Need help now?
UK & Republic of Ireland
Emergency: Call 999 or 112
Non-emergency: NHS 111 online, or call 111
Need to talk? Free 24/7 & confidential
Call 116 123 to talk to Samaritans, or e-mail: jo@samaritans.org for a reply within 24 hours
Text “SHOUT” to 85258 to contact the Shout Crisis Text Line, or text “YM” if you’re under 19
Call 0800 054 0000 to talk to the Film & TV Charity, or click here to use their live chat function or e-mail
Other helplines and websites:
- NHS list of mental health helplines (including stress, anxiety, depression)
- Find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline (England only)
- Mind: Keeping calm during Covid-19
- Mind: Ways to help yourself cope during a crisis
- Mind: Planning for a mental health crisis
- Staying Safe: Making a safety plan for suicidal thoughts
- Film & TV Charity: Mental health community forum / Big White Wall
- Film & TV Charity: Your mental wellbeing during Covid-19
- Film & TV Charity: Financial advice during Covid-19
- Helplines for individual territories i.e. Wales, Scotland, ROI, NI
Upcoming Bectu, Prospect and Camera Branch online events / webinars:
- Nothing currently scheduled but watch this space
Other online workshops and webinars:
- 20th August: Screenskills ‘The Daily Cuppa’ with Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Trainer, Samaritan and media consultant Jude Spencer (free).
- 28th August: Screenskills Mental Health Awareness Workshop for HoDs in High-End TV (Free – deadline to apply 5th or 17th August respectively)
- Video: Screenskills Masterclass: Leo Anna Thomas and Matt Longley on freelancers’ mental health in film production (1hr)
- ‘Managing and Promoting Positive Mental Health in a Film/TV Production’
i-act training for HoDs provided by 6ft From The Spotlight – available dates on 7th & 21st August, cost £50.
Awareness and advice – 6ft From The Spotlight & #MentalHealthInFilm:
6ft From The Spotlight podcasts:
https://soundcloud.com/mentalhealthinfilm
Follow Leo Anna Thomas on Twitter and Instagram
Mindfulness / meditation apps:
Free content from ‘Calm’ (meditation, sleep stories, soundscapes, yoga):
https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-deep-breath
Free content from ‘Headspace’ for the unemployed:
https://www.headspace.com/unemployed
‘Waking Up’ meditation (free for a year for anyone unemployed from Covid-19):
https://www.wakingup.com/
‘Moodpath’ mood tracking over 2 week periods (free):
https://mymoodpath.com/en/
‘ntwrk’ – not strictly a mindfulness app but it will prompt you to contact friends & family at set intervals – useful if you tend to withdraw when your mental health isn’t so good:
https://ntwrk.app
Counselling / therapy:
Film In Mind – bespoke therapeutic services for the filmmaking community:
http://www.filminmind.co.uk
BetterHelp (£35p/w but subsidised rates available for those affected by Covid-19):
https://www.betterhelp.com
Talkspace (discounts available):
https://www.talkspace.com
National Counselling Society – find a counsellor:
https://www.nationalcounsellingsociety.org/counselling-directory/search
Counselling Directory – find a counsellor:
https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/
Training / education:
FutureLearn short course:-
‘Covid-19: Psychological Impact, Wellbeing, and Mental Health’ (online):
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/psychological-impact-of-covid-19
Mental Health First Aid courses (available online):
https://mhfaengland.org/
i-act training:
https://www.i-act.co.uk/
6ft From The Spotlight delivery of bespoke i-act training:-
‘Managing and Promoting Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing’:
https://www.6ftfrom.org/course-overview
Papyrus ASIST training:
https://papyrus-uk.org/applied-suicide-intervention-skills-training-asist/
Other useful information:
Guild of Television Camera Professionals – Mental Health Supplement 2020 (.pdf)
Film & TV Charity – Whole Picture Programme
Film & TV Charity – The Looking Glass report (.pdf)
Please report any broken links, out of date resources, or suggestions for more resources at: comms@camerabranch.org.uk
