Enhancing staff and volunteer mental health support – St John Ambulance
Leading national first aid network adds digital peer support to its existing wellbeing provisions.
Founded in 2007, we were an early innovator in using digital tools to support mental health. Stigma about mental health issues was widespread and we saw the world needed a safe, judgement-free space for people to share feelings and support each other with issues such as stress, depression, anxiety, and coping with the pressures of life. Over a decade later, we are known as Togetherall: a valued, vibrant, helpful, and welcoming community.
Togetherall drives impact by complementing the wider service system both locally and at population level. Online peer support can provide the right level of help in a particular moment of need. Peer support can be effective as people’s needs vary, and that’s why Togetherall is used by health systems, educators, employers, insurers, and others to complement promotion, prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery-oriented strategies.
Everything we do is governed by our three core principles:
Oversight
Togetherall’s Guardian Council ensures we uphold the values set out in our Charter and maintain the highest standards in everything that we do. We work closely with our Guardian Council to constantly review our processes and clinical practices so that we can operate by our Charter.
Research
We’re committed to making a real impact in people’s lives by expanding the ecosystem of mental health and wellbeing provisions available. We partner with academic institutions and other research bodies to uncover more about the unique benefits of digital peer support.
people supported to-date
don't access mental health support from the health system
joined Togetherall to find support for depression or anxiety
identify as being from an ethnic minority background
shared something on Togetherall they had never previously shared with friends / family
found Togetherall helpful or very helpful
are not using any other form of professional support for their mental health
found it helpful compared to other sources of support
Leading national first aid network adds digital peer support to its existing wellbeing provisions.
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