This page lists useful organisations and shares specific links for areas of mental health and wellbeing. If you would like something added please let us know.

Organisations

• Norfolk Wellbeing Hubs (Aylsham, Thetford, Kings Lynn, Gorleston and Norwich)
• MensCraft - men's mental health support (pitstops)
• YANA: You Are Not Alone - rural mental health support
• Hub of Hope - UK's largest mental health support directory

Support for anxiety

• Managing Anxiety - Every Mind Matters - NHS
• Helping someone with anxiety and panic attacks - Mind
• Self-care for anxiety - Mind
• Supporting A Child With Anxiety - YoungMinds

Support for low mood and depression

• I need help with sadness and low mood - NSFT
• Depression and Low Mood for Youths (and support for parents) - Young Minds
• Self-care for depression - Mind
• Coping with low mood and depression - NHS

Stress

• Dealing with Stress - Every Mind Matters - NHS
• Support for stress
• Your mind plan - NHS

Bereavement

• Grief after bereavement or loss - NHS
• Cruse Bereavement Support
• Support for when a child grieves or a child dies - Child Bereavement UK
• The Compassionate Friends - run by and for all bereaved parents.
• Sands: The Stillbirth and neonatal death charity - run by and for parents whose baby has died at birth or shortly afterwards.
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS)
• Miscarriage Association
• Mind
• TimeNorfolk - the pregnancy loss charity

Domestic abuse support

• Norfolk Integrated Domestic Abuse Service (NIDAS)
• Leeway
• Refuge - support for women and children

Alcohol and drug support

• Change Grow Live
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Alcoholics Anonymous

Support for Young People

• Young Minds - support for both young people and parents/carers
• FYI Norfolk
• Map - Youth in Mind
• Momentum
• Kooth - online support forum, access to online 1-2-1 counsellors and self help materials
• Chathealth Norfolk (Just One Norfolk). Send a text to 07480635060 for confidential support
• Childline - online and on the phone
• Anna Freud

Additional support

• You Are Not Alone - rural mental health support
• Walking with the wounded - veteran support
• Online peer support communities - Qwell. Offering self-help materials, online community, drop-in or booked on-to-on online chat sessions with experience counsellors.

Documentaries

• Steven Fry’s Documentary, The Secret Life of a Manic-Depressive - to understand Stephen’s diagnosis, which may help learning around this topic.