Volunteers from our corporate partners wagamama, Bank of England, The Restaurant Group and Selfridges joined us for some festive volunteering last week, as they helped us celebrate the incredible volunteers who give their time keeping our digital mental health services Shout and The Mix running over Christmas.
Thanks to those who joined us from our corporate partners, we were able to write thank you cards for some of our longest standing volunteers, who generously give the gift of their time to provide vital mental health support to people who are struggling to cope, not just at Christmas, but throughout the year.
Volunteers from our corporate partner The Restaurant Group attend a festive volunteering day at Mental Health Innovations
Across our digital services, Shout and The Mix, our volunteers are at the heart of what we do. Every day at Shout, our volunteers take potentially life-saving conversations with people who suffer with issues ranging from suicide, anxiety and low mood to loneliness, stress and self-harm. In 2024 alone, our Shout Volunteers took 600,000 conversations with 240,000 texters, while our volunteers at The Mix have provided over 4,900 counselling sessions supported more than 1,090 young people.
During the event, our corporate partners chatted to some of our Shout Volunteers about what they do, the support they provide and the highlights of being a volunteer.
Volunteers from our corporate partner the Bank of England take part in writing thank you cards to our longest standing volunteers
We are incredibly grateful to our corporate partners for the support they provide to us through their employee fundraising and volunteering, enabling us to continue providing digital mental health support to people across the UK. We’re looking forward to their continued support in 2025 as we look to support even more young people with their mental health through the provision of new tools and services, including self-paced learning modules, and single-session counselling interventions.
