Our mission.
To make mental health a mainstream social priority, particularly in communities where stigma, culture and limited access keep people from seeking help.
Minds at Peace Foundation
Moving mental health from the margins to the mainstream.
We change how families, communities and institutions talk about mental health, beginning where the silence is strongest.
Why we exist
Between having a problem and asking for help, there is a gap. Too many people fall into it.
In many communities, depression is read as weakness, anxiety as overthinking, and trauma as something best left unspoken. People know something is wrong but fear what their families, colleagues or employers will think. Often, the people closest to them do not recognise what they are seeing.
Minds at Peace exists to close that gap.
Our vision.
A world where talking about mental health is ordinary, and asking for help carries no shame.
Our programmes
Four programmes. One purpose.
Each programme is designed to start conversations earlier, in the places where they are hardest to have: at home, in sport, in the stories we tell, and in our faith and community spaces.
ABHI SE
Start the conversation. Start now.
ABHI SE is the foundation’s programme for early conversation and suicide-prevention awareness in South Asian communities, at home and across the diaspora. In Urdu and Hindi, abhi se means “from now”. It is also the name of Abhi, whose death by suicide led to the programme’s creation.
OFF THE PITCH
Mental health beyond the scoreline.
OFF THE PITCH is the foundation’s programme for mental health in sport. It works with athletes from grassroots and academy level to the professional game, and with the clubs, coaches and governing bodies around them.
UNKAHI
The stories we were never told.
Unkahi means “unsaid”. UNKAHI is the foundation’s storytelling programme. It produces original films, series and podcasts, and works with content creators to bring mental-health conversations to the audiences they already reach.
PUKAR
Often the first person a family turns to.
Pukar means “a call”, and a cry for help. PUKAR equips faith leaders, elders and community workers to recognise the signs, respond with care, and connect people with professional support.
The Founding Circle
Mental health is a leadership question.
Join the business leaders making psychological wellbeing a leadership responsibility, from the start.
What we do
We start with culture and build towards systems.
Culture tends to change through stories before it changes through policy. Our work follows that order.
- 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.
Everyone has a role to play.
No single organisation can change a culture alone. Whether you bring a story, a platform, expertise or resources, there is a place for you here.
Need help now?
If you are in immediate danger
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services now.
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.
Pakistan
- 1122Rescue 1122 emergency service.
India
- 14416 or 1-800-891-4416Tele-MANAS, the national mental-health helpline. Free, 24/7, in multiple languages.
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. October 2026.