19)? What can I do if I have to self-isolate? Find answers to the more common questions about coronavirus here.
A space for you to express your concerns, discuss uncertainties and work through problems. If you are lonely or isolated, it can be the friendly voice you need at the end of the line. Open 9am to midnight daily.
44 engineering and science challenges from the engineers at Dyson, designed for children aged 7+.
Benevolent funds - grants - can offer financial help without repayment. You may be eligible if you or a family member, has ever worked in one of the industries covered. Follow this link to find more.
Our HopelineUK advisers want to work with you to understand why these thoughts of suicide might be present. This is a safe space to talk through anything happening in your life. Helpline open 9am – 10pm weekdays, 2pm – 10pm weekends.
Wide range of resources and games for kids.
Latest advice for social workers regarding Coronavirus from the British Association of Social Workers.
Call 0300 456 3565 Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.
An online educational resource to help you learn how to recognise when someone is struggling with their mental health, and the best way to support them.
Short videos designed to help people recognise small conflicts in their life and make some easy changes leading to happier outcomes for themselves and their children. #SeeItDifferently
ABTA LifeLine is here to help travel industry colleagues in times of hardship. Financial support may be available if you are experiencing severe hardship.
Provides single parent tailored information, support and advice, while encouraging and enabling parents across Scotland to make the most of the opportunities available to them. Helpline open Mon-Fri 9:30am-4pm.
By using our resources you will learn more about the impact of prejudice and discrimination and, we hope, join us in creating a society that is free from both. Includes activity book for up to age 13.
We provide vocational, practical, and emotional support to those who are currently working, or have worked, in the UK drinks industry.
Mumsnet makes parents' lives easier by pooling knowledge, advice and support on everything from conception to childbirth, from babies to teenagers.
Find resources and local services if suffering from the loss of a loved one.
You are not alone. If someone you love is dying or has died, this Online Community is a place to share experiences, get things off your chest, ask questions and chat to people who understand.
Information, articles, and suggestions for managing your event during unprecedented times.
Scams can be difficult to recognise, but there are things you can look out for.
You can use our online scams helper to get advice that’s specific to your situation.
An app offering peer support for people struggling with mental health issues. Creates social connections where can express thoughts and feelings and start conversations.
Explores everything from what anxiety is, why it happens to us, how our brains work and why using various tools and techniques to necessary for owning it
By becoming a community reserve volunteer, you will help your community get back on track in the event of a major local emergency. This may be particularly important right now and we are working with the authorities to support the Covid-19 response in the best possible way.
Find people in your area that can help with doing the shopping, offer company etc.
Jami provides practical and emotional support for the mental health needs of the Jewish community.
Been sacked? Had your contract changed? Don’t sit back. Act now! All workers who've been sacked should get in touch with ex-colleagues and work to demand reinstatement. Get in touch with us if you need support in making your demands via Facebook or at [email protected]
We provide free, 24/7 crisis support across the UK. If you're aged 25 or under, and are experiencing any painful emotion or are in crisis, text THEMIX to 85258.
Local community organising groups to communicate, learn and assist each other at a local level.
If your income has changed or you need to self-isolate due to coronavirus – whether you have the illness yourself or you need to care for someone else as a result – the benefits that may be available to you depend on your situation.
A group dedicated to the Performing Arts industry to share news, tips, advice or anything helpful to do with the Coronavirus and how it is affecting you/your business.
Nip in the Bud make films to illustrate the behaviours common in different conditions in children, along with explanations and information on how to follow up and get help. The films are accompanied by downloadable fact sheets explaining the symptoms to look out for, to spot early signs of distress which may require further monitoring.
Call handlers will answer questions from businesses related to Covid-19 as well as relaying the challenges faced by businesses to the Scottish government. Open Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm
We've teamed up with a psychotherapist to assess your mood and match you to a Tate artwork. Take this quiz to reflect on your present well-being and find out which artwork in our collection suits your mood.
Many supermarkets are urgently requiring more staff. Read more and apply via this news article.
Opening Up promotes mental wellbeing and suicide prevention through cricket and run a regular podcast.
Offering free and confidential support to legal professionals of the UK and Ireland on health issues such as stress, depression and addiction. Helpline Open Mon-Fri 9am-5.30pm
Fearne Cotton chats to celebrity guests about their mental health in a podcast series about mental health. Guests include Dawn French, Stephen Fry, author Matt Haig and Olympic diver Tom Daley.
Advice for musicians fearful of the implications Covid-19 could have on their own health and their performance and teaching commitments.
