World Mental Health Day 2025
Hundreds of thousands of young people are struggling with their mental health, but too many are being told to wait, struggling to cope and hitting a crisis point before they get help.
But things can get better.
Text SUSSEX
To start a conversation, text the word SUSSEX to 85258. You'll be connected to a mental health professional who can help you with anything you're struggling with, including anxiety, stress or depression.
The mental health professional will work with you to to help you reach a calmer place where you feel safe. You may be signposted to another service in Sussex if you need longer term support.
Youth Emotional Support (YES) service
YES is a free service for young people aged 11-18 looking for support with their wellbeing, offer one-to-one support and advice about online or face-to-face counselling.
Some of the things they can support you with include:
- your mood
- feeling anxious
- relationship issues
- self-injury
- unhelpful thoughts
- self esteem
- significant life event
- anything that might be worrying you.
Youth Emotional Support (YES) service
West Sussex Mind
Free support for people aged 16 to 25. If you are a young person and looking for help with your mental health, West Sussex Mind has dedicated youth workers who can help you.
They can support you if you are:
- worried about your mental health
- feeling anxious or depressed
- self-harming or having thoughts about it
- having family problems or struggling with friendships at college or work because of your mental health
- diagnosed with a mental health problem and looking for support
YoungMinds
The UK’s leading charity fighting for a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
Purpose: To stop young people's mental health reaching crisis point.
Every young person whose mental health ends up in crisis is a young person who has been failed. The earlier young people can access the right help, the more likely it is that they avoid reaching crisis point.
Vision: A world where no young person feels alone with their mental health.
They want to see a world where every young person who is struggling feels able to reach out and has people and services around them who can really help.
Mission: To make sure all young people get the mental health support they need, when they need it, no matter what.
Whether they need a reassuring conversation, specialist mental health support, or simply the knowledge that they are not alone in how they are feeling, we will make sure that all young people get the right support as fast as possible.
