Local Minds: advice and support near you
Local Minds offer mental health services in communities across England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
What do local Minds do?
Local Minds run mental health services in communities. Anyone can get in touch – you don't need to have a GP referral. Each local Mind is different, but the services they offer might include:
- Talking therapy
- Crisis helplines
- Advocacy
- Employment and training schemes
- Counselling
- Befriending services
What impact do local Minds have?
When Annie needed support, her local Mind was there
“I genuinely don't know what I would have done, and I really don't know where I would be today if Lancashire Mind didn't exist. Thank you for saving my life and for giving me the chance to have a better future.”
Suffolk Work Well: support to stay in work
Suffolk Work Well is a free support service that helps people across the county to manage mental health challenges while staying in work, reduce sickness absence, or return to work with confidence after time out.
In 2025 - 2026, local Minds supported 672,768 people.
Last year, local Minds ran 1,222 services, including therapy and advocacy.
5354 volunteers support local Minds.
Our network of local Minds is fundamental to everything we do at national Mind. We work with local Minds to deliver mental health services to anyone who needs them.
Each local Mind is unique. They are local charities that understand the needs of their community. They tailor their services to match. As well as delivering services, local Minds:
- Help to plan local mental health services
- Campaign on local mental health issues and join in with national campaigns
- Change attitudes towards mental health in their area
Local Minds are independent local mental health charities. So they're responsible for their own funding. They raise money through donations, grants and income from their services.
Most local Minds offer services for free, but some may charge a small fee for certain services.
If you’d like to support the work of Mind in your local area, you can find your local Mind here.
We assess the quality of our local Minds through the Mind Quality Mark (MQM). This is a set of standards covering all areas of activity.
Local Minds go through a rigorous MQM assessment. This includes:
- Appraising their policies and procedures
- Interviews with trustees, staff, volunteers and people who use services
The MQM makes sure that all local Minds are well-run and meet our expectations. Often they exceed those expectations.
Our local Minds love to hear your feedback, both good and bad. They're independent charities, so they deal with their own comments and complaints.
If you have a complaint or a compliment, please contact your local Mind.
If you want to tell us what you think about national Mind, please read our page on feedback and complaints.
