Wellbeing, self help, and apps

Kind to your Mind

The Kind to your Mind website has lots of useful wellbeing resources.

Alma Health

The Alma Health website is a dedicated health and wellbeing website, which has been developed by CWP, councils in Cheshire and Merseyside, and the NHS to provide information on NHS-approved online therapy programmes. 

MIND Charity - Apps for wellbeing and mental health

The Mind Charity have a list of wellbeing apps that they recommend over on their website.

• The Headspace app makes meditation simple. Learn the skills of mindfulness and meditation by using this app for just a few minutes per day. You gain access to hundreds of meditations on everything from stress and anxiety to sleep and focus.
• The Smiling Mind app was developed by psychologists and educators to make mindfulness meditation accessible to all.  It is 100% not for profit & includes an extensive library of mindfulness programmes for all ages and purposes.
• The Stop, Breathe and Think app is another extensive mindfulness app with exercises for all ages and purposes.
• The PTSD Coach app was created by the National Centre for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and provides opportunities to find support, positive self-talk, and anger management techniques.
• The StayAlive app is a pocket-sized suicide prevention resource, packed full of useful information to help you stay safe. 
• The Calm Harm app is designed to help people resist or manage the urge to self-harm. It’s private and password protected.
• The DistrACT app gives you easy, quick and discreet access to information and advice about self-harm and suicidal thoughts. 
• The Virtual Hope Box app contains simple tools to help with coping, relaxation, distraction and positive thinking. 
• The FearTools app is designed to help you combat anxiety, aiding you on your road to recovery. 
• The SAM: Self help for anxiety management app is available to help you to understand and manage anxiety. 
• The iChill app provides simple information about how stress affects the mind and body and guides you in the use of a set of wellness skills based on the Community Resiliency Model; a set of wellness skills. It is designed for people of all ages.
• The Calm app provides people experiencing stress and anxiety with guided meditations, sleep stories, breathing programmes, and relaxing music. 
• The Mind Shift app is designed specifically for teenages and young adults with anxiety. 

Staying at home: supporting you with your routines, activity and wellbeing (pdf) will guide you through maintaining a routine, keeping up your activity levels, and supporting your wellbeing when staying at home during pregnancy.

The Involvement, Recovery and Wellness Centre (IRWC) was named by the users of the service to represent the wider provision that the service provides. To find out more, visit our wellness centre page.