Mental Health Resources

The below resources have been signposted by the community, should anyone ever need them.

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Support

Free Counselling

  • Relate - Free relationship counselling through RNRMC. Utilising relate does not mean your relationship is on the rocks, it means your being proactive to protect your relationship and make it stronger to continue to prioritise your relationship despite your career demanding you to deploy. Relate can also be used if you are single to look at your. More info can be found here  - RELATE
  • Marriage Care- Offer Relationship Counselling, Marriage Preparation and more, online and in-person. They specialise in helping couples form and sustain healthy marriages and relationships, and in providing support in times of relationship difficulty. Married or not, of faith or none we’re ready to help, whatever your circumstances https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/ (RN, RM and RFA personnel)
  • Cruse Bereavement Care - Cruse is a charity for bereaved people which offers support, advice and information when someone dies.  They have face-to-face, freephone, email and website support -  There is also a website (HOPE AGAIN) specifically for children and young people. All services are provided by trained volunteers and are confidential and free  - CRUSE

Information

Charities and Family Support

  • Kooth - A Service for children from serving families. Kooth can act as the first step in assuring children and young people receive the earliest intervention for their wellbeing and mental health concerns and have clear pathways for any additional face to face support and safeguarding- https://www.kooth.com/
  • Qwell - Free, safe and anonymous mental wellbeing support for adults across the UK that includes online messaging, booked and drop in chat, community support, personal development tools by accredited counsellors (BACP, UKCP and NCS) VISIT https://www.qwell.io/
  • Talkworks - A free, confidential, NHS talking therapy service, part of  (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), for people (aged 18+) in Devon, helping you to feel better and giving you the tools and techniques to improve your mental and physical wellbeing. Self-help guides and links to approved apps and many MH resources TALKWORKS
  • Royal Navy Children’s Charity – Provide financial and holistic support to help children (up to the age of 25) of Naval families, serving and veterans. Call on 023 9263 9534, email caseworkers@navalchildrenscharity.org.uk or visit https://www.navalchildrenscharity.org.uk/
  • Royal Marine Association – Provide educational, employment, health and wellbeing, service transition support, to all RM. Their Lifting The Lid project promotes positive mental health through education and supporting RM’s to access help. Visit: https://rma-trmc.org/
  • RN/RM Charity – call 023 9387 1520, email  or visit theteam@rnrmc.org.uk https://www.rnrmc.org.uk/
  • Building Stronger Families’ - is a free relationship counselling portal for Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel and their partners. To help with relationships, help with family life and parenting, help with separation, and divorce and help for children, young people and young adults. It also includes bereavement and loss support.  Visit -https://rnrmc.learnupon.com/users/sign_in?next=%2Fdashboard
  • SSAFA - Provide financial, practical, and emotional support to those with a service connection. Phone 0800 731 4880 or visit: https://www.ssafa.org.uk/
  • Living Life To The Full - The Living Life To The Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality and user-friendly training in practical approaches you can use in your own life.  The course content teaches how to tackle and respond to issues and demands which we all meet in our everyday lives, with techniques specifically aimed at anxiety and depression VISIT https://llttf.com/
  • Naval Families Federation. Provide support, drive change and champion RN, RM serving families as they navigate serving and civilian life challenges. VISIT https://nff.org.uk/
  • Aggies- Support for Royal Navy, Royal Marines, RFA and their families. They also run a number of groups around various areas with a large RN/RM presence