Supporting your mental health and emotional wellbeing

The pressures of the cost of living crisis may be affecting people’s mental health, making you feel stressed, anxious or low. Please talk to family and friends about how you’re feeling but also check in on people who you think may be struggling.

There is also lots of help available from local organisations.

Every Mind Matters give expert advice and tips to help you look after your mental health –www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters

Community Access Support Service can signpost to organisations across Bristol for all groups of people and communities Tel. 0117 304 1400 www.cassbristol.org/useful-information

Changes Bristol run wellbeing groups across Bristol Tel. 0117 941 1123 www.changesbristol.org.uk

Vita Minds is an NHS Mental Wellbeing support service, 0333 200 1893 (Mon – Thurs, 8am – 8pm; Fri, 8am – 5pm; Sat 9am – 1pm) www.bit.ly/VitaMindsBNSSG

If you start to feel that daily life is getting too much to cope with, you can contact Samaritans They offer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week on 0330 094 5717