Adobe have partnered with 3 Illustrators to create free digital colouring sets. These can be used with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Fresco for the iPad.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to meditate, but didn’t know where to start, this is the video for you. Simply download the Headspace app, and follow these step-by-step instructions. Headspace offers everything you need to begin a regular meditation practice.

Try Every Mind Matters’ mindful breathing exercise video to help you feel more calm and present.

Armchair yoga to help calm you down in exams.

Provided by Action for Happiness, this booklet can be used to take a moment to stop and reflect on what you find happiness in.

A daily journal with 3 questions a day asking what you are grateful for. This will help you to shift your focus to the positives in your day as opposed to the negatives which can sometimes weigh heavy in our minds.

Having unhelpful thoughts are something we all experience. This worksheet will give you examples and explanations of thinking styles. Once you can identify your unhelpful thinking styles, you can start to notice them. Once you begin to notice them, it can help you to challenge or distance yourself from those thoughts, and see the situation in a different and more helpful way.

Anxiety is a healthy emotion. It forces us to focus on problems and work hard to solve them. But sometimes anxiety can grow out of control and can have the opposite effect. This worksheet will help you to catch irrational thoughts and replace them with rational alternatives.

When you are worried about something it is easy to imagine the worst case scenario. This worksheet asks what your worry is and then gives you questions to help give an alternative way of thinking to that worry.

Everyone has problems, both big and small. To better solve your problems, it helps to learn how your thoughts, feelings and actions are connected.

This is a box you can make that contains things that ground you, make you feel more relaxed and reduce symptoms of panic, anxiety or low mood. Helpful instructions on how to create a self-soothe box have been provided by YoungMinds.

A Compassionate Kit Bag is a place to put reminders for your compassionate self, so you can use your resources to nourish you along life’s journey.

Take your mind off things with games, advice from videos or find new ways to handle your emotions.

Getting a good nights sleep is important for keeping our body and mind healthy. Solent Mind have created a toolkit to help you identify what may be causing issues with your sleep and tips on how to get a better nights sleep.

“Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens” brings essential skills to teenagers using positive psychology and develops emotional intelligence for moving past limiting behaviour and self-doubt. This engaging book helps readers come to see their values and dreams clearly and take steps to live by them and make them happen. By learning that not all thoughts and feelings need to be translated into actions and that value based choices can be made, teens learn to see their lives in the long term and gain self-control and emotion regulation skills that will serve them well as they move into adulthood. A great read for both teenagers and parents alike.

In these uncertain and challenging times, looking after our mental health has never been so important. Good mental health allows us to cope with life’s ups and downs, to feel in control of our lives and to ask for help from others when we need support.

If school is rubbish, you’re trying to figure out who you are and parents are stressing you out… then why wouldn’t you feel down on the world? But that’s not great if it means you feel bad about yourself, lose confidence or can’t bounce back.

The #littlebluebookofsunshine explains some of the things you can do right now to feel better, or who to turn to if things feel too much.

Walking is simple, free and one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier.

Make a change today with Change4Life. This website contains lots of useful information on nutrition, recipes and making healthier choices when it comes to food.

Use this interactive map to find walks and routes in your local area.

Access to the free, confidential and impartial Employee Support service for teaching and support staff, provided by Health Assured.

UK-wide: 08000 562 561 day or night 
Txt: 07909 341229 (answered within 24 hours)

The Education Support helpline is free and available to all serving and retired teachers, lecturers and staff in education (primary, secondary, further or higher education) in England, Wales and Scotland 24/7, 365 days a year

Click the link above to read more about recognising the signs of burnout.

A place to find the resources and tools for creating a school culture that prioritises the mental health and wellbeing of teachers and all staff.

Education Support’s Director of Programmes, Faye McGuinness and teacher, author and blogger Mrs Humanities share their insights on how stress impacts on teachers and education staff and offer practical strategies to help you manage stress.