Use the interactive map to explore events, initiatives and support in your area taking place to mark Great Mental Health Day 2024.
Great Mental Health Day is an awareness day with the aim of getting Londoners talking about mental health, to highlight the great support available, and, crucially, take the stigma out of asking for help when needed.
We know that when times are tough, it’s important that we look after our own and each other’s wellbeing.
Great Mental Health Day aims to get us talking about mental health and sharing what we do to keep well and support those around us.
Local residents are able to access local support services via the Harrow Council website. You can also explore the Feeling connected over winter – London Borough of Harrow webpage which highlights opportunities for Harrow residents to be connected to others to support their mental health and wellbeing.
London has a digital wellbeing service called Good Thinking. It has resources to help you manage your mental wellbeing, including advice, apps, blogs podcasts and a tool to help you assess your own mental health. Since its launch in 2017, more than 750,000 people have used the free, digital service to tackle anxiety, stress, low mood, sleep problems and other concerns.
You can refer yourself to local NHS talking therapies. For free, urgent, support from mental health professionals, call your local NHS urgent mental health helpline.
You can call the Samaritans day or night on 116 123. You can talk to someone if you are feeling low or are concerned about someone else.
Shout offers confidential 24/7 crisis text support for times when you need immediate assistance. Text “SHOUT” to 85258.
Keeping Well service
Supporting the wellbeing of health and care staff in North West London
Launched in response to the pandemic, Keeping Well is a partnership between the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Services provided by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust.
Keeping Well provides wellbeing and psychological support to all NHS staff , volunteers and those providing care to others in the community (including in residential homes) in North West London, as well as London Ambulance service.
Watch the below video to find out more or visit the Keeping Well website.
If you can’t make an event in-person, sign up to an online event taking place for Great Mental Health Day 2024. Log on from work or from home to be involved in the day and learn more about improving wellbeing.
Thrive LDN has partnered with Nicola Lester Psychological Trauma Consultancy to offer free, online trauma-informed practice training to support individuals and organisations. Become trauma-informed.
Access the Zero Suicide Alliance’s free, online suicide prevention training which will help you identify warning signs and feel comfortable having conversations about suicide with friends and family. Take the training.
Thrive LDN has been working with Healthy Dialogues to offer a three pre-recorded training sessions about mental health and the impact of financial hardships. Take the training.
Explore the Mayor of London’s #ChampionMentalHealth campaign and sign up to pledge your commitment and learn more about how you can support the mental health and wellbeing of others in your community. Find out more.
Thrive LDN – a public mental health partnership led by the Mayor of London and London Health Board partners – has co-developed a mental health conversation starter tool to help you engage with friends, family, neighbours or those you support in your community or workplace about good mental health, wellbeing and financial worries.
Reaching out to someone we trust is one of the most important things we can do to keep mentally well. Sometimes these conversations may touch on sensitive and emotional topics, and it can be difficult to know the best way to approach the conversation. This is particularly true for financial worries, which right now makes this even more important.
Following Thrive LDN’s SIGNSS framework – Situation, Initiate, Guide, Nudge, and Support and Signpost – will help encourage a gentle and supportive conversation.
Download Thrive LDN’s conversation starter (PDF)
You may also find Good Thinking’s ‘How to guides’ helpful. They offer simple steps to help you check in with others and incorporates the SIGNSS framework.