Get support for your mental health 

Take part in a guided mindfulness session, visit community wellbeing stalls, meet local support groups and connect with your community over coffee and refreshments. There’s no need to book – just turn up.  

Find out more about this and other wellbeing sessions in borough libraries. 

Great Mental Health Day from Thrive LDN aims to get Londoners talking about mental health, highlight the support available and take the stigma out of asking for help. The theme this year is ‘everyday spaces’, celebrating the informal community spaces where connection happens and support begins.  

There are a range of services in Wandsworth to support people with their mental health, including free and confidential talking therapies. Find out more about support for adults and children and young people.  

This week we have published our new Public Mental Health Action Plan – Healthy Minds – which sets out how we will further prevent and support mental ill-health and create the conditions people need for wellbeing.  

Healthy Minds is based on feedback from local people who said they need safe, healthy homes, social connections, stable employment, good education and a sense of culture and belonging.  Good mental health is the result of a good environment, so we’re taking a holistic, preventative approach. 

Our work includes: 

We’ll also work closely with the NHS to provide more community-based support to residents with mental health needs, to keep track of who is using services, and to make sure support is accessible to everyone who needs it.  

Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care Graeme Henderson said: "We’re happy to support Great Mental Health Day. Mental ill-health touches many of our lives so talking about it and seeking support is crucial.