Supporting young people in Shetland to look after their mental health and wellbeing

If you are a young person and are worried about your own mental health or the mental health of someone you know, here's how we can help.

Well Youth is Mind Your Head's most recently launched service. We offer the following services for free:

  • One-to-one support sesions for those aged 10-25 years

Well Youth: Support for myself

Are you struggling with your mental health? Going through a particularly tough time? Not been feeling like your usual self? The Well Youth support service is a safe space to talk about anything that might be bothering you.

When you sign up to Well Youth, you can:

  • Have one-to-one support sessions anywhere you feel comfortable (throughout Shetland)
  • Work with your own Wellness Practitioner to create a personalised plan to help meet your needs
  • Receive practical support towards whatever it is you are struggling with (for example - using public transport, getting out of the house, attending appointments, making phone calls, finding new hobbies, practicing self-love, building self-confidence)

If you would like to sign up to Well Youth's one-to-one support sessions, please leave a message on our contact form. You can also send us an email on [email protected] or phone 01595 745035. If you feel more comfortable contacting us via text or WhatsApp, you can do so through this mobile number - 07922 603 830.

Well Youth: Support for loved ones

Are you living with/looking after/caring for someone who is struggling with their mental health? Is this person your parent, sibling, child, family member, or friend?

When you sign up to Well Youth, you can:

  • Get help towards understanding the issues that your loved one may be dealing with
  • We work with you to promote your own self-care and help promote healthy boundaries
  • Have one-to-one support sessions anywhere you feel comfortable (throughout Shetland)
  • Know that someone is thinking of you and looking after you, while you are looking after your loved one(s)

If you are supporting a loved one through a tough time and would like to speak to us about this, please leave a message on our contact form. You can also send us an email on [email protected] or phone 01595 745035. If you feel more comfortable contacting us via text or WhatsApp, you can do so through this mobile number - 07922 603 830.

In-school Support

  • Workshops - Mind Your Head staff can deliver primary and secondary workshops around mental health and wellbeing. These workshops can be tailored to respond to current needs.
  • Drop-in sessions - Mind Your Head staff can attend school lunchtime or drop-in sessions in schools, community and residential settings, to talk about available support services.

Important information for families

  • Wellness Together Programme - a Shetland-wide, free and confidential support service for adults who are supporting/caring for/living with someone with a mental health need
  • Wellbeing 1000 - provides nurturing and compassionate low-level Wellbeing Support to families with infants up to the age of 2.5 years

Other useful contacts:



The Mix: Provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile.
0808 808 4994



Childline: A free, private and confidential service for anyone under 19. Can be contacted by phone, email, or 1-2-1 chat.
0800 1111



Beat: Offers a supportive space for you to explore your feelings and thoughts around eating disorders.
Helpline: 0808 801 0677 (over 18)
Studentline: 0808 801 0811
Youthline: 0808 801 0711 (under 18)



Samaritans: Provides emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide.
116 123



Breathing Space: A free, confidential phone and web-based service for people in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.
0800 83 85 87