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Youth Mental Health Day: Share Support with Mindapples

26 August 2025

September the 19th is Youth Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme is #ShareSupport. It is about encouraging young people to talk about what helps them, to share their own ideas for wellbeing, and to support one another through connection and understanding. At Mindapples, this message is very close to our work. Since 2008, we […]

Students holding a colourful Mindapples awareness poster in school hallway.

Mindapples and Open SU: Growing Wellbeing Together

Mindapples has been working with Open SU for five years, delivering an annual programme of wellbeing workshops and Champions Training to support students’ mental health and resilience. This piece looks back on the past 12 months of partnership during the 2024/25 academic year, which has included a face-to-face Feed Your Mind keynote on campus in […]

Planned table with Mindapples signs, colourful markers, and a bowl of apples promoting mental wellbeing and mindfulness activities.

Making Transition Work: Connecting with students before they arrive, through first year and beyond

Starting university is a big life change, and it can be a high-risk phase for mental health. Some students notice anxiety rising, difficulties with sleep and their wellbeing dipping. Effective support starts before students arrive, is woven into teaching and refreshed across the first year and beyond. This is the Mindapples approach. We run interactive, […]

heart-shaped paper notes on display at Mindapples event

International Self-Care Day – 24 July

18 July 2025

What are the five-a-day for your mind? At Mindapples, we encourage people to notice what helps them feel good, manage pressure and stay balanced. For over a decade we’ve been asking people the question, “What are five things you do each day for your mind?” We’ve gathered thousands of answers over the years and notice […]

Apple shaped note cards with handwriting. The writing describes activities the person does to take care of their mind.

Meet Our New Trustees: Champions for Mental Wellbeing

We’re delighted to welcome three inspiring new trustees to the Mindapples Board, each bringing unique expertise and a deep commitment to our mission: making mental wellbeing something we can all talk about and take care of every day. Charlie Hamilton Charlie is a PhD researcher in neuroinclusion at Lancaster University and a cognition researcher at […]

2 blue figures holding a yellow apple and standing on green grass

Let’s Help Teachers Thrive: Everyday Tools for Mental Wellbeing

As schools break up for the summer, many teachers are finally catching their breath, stepping back from the whirlwind of lessons, planning, and pastoral care. This pause can be a chance to rest, but also to reflect: How am I really doing? According to the Teacher Wellbeing Index 2024, 78% of school staff reported symptoms […]

A glass fronted building in the sunlight. A 6th form college, Leyton Sixth Form College in London.

From Transition to Culture Change: Embedding Wellbeing Across the University Journey

At Mindapples, we believe that looking after your mind should be as natural as brushing your teeth. Since 2008, we’ve supported people to build the knowledge, skills, and habits that support mental wellbeing. With over a decade of experience working with universities, we’ve co-produced resources with students and staff to meet the real challenges of […]

Wooden apple tree with red and green applecards hanging from it, in a university foyer

Year 10 prepare to launch Mindapples to the whole school

22 November 2023

Earlier this year Mrs Donna Hughes (Assistant Principal Personal Development) at Ormiston South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy (SWB) attended the Mindapples’ champions course for schools. Ormiston SWB is a large secondary school with over 1100 pupils in Bilston, Wolverhampton. We caught up with Mrs Hughes to find out what she thought about the course and […]

Mindapple-a-day: Write lists

10 November 2020

List writing is a very popular thing that people say they do partly for their wellbeing but also for productivity. It’s good to have a list of all the things you need to do, things that you don’t want to forget, to be organised – it can help to feel more in control of things. But also, […]

Mindapple-a-day: Complete silence

It’s harder than you’d think to get total silence, there’s always a lot of background burble going on, whether it’s the noises of devices, people or even the sounds of nature. There’s lots of things going on that pull our attention away. The advantage of complete silence is that it allows you to completely focus […]