Useful links
Mental health
Mind - Advice, support, and advocacy for those experiencing mental health problems
Mental Health support (NHS) - information and support for your mental health.
Feelings and symptoms (NHS) – Read about feelings and symptoms that can be common with mental health problems.
Men Who Talk – Supporting men to achieve good mental health
Rethink – Advice, services and support for people affected by mental illness
Every Mind Matters - Helping you to take care of your mental wellbeing
Self-help guides (NHS) - a series of guides on topics such as depression, anxiety and stress
Physical activity resources
Get Moving - Tips, advice and guidance on how to keep or get active.
This Girl Can - Inspiration and advice for women to get active
Ramblers - wellbeing walks - Free organised walks near you
We are undefeatable - Support to get or stay active with an existing health condition
Exercise (NHS) - Exercise guidelines and workouts to help improve your fitness and wellbeing
Healthier families (NHS) - Activities to help kids move more every day
Tools and apps
Headspace – Meditation and mindfulness app
Mind map – Create your own free action plan with tips from mental health expert
Get Self Help – Free Cognitive Behaviour Therapy self-help and therapy resources
Guides, tools and activities (NHS) – Including breathing exercises, 5 steps to mental wellbeing and stress busters
Other support
FRANK - Find drug and alcohol support near you
Better Health (NHS) - Lose weight, quit smoking, get active
SAMARITANS – if you need someone to talk to you
Hoarding Disorders UK - Hoarding support
National Domestic Abuse Helpline - 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline
This is the latest version and 2026 update to the mental wellbeing toolbox first developed in 2022. The toolbox was developed in partnership with the Recovery College and the support of their Lived Experience Group and Health Watch. It is a Healthy Places and Communities partnership publication from Amplius, bpha, Peabody, BeActive and Public Health (Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes) and is supported by the Chartered Institute for Housing.
