An evening safe space
In Swindon, professionals can refer young people to The Haven, open seven days a week from 3.30pm to 10pm. It offers a 90-minute one-to-one session and a follow-up for young people who are struggling but don’t need crisis care.
Help for young people long before crisis point
Early mental health and emotional wellbeing support through our BeU services, so fewer children and young people need specialist care.
Early help that eases pressure on specialist services
Most young people who are struggling don’t need specialist care, but without early help some will come to need it. BeU reaches them sooner, at a fraction of the cost of intensive support.
BeU offers free, accessible mental health and emotional wellbeing support. We work with children, young people and their parents and carers, and our autism assessments support both young people and adults.
We focus on mild to moderate needs and step in early, so people get help before problems grow. In BeU Notts, young people don't need a GP referral or a diagnosis to get support, and anyone aged 12 or over can refer themselves.
Every BeU service follows the THRIVE Framework. We work closely with CAMHS, schools and other local providers so each person gets the right help at the right time. Anyone in crisis or at risk of serious harm is referred straight to urgent mental health support.
We've also delivered Mental Health Support Teams in schools. Our approach works across all ages, and we'd welcome a conversation about adult mental health support in your area.
Early support that works
In 2024/25 our BeU Wellbeing Hubs in Nottingham City and County were commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care as part of the Early Support Hubs initiative.
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therapeutic interventions
Helping young people with anxiety, stress, bullying and times of change.
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Roughly what early support costs: a fraction of intensive CAMHS support or inpatient care.
What BeU looks like day to day
Nobody forgotten on a waiting list
Our Waiting Well offer gives families regular check-ins, online support through Kooth and links to local groups while they wait, so their needs stay in view.
Workshops in schools
BeU Hubs practitioners run free workshops on emotional regulation, anxiety, relationships and identity. Pupils who need more can be referred for one-to-one support.
Support for the adults around them
Parents and carers can join peer support groups. Teachers, social workers and GPs can get consultation and training from our practitioners.
Reaching young people who might not come forward
We make support easy to find and safe to use for the young people least likely to ask.
No referral needed
In BeU Notts, young people don’t need a GP referral or a diagnosis, and anyone aged 12 or over can refer themselves.
Designed with young people
In Swindon, LGBTQI+ young people co-designed a Pride campaign built around their own experiences, language and priorities.
Confidence for the adults around them
Over two months, BeU Notts worked with 30 settings and trained 37 professionals in neurodiversity and mental health. Their knowledge rose by almost 20% and their confidence by more than 32%.
Part of your local i-THRIVE system
Every BeU service follows the THRIVE Framework, so young people get the right level of help and move between levels as their needs change.
We agree referral criteria, step-up and step-down routes and warm handovers with CAMHS, schools, social care and voluntary sector partners. Waiting Well keeps families supported while they wait, and anyone in crisis goes straight to urgent support.
Support at every level of need
Depending on the service, support includes:
- One-to-one counselling
- Group therapy, face-to-face and online
- Online counselling
- Single session therapy
- Social prescribing
- Emotional wellbeing practitioners
- Safety and harm minimisation planning
- Peer support, and groups for parents and carers
- Digital self-help resources
- Safe havens for children and young people
- Autism assessments for young people
- Mental Health Support Teams in schools
Our BeU Mental Health services
Free early mental health and emotional wellbeing support for 0 to 25-year-olds in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire (except Bassetlaw), including one-to-one counselling, group therapy and peer support.
Free early intervention for children and young people across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire. We partner with schools and community groups to deliver wellbeing workshops and one-to-one support, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Free early support for children and young people aged 5 to 18 (up to 25 with SEND) in Swindon, with one-to-one support, group therapy and help for parents and carers.
Free therapeutic mental health support for children looked after in Wirral, with tailored therapies from our Mental Health Practitioners and support for the carers and professionals around each young person.
A brand shaped by the people it’s for
BeU is the name behind our mental health and emotional wellbeing services. We ran research groups with local young people to understand what makes support feel approachable, then built the brand with them. They helped shape the design and took part in the filming, so BeU reflects their voices and experiences.
One trusted name for every age
BeU speaks to a primary school pupil, a teenager and an adult alike, so people recognise the same name as they move between services, from early help to autism assessment.
Painterly illustrations, a soft colour palette and gentle animation give BeU a calm, hopeful feel that works for every age.
Let’s talk about early support in your area
Tell us about the children, young people or adults you commission for and we’ll show you how BeU could work in your system.
