WHSS provides FREE and confidential advice and health support (including physiotherapy, counselling, and case management) for the self-employed and people working in companies with fewer than 250 employees.

Nine months confidential, no cost advice, guidance and support from mental health professionals to help you cope with work while you manage a mental health condition such as anxiety, depression or stress.

We want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK

What do we provide?

•   50 minute confidential appointments

•   Active listening, assets-based model

•   You are in control of subject matter – whatever you find challenging at the time

•   Flexible timing of follow up appts. (usually up to 6)

•   Appointments usually available within a week (9-5 Mon-Fri) by phone or in person in your GP practice if available

Daylight is a digital form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a clinically recommended first-line treatment for anxiety.

If you’re in crisis, phone 111.

If there’s an emergency, phone 999.

Check out our flexible working research section too for the latest insights from our research with Scottish employers, workers and unemployed people looking for work.

It is a peer-to-peer led programme, driven by scientific information and real-life stories, so together we can share, learn and support our wellbeing. 

Everyone should have the right to live life to the full after a stroke or diagnosis of a chest or heart condition.

Many people living with these conditions experience fear, isolation and loneliness, and struggle to cope with the impact of their health condition on their every day lives.

But our amazing nurses, support workers and volunteers are here to make sure no one has to recover alone.

With our Community Healthcare Support Service, we ensure that people across Scotland get the support they need to live full lives with life changing health conditions.

• have a Body Mass Index (BMI) above 35 OR

• have a BMI above 30 and have a weight-related health condition such as Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or asthma 

• If you would like to be referred to our service, please speak to your GP or other healthcare professional.  If you live outwith Tayside, please check your local health board's webpage for details of their service. 

If you’re feeling anxious, stressed, low, having problems sleeping, or dealing with grief or loneliness – you aren’t alone. Find out how you can improve your mental wellbeing by hearing what others have found helpful. There’s also advice on how to cope with money worries.

There’s advice from experts, including GPs and the Citizens Advice Bureau. You can also find links to find support from groups and organisations all over Scotland.

Sometimes admitting we feel lonely can be hard. It’s important to remember that lots of people experience similar feelings of loneliness, and that they can pass.

Understanding our own reasons for feeling lonely can help identify and manage these feelings.

Find out about possible signs of loneliness, reasons we feel lonely and ways to manage it. There are also links to more support if you or someone else needs it.

Our Kindness Volunteers are here to provide regular Kindness Calls, offering a chat and a friendly listening ear.

Worries can include paying rent or other household bills, struggling to afford basics such as food, fuel or clothes, being able to travel when needed as well as the important things such as ability to attend social events, look after your wellbeing and keeping in touch with family and friends.

Financial worries affect both people who are working as well as those out of work, studying or retired.

We offer organisations a number of tools and resources to help them improve the mental health of their workforce, including; awareness day resource packs, posters, infographics, factsheets and more.

WithYou is a drug, alcohol and mental health charity. With over 80 services across England and Scotland, we provide support and advice to more than 100,000 people a year. 

We're working towards a future free from harm caused by alcohol, drug and mental health challenges, where anyone seeking help feels welcomed, not judged. 

We’re the Farm Safety Foundation, an award-winning charity and we’re dedicated to support the physical and mental wellbeing of the UK’s farmers.

Grant support, a full programme of events and a range of articles, videos and publications form the core of this service which is designed to provide integrated advice for farmers and crofters across Scotland.

Managing risks in a sensible way protects you, your family, your workers and your business

■ effectively manage health, safety and welfare;

■ comply with the law;

■ carry out the risk assessments that you must do, eg under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999;

■ work safely and healthily.

The guidance in this booklet is relevant to everyone working on farms, whether employer, employee or self-employed, and will help you identify the causes of injuries and ill health, eliminate hazards and control risks

Being aware of new and existing hazards, carrying out risk assessments and always following the Safe Stop procedure are just a few ways to work towards a safer workplace and remember that if proper supervision is not possible, the best way to keep children safe on a farm is to keep them away.

This calculator will compare your real age to your heart age by asking you questions about your health. You'll also find out how to improve your heart age by making some healthy lifestyle changes.

Learn how to give your nuts a feel and get to know what's normal for you. So if you notice a change — or that something doesn't feel right — you'll know to act on it.

Angus MacDonald talks about how sport and opening up can help you cope with stress.