A free online mental health and emotional wellbeing support service has been launched to help men living across the Humber, Coast and Vale area.

Men aged 18+ living in North Lincolnshire, York, Hull, East Riding, North Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire can now register to use Qwell for Men - a free, anonymous online counselling and emotional wellbeing service which can be accessed anywhere using a computer, smartphone or tablet device.

In England, around one in eight men have a common mental health problem such as depression, anxiety, panic disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Around three-quarters of registered suicides in England and Wales in 2019 were among men (4,303). 

Men can now access Qwell, which is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, to access one-on-one online sessions with qualified counsellors, receive and provide peer-to-peer support through moderated online forums, and read and contribute to articles.
 
Qwell for Men can also be used to keep an online journal and track your wellbeing via an interactive goal tracker. There are no waiting lists or thresholds for use, so men can use the free service as soon as they register.

Qwell for Men can be accessed by visiting https://www.qwell.io/hcv - you can also find local support near you at www.talksuicide.co.uk/get-help