Mental Health

All Greater Manchester residents can now access free online programmes through Silver Cloud, a digital mental health platform. These can help ease stress levels, improve sleep or build resilience. Each programme uses proven methods, including cognitive behavioural therapy and is confidential and secure.

A new grants fund focused on supporting VCS mental health providers in England to respond to an anticipated increase in need as a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic.

The funding is available for registered charities to either:

ABL Health are delighted to share this Lockdown Survival Guide with you, to help you, your colleagues, friends and family get through the strange experience of shielding, self-isolating or just social distancing. It focusses on the 5 Ways to Wellbeing as a basis to categorise activities, contacts and support options.

All children and young people in Greater Manchester can now access free online counselling and emotional well-being support.

From Tuesday 14 April, the Kooth online counselling and emotional wellbeing platform will be available to any young person who may be struggling with their mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Kooth is for young people aged 11-18 and offers a variety of resources, including:

Online Session: Calming the Nervous System
Every Monday (except Bank Holiday Monday) 12pm-12.45pm
Join Manchester Mind in a session to help you calm your nervous system and ground the body and mind. Some easy practises that you can use in your everyday life. Suitable for all ages.
Register via the website here

A brand-new service has been launched that will make it easier for people in Greater Manchester to find and receive mental health support – anytime, day or night.

The service, Shout, allows people to simply and discreetly communicate with trained crisis volunteers by text message. The service is overseen by clinical supervisors.

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Library team has put together a list of links to online resources on COVID-19, various mental health topics, as well as local and national helplines which may be of use to you all and local residents in need of some support.

The resource can be downloaded below or online here

Thrive Manchester has complied a list of organisations offering mental health and wellbeing support for people in Manchester.

There is a list of support organisations for adults and a list of support organisations for under 18s.

Mental health and wellbeing support for adults

In view of recent developments in relation to COVID-19 the 42nd Street team have reflected on how to respond in order to keep young people’s needs at the centre of all they do and as a key service in Greater Manchester, whilst balancing their responsibilities to adhere to government advice around social distancing.

TLC the mental health charity based in Ardwick have currently closed all Drop-in sessions until further notice. TLC have taken this action following Government and Health advice regarding Covid 19. TLC are operating a telephone service for current clients were they are telephoning them on a weekly basis to offer support.