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Connect & Support UK

You don’t have to do this alone.

A free UK app for the harder days and the quieter ones — built by Play Northwest CIC. No ads. No trackers. Free forever.

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No sign-up. Quick Exit always one tap away.

Free, forever

All crisis features are free for everyone, no sign-up required.

24/7 one-tap UK crisis helplines — Samaritans, Shout, NHS 111 (option 2 for urgent mental health), Papyrus HOPELINE247, 999
Quick Exit button on every page — your privacy comes first
Stay With Me Panic Support Timer — a guided low-sensory wait through panic and overwhelm
5 evidence-based breathing patterns (Physiological Sigh, 4-7-8, Box, Coherent, Calm)
6 grounding techniques for panic, anxiety, dissociation and flashbacks
Key crisis & coping skills — TIPP, STOP, Self-Compassion, Behavioural Activation and more
Stanley-Brown Safety Plan — the gold-standard suicide-safety planning tool
ACE check — a confidential self-assessment with signposting to specialist support
Midnight Panic — a free guided sleep routine for the hardest nights
Wellbeing Passport — your private record of progress (free with optional account)
Journal, mood and emotional-vocabulary check-ins (free with optional account)
UK-wide service finder — 600+ NHS, charity and community services with map and filters
Works offline — install to your home screen, no app store needed
Full accessibility — screen reader and voice control support, dedicated accessibility page
No ads. No trackers. No account required for crisis features
On-device data storage with export and delete controls

Get the free app on your phone:

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Premium

Try Premium free for 7 days. Support our community wellbeing work and unlock deeper tools for ongoing self-care. Cancel anytime — no charge if you cancel during the trial.

28 evidence-based therapeutic skills (CBT, ACT, DBT, MBSR-informed)
Sleep School — 8-week CBT-I-aligned programme with a 3-day free preview
Full CBT-I course (7-session insomnia programme)
12 guided Sound Healing Journeys — for recovery, sleep, anxiety, mornings, grief and focus
Sleep routines — Wind-Down and Sleep Reset (Midnight Panic stays free)
Fall — slow narrated bedtime walks
20 long-form calming sounds
Soundscape Mixer — layer up to 3 ambient sounds and save your own mixes
Sleep timer — fade audio out as you drift off
Weekly Insights and Pattern noticing — gentle, private insights from your check-ins
Trigger and vocabulary pattern detection — deeper insights from your check-in tags
Clinician Letterbox — one-tap PDF of your Safety Plan, Wellbeing Passport and 4-week summary to your GP or therapist
Personal Session Presets — save your Stay With Me sessions and custom Soundscape mixes
Custom breathing patterns
Wellbeing tracking and mood charts (account required)

Connect & Support UK is run by Play North West CIC — a Community Interest Company, not a tech startup. Your Premium pays for the version of this app that someone in crisis will open tonight. You’re not unlocking yourself — you’re paying it forward.

Monthly

£2.99/ month

7-day free trial · Cancel anytime

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Yearly

£25/ year

7-day free trial · That’s £2.08/month

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Payments processed securely by Stripe. Subscriptions fund free community workshops delivered by Play Northwest CIC across Merseyside.

How we keep you safe

The app was designed with safety, privacy and dignity at the centre.

Quick Exit on every page
One-tap return to a neutral page if you need to hide the screen.
No account needed for crisis
Call or text helplines, breathe, ground or use the service finder without signing in.
Your data stays on your device
Wellbeing notes and journaling are stored locally by default — we don’t see them.

Why we built this

Play Northwest CIC uses music to open a door to mental wellbeing for people excluded from traditional services. The app gives you the same scaffolding we use in our in-person programmes — the NHS 5 Steps to Mental Wellbeing — in a form you can carry in your pocket.

All crisis features are free, forever. The Premium tier funds our free community workshops in Merseyside, so every paying subscriber directly supports someone who can’t pay.

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Coming soon

WorkPathway UK

Your path to work starts here.

A new free platform from Play Northwest CIC for 16–24s — and career changers of any age. Find work, build skills and get career guidance, all in one place. No experience needed.

AI Career CoachAI CV BuilderInterview PracticeLocal Job FinderSkills Gap AnalysisApprenticeship Hub
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