Day By Day

What is it?

Day By Day offers a safe and supportive space where you can take things at your own pace. Through one-to-one support from a wellbeing mentor, you'll have someone to listen, help you navigate challenges, build on your strengths and feel more hopeful about the future. Physical activity is also a key part of our approach, helping you find ways to be active that feel right for you, build confidence and connect with others.

Whilst Day By Day is not a clinical intervention, our wellbeing mentors can:

• Listen without judgement and help you feel heard.
• Give you space to talk about what's going on for you, at a pace that feels right.
• Share ideas and approaches that may help you navigate life's challenges.
• Offer support and reassurance, so you don't have to face things alone.
• Help you connect with others and feel a sense of belonging.
• Support you to recognise your strengths and what makes you unique.
• Help you find hope and explore what a way forward could look like for you.

Who is it for?

Day By Day is for young people aged 16-25 living in Somerset who may be finding life difficult, feeling overwhelmed, isolated, or facing challenges that impact their emotional wellbeing. We support young people with experiences of self-harm or thoughts of suicide, offering a supportive relationship and a safe space where you can feel heard, build on your strengths, and find hope for the future.

Where? 

Somerset wide.  If you would like our support Click Here

Our Mentors Are:

Experts by Experience

Our wellbeing mentors have faced their own mental health challenges and use their lived experiences to offer support, reassurance, and guidance. They help you feel better about yourself, recognise your self-worth, and build confidence in a way that works for you. 

Connectors

We will help you find and access community groups, particularly those focused on sport and physical activity, and support you until you feel confident attending on your own. 

Advocates

We will help you find your voice, represent your needs, and support you in accessing the right resources and services. 

Our Mentors Are Not: 

Counsellors

While we can signpost you to great counselling services, our wellbeing mentors are not trained counsellors. 

Therapists

Our mentors provide support based on lived experience, not clinical therapy. If you or someone you are nominating requires therapeutic intervention, this may not be the right service. 

Unlimited Support

Our goal is to empower you with the tools and confidence to manage your mental health and everyday challenges, rather than provide long-term ongoing support. 

A Substitute for Social Care

We work closely with social care services but offer a different kind of support. Our focus is on peer-led guidance and connection through sport and activity. 

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Through funding from Rethink and the OMH Alliance, we are carrying out targeted work around suicide prevention. Over the past two years, our We've Got This project highlighted the critical need for more support for young people in crisis. We are committed to bridging these gaps and ensuring that those at risk receive the help they need when they need it most.