The Founding Circle
Mental health is a leadership question.
Business leaders who put their name to it, from the start. Founding membership closes on 31 December, or at 100 members.
Join before 31 DecemberMoving mental health from the margins to the mainstream.
We change how families, workplaces and communities talk about mental health, so that asking for help becomes ordinary.
Our programmes and the Founding Circle
OFF THE PITCH
Every club checks the hamstrings. Few check the head.
Free for any club: a squad session, a team-chat guide and a changing-room poster.
Get it for your club
CANVAS
Mental health deserves better writers.
Films, music, poetry and art made with artists and production houses, and a push for the industry to tell these stories well.
Explore Canvas
ABHI SE
Every family has a WhatsApp group. Few have this conversation.
Early conversation and suicide-prevention awareness for South Asian families, at home and across the diaspora.
Explore Abhi se
NIDA
Guidance for the people who give it.
NIDA trains imams, priests, elders and community workers to recognise the signs, respond with care and connect people with professional help.
Explore Nida
Why we exist
Between having a problem and asking for help, there is a gap. Too many people fall into it.
In many families and workplaces, depression is read as weakness, anxiety as overthinking, and pain as something best kept private. People know something is wrong but worry what others will think. Often, the people closest to them do not recognise what they are seeing.
Minds at Peace exists to close that gap.
Familiar lines from working life
Open door policy. Closed conversations.
Employee of the month. Struggling for six.
Promoted in March. Signed off in May.
Back-to-back meetings. No one to talk to.
Mental health day. Back on email by noon.
Free yoga. Paid in silence.
Not sure if it’s more than a bad week? Take a private two-minute self-check. Your answers stay on your device.
Take the self-checkHow we work
To make mental health a mainstream priority, so that asking for help fits within family, faith and culture rather than outside them.
- Influence and storytelling.Trusted voices from film, music, sport and public life, making the conversation visible.
- Access and resources.Clear routes to credible help, country by country.
- Education and youth.The words and the warning signs, learned before they are needed.
- Workplace and industry.Healthier people need healthier environments.
- Policy and advocacy.Turning awareness into services, standards and funding.
First Names
Your story could be the one someone needs.
Saying it out loud, even on a page, can take some of the weight off. And reading someone else say it can be what tells another person they are not the only one.
Need help now?
If you are in immediate danger
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services now.
Take the self-checkNine private questions about your mood. Your answers stay on your device.
United Kingdom and Europe
United Kingdom
- 999Emergency services, if a life is at risk.
- 111NHS 111. Choose the mental health option for urgent help.
- 116 123Samaritans. Free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Text SHOUT to 85258Shout. Free, confidential, 24/7 text support.
Ireland
France
Germany
- 112Emergency services.
- 0800 111 0 111TelefonSeelsorge.
Italy
- 112Emergency services.
- 02 2327 2327Telefono Amico.
Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
- 112Emergency services.
- 1813Zelfmoordlijn.
- 0800 32 123Centre de Prévention du Suicide.
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Sweden
Poland
Middle East and North Africa
Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and Turkey: no dedicated national line confirmed; emergency number shown.
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
- 800 725462 (800-SAKINA)Abu Dhabi Department of Health. 24 hours, Arabic and English.
- 800 506 (Itma’en)Dubai. Free, daily 9am to midnight, Arabic and English.
- 999 police, 998 ambulanceIf a life is at risk.
Qatar
Bahrain
- 999Emergency services.
Oman
- 9999Emergency services.
Kuwait
- 112Emergency services.
Jordan
- 911Emergency services.
Turkey
- 112Emergency services.
Lebanon
- 1564Embrace Lifeline.
Egypt
South Asia
Pakistan
- 1122Rescue 1122 emergency service.
- 0311 7786264Umang. 3pm to 11pm.
India
- 112Emergency services.
- 14416 or 1-800-891-4416Tele-MANAS, the national mental-health helpline. Free, 24/7, in multiple languages.
Bangladesh
- 999Emergency services.
- 09612 119911Kaan Pete Roi.
Sri Lanka
- 1926National mental health helpline.
Nepal
- 1166Suicide prevention helpline.
Africa
The Americas
Asia Pacific
Japan
- 119Emergency services.
- 0120 279 338Yorisoi Hotline.
South Korea
China
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Minds at Peace is an awareness, advocacy and support-access organisation. It is not an emergency service and does not replace qualified medical or mental-health professionals.
For non-emergency concerns, consider speaking with a qualified mental-health professional. We add numbers only after checking them with the service, and our list grows as our resource directory develops.
UK numbers checked with Samaritans, the NHS and Shout. Rescue 1122 checked with the Punjab Emergency Service. Tele-MANAS checked against Government of India sources. UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar numbers checked against the Abu Dhabi Department of Health, Dubai Health, the Saudi Ministry of Health and Hamad Medical Corporation. All other numbers verified against official and helpline sources. October 2026.