Best Mates provides lived-experience support, workplace wellbeing pathways and connections to trusted service partners across the UK.
While we are not a medical or crisis service, we work alongside established organisations to ensure people receive the right help at the right time.
Employee wellbeing starts with understanding that mental health affects every part of life. We work with organisations across the UK to provide lived-experience pathways and build stronger community connections.
Best Mates works in partnership with a trusted network of professional organisations and specialist providers to ensure individuals can access the right support when it’s needed most. By connecting people with experienced services and tailored guidance, we help create clear pathways to additional care, support, and wellbeing resources beyond our community offer.
Best Mates offers a range of community-focused wellbeing services designed to provide meaningful support through shared lived experience and connection. Our one-to-one matched Mate support helps individuals build trusted relationships with someone who understands their journey, while our Walk ‘N’ Talk Wednesdays create a relaxed and welcoming space for conversation, movement, and connection. We also provide community-based peer support, veteran-focused pathways tailored to the unique experiences of the armed forces community, and signposting to appropriate external organisations where additional or specialist support may be needed.
If you need urgent help or are in immediate danger, please contact emergency services by calling 999 or attend your nearest Accident and Emergency department.
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need immediate support, the following services are available 24 hours a day across the UK:
These organisations are equipped to provide immediate crisis intervention. Best Mates does not operate as an emergency service. If your situation is urgent, please use the services above.
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