Mental Health and Wellbeing
Wellbeing Walk
Ramblers Wellbeing Walks are free, short walks that take place all over Cornwall and across England. Our walk takes place at Newquay Zoo every Friday morning, meeting at 09.45 outside the main entrance.
To sign up or find out more, leave your details at the surgery reception or check out the Ramblers Wellbeing Walks Cornwall page.
Togetherall (formally big white wall)
Togetherall is an online community for adults over 16 who feel stressed, anxious or feeling low. You can access peer support as well as self guided topics covering weight management, anxiety, exam stress, sleep and depression. The service has an active forum with round the clock support from trained professionals. You can talk anonymously with other members and take part in group or 1:1 therapy with therapists.
The Mix
The mix is for young people, under 25, struggling with daily challenges, from mental health to money, homelessness to finding a job, break ups to drugs. Online chat, discussions, counselling or confidential helpline.
Talking Therapies – Long Term Conditions
Talking Therapies offer support for people with long term health conditions. It provides access to psychological therapy for stress and low mood for people with long term illnesses -Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, CV, IBS, COPD are the four currently covered.
Silvercloud
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) online programme which allows users to complete in their own time at their own pace. Each programme has a range of interactive tools, activities and videos to help you identify and challenge negative thought behaviour patterns.
Seetec Pluss
Help for people who have been out of work due to poor mental health or learning disabilities.
Recovery Cornwall College
Recovery College Cornwall provides courses to support recovery from mental ill health through learning.
Pegasus Men’s wellbeing
Offers specialised support for men for a variety of issues such as Mental health, Anxiety, Depression or Emotional distress. Some projects for all genders, race or religion. 6 free sessions and then if further sessions are required there is a sliding pay scale. Also offering a anger management course.
No Panic
No Panic offers advice, support and recovery programmes and help for people living with phobias, OCD and any other anxiety based disorders. Intervention for panic attacks including body scan and breathing exercises. Has a membership fee but there are lots of free to access resources without paying.
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK
Confidential support for anyone over the age of 18 who are having suicidal thoughts.
Mind Your Way
Mentoring scheme for 11-25 year olds - looking after their own mental health and wellbeing
Man Down – Cornwall
Man down is a Cornwall based group offering safe spaces to meet the current emotional and mental health needs of men who are struggling to cope with the everyday pressures facing them in our modern society.
Man Down offers fortnightly talking groups for men at various locations across Cornwall.
Hunrosa
Help for parents of children of all ages as well as adults to understand how restful sleep can be promoted and enhanced
Hope Programme – Volunteer Cornwall
HOPE is a 6 week course delivered online or face to face. Builds resilience, self-confidence and helps people to cope better emotionally, psychologically and practically. Women's wellbeing as well as mixed groups.
HOPE is a programme to help local people build confidence to self-manage their long-term health conditions. This could include:
- Physical health such as pain relief.
- Mental ill health issues such as anxiety, stress and depression.
- People returning to work after a long absence.
- Parents/carers of children with additional or complex needs.
Georgia’s Voice
Small, free, confidential support groups for young women with mental health concerns. Offering a safe place for you to come and talk, listen or just be.
The support groups are free and for any women with any kind of mental health concerns, a friendly, caring, non-judgemental group to chat or just listen. Visit our Facebook group to get booked in.
Sessions run every other Monday at the Salvation Army building, Crantock Street, Newquay. 6.30pm- 8.30pm
Counselling – Ratcliffe and Brown
Ratcliffe and Brown offer 6 free sessions for counselling and mental health referrals from Social Prescribers
Community Veterans Service
Treats ex service personnel who served in the British armed forces and who are subsequently experiencing problems with their mental health.
You can be referred to the service by your GP, through an ex-service establishment, a charity, Combat Stress or you can make a self referral.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Parent Referral
Specialist community child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) provide assessment, advice and treatment for children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems. CAMHS also provide support and advice to their families or carers.
British Red Cross – Support Line
Support line for people feeling lonely, worried or needing access to food and medication. Information and access to resources to help support people at home.