The Gloucestershire VCS Alliance in partnership with The Wellbeing Line, is proud to announce a new offer of free and confidential mental health and wellbeing support for leaders and staff within Gloucestershire VCSE organisations. This offer is exclusively available to VCS Alliance members only.
We know that the pressure on all organisations is considerable at this time and especially our smaller members who may not have the funding or infrastructure available to provide staff support.
For this reason, The Wellbeing Line, which is a psychologically-led service supporting health and care staff across Gloucestershire, is offering free and confidential support to staff among our membership organisations across the county. This offer is being made available for a trial period of 6 months and will be reviewed and potentially extended thereafter based on your feedback and feedback from those who access the service.
Types of support
The types of support available will include free support for any individual in any role who is feeling worried, anxious, or depressed, as well as free consultations for managers (this includes team leaders, managers and anyone who is line managing others).
Individuals can make initial contact with The Wellbeing Line by calling a dedicated telephone line, for a supportive and non-judgemental conversation. Alternatively, they can “request a call” using the form on The Wellbeing Line website. During the call they will think together with a member of the team, experienced in mental health support, to make sense of what is going on and think about possible ways forward, which may include further support and, in some cases, further clinical assessment with a clinical psychologist.
Managers and team leaders can also call or email the Wellbeing Team if you/they are concerned about an individual in their team or would like to talk about how best to support their teams. You/they will be offered a telephone or MS Teams consultation with a clinical psychologist who will think together with you/them about possible ways forward.
Confidential and independent
The Wellbeing Line service is confidential and completely independent of employers. The only records kept are those confidential to The Wellbeing Line. No contact is made with your GP, OH, HR, line manager or Gloucestershire VCS Alliance, unless this is something agreed with the individual to be in their best interests.
Next steps
If you would like to enrol your organisation and staff members in this 6-month pilot project, then please complete the application form as follows:
Once your application has been processed, you will receive confirmation details including telephone and email details and support is then available for staff straight away.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask us. You can visit The Wellbeing Line’s website at www.thewellbeingline.co.uk
If your organisation is not one of our members and you would like to access this and other benefits, you can join today by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