Self-help app which promotes mental wellbeing using mindfulness techniques
Counselling directory allows you to search for counsellors in your local area who specialise in you specific needs. Also lists online and telephone therapists
A template letter to provide to your care team to share guidance to keep you safe and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
You can call our free and confidential helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for help and support if you are worried or anxious about any aspect of the coronavirus. We also offer information around finances, childcare, housing or benefits. Financial grants also available.
Covid Tech Support is a helpdesk for tech support queries for those helping to tackle the covid crisis. We're helping communities set up their IT systems, Covid projects access technical volunteering talent and charities address their digital needs
They chat to guests who have dealt with mental health issues and discuss all the weird stuff going on in our minds.
Find lessons and sheet music for a range of instruments including your voice.
Offering emotional, financial and other wellbeing support to anyone in retail including supporting service industries such as wholesaling, distribution and manufacturing.
SupportLine listens, supports and responds to callers in need of emotional support. It is aimed at those who are socially isolated, at risk, vulnerable and victims of abuse.
If you have any concerns, questions or issues about any aspect of caring for someone living with a serious and complex mental illness, you can contact us through our helpline open Monday, Wed & Friday: 10am - 4pm Tuesday & Thursday: 12noon - 8pm
Forsome employees and employers without HR departments, furloughing can seem complex. This in itself may stop some employers agreeing to implement this important financial lifeline. This quick info sheet is intended to make it simple, allowing employees and employers to help each other through it.
If you run a business or are self-employed and are concerned about paying your tax due to coronavirus, you can call HMRC’s helpline for help and advice: 0800 024 1222. Open Monday-Friday 8am-4pm.
Play for free with your friends and thousands of players from the whole world. Over 1million opponents to challenge on 175 games.
Free coworking space for anyone working from home and wanting to feel connected and part of a community.
Our online games and interactives bring our building and collections to life. Create your own hair-raising 18th-century wig designs, become a master craftsman or explore our new Exhibition Road entrance built entirely in Minecraft blocks.
Struggling with the challenges of parenthood? Need someone to talk to? Our free telephone, text and email support service helps parents and carers with the challenges they face. Mon-Fri, 9am to 3pm and 6pm to 9pm
We are acutely aware that faced with current circumstances, many pet owners may be struggling to look after their pet. To help provide support to pet owners we have set up a dog & cat behaviour advice line on 02038878347 (Mon-Fri 8am-5pm).
Providing information, resources and support for children and young people affected by family mental illness.
A funding programme to support artists and performers during the COVID-19 crisis. The Artists Emergency Programme offers freelance artists, creative practitioners and performers the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £5,000 each.
Action Mental Health provides support and opportunities for those with mental health issues or learning disabilities, encouraging a healthier way of life.
Find information and tips for managing your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak (also known as COVID-19). Whether you're social distancing or self-isolating you may be feeling anxious or stressed during this time, and that's completely normal.
Coronavirus has plunged the world into uncertainty and the constant news about the pandemic can feel relentless. Read some tips on how to protect your mental health.
Independent Food Aid Network has nationally mapped the locations of food banks across the UK. A useful resource to find your nearest food bank outside the Trussel Trust network.
Turn2us is a national charity providing financial support to help people get back on track. Use the Grant Search to find out what charitable funds you may be eligible for.
Find resources, offers and toolkits that may help NHS staff during this time.
TBF’s priority is to help members experiencing financial hardship for a period of two-weeks or more as a result of reduced pay/wages or reduced hours due to no work as well as helping with requests that meet the normal criteria for sickness.
Twitch is a live streaming platform for gamers and the things we love. Watch and chat now with millions of other fans from around the world.
Home of the largest community of Counsellors and Psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage in the UK. Search our directory.
Telephone: 0800 181 4422 Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm
If you’re a furloughed worker, or have lost your job as a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) and want to develop your skills to help you look for work, free online training is available.
Free during COVID-19. A site packed with interactive phonics games, phonics planning, assessment ideas and many teaching ideas and resources to help children to learn to hear.
Scotland's professional body for counselling and psychotherapy. Search our register.
Video includes importance of washing hands.
Helping both tutors and students find each other. Search by level, subject and location and create your own tutor or student profile. Online tutoring also available.
There are simple things we can all do to look after our mental health and wellbeing – take our quiz to get started today with a free plan, expert advice and practical tips.
To end hunger and poverty by supporting a network of food banks. They provide emergency food and support to people in poverty and campaign to end the need for food banks.
Explores peoples daily struggle with mental health and telling the world you're not alone. They hear about you, how to break the stigma, sharing your stories & listening
Wach episodes and clips, play games, and even sing along to your favourite Horrible Histories songs!
The Sofa Singers is a free & weekly online singing event that aims to bring people together from around the world to spark joy and human connection.
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