Research has highlighted the various benefits that peer support can offer to provide young people with the practical tools and space to discuss their mental health and improve their quality of life.

Encouraging involvement in school sports can help to address many of the common challenges that young people talk about with their peers on the Tellmi app.

In November 2022, Tellmi was commissioned by NHS Somerset to provide mental health support to young people.

The bill for young people’s mental health across the UK is a startling £118 billion per year. New research into Tellmi, showcases significant savings to the NHS.

This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week was centred around the theme of ‘Anxiety’ and aimed to highlight the impact that anxiety can have on individuals and society as a whole.

A new report indicates that accessing support through Tellmi means young people are less reliant on NHS resources.

I am currently taking a gap year where I have chosen to work for an organisation that has an impact on young people's lives. Tellmi is an amazing anonymous app for young people who are suffering with Mental health and I highly recommend it.

Rates of mental health problems among the 700,000 children and young people in the UK who have been diagnosed with autism are extremely high.

Tellmi provides young people with a safe space to talk about financial concerns and get support and advice from other young people who have dealt with the same issues.

In the new Tellmi podcast, each month we interview a young person who has been impacted by mental health issues, and discuss their journey to recovery.

Tellmi is pleased to announce that we have been funded, by the Government's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to develop the Tellmi app for autistic children and young people.

In September 2022, Tellmi collaborated with the advertising agency Dentsu to produce their first ever billboard advertising campaign.

Tellmi is working with specialist eating disorders charity First Steps ED to provide early intervention and recovery support for young people aged 11 - 25.

Researchers at University College London and Cardiff University explored the factors that predict what helps, or hinders, successful transitions to secondary school. The findings from the STAR study inspired us to create the Tellmi ‘Starting Secondary School ‘ booklet, which was delivered to every year 7 student in our partner schools.

A independent evaluation of Tellmi which was conducted by by the Evidence Based Practice Unit in 2022, found statistically significant evidence that using the Tellmi app improves mental health in young people.

After a year of COVID chaos, UK schools were dealt another huge blow. In March 2021 the publication of fourteen thousand testimonies of sexual abuse and harassment on the Everyone’s Invited website triggered an immediate Ofsted investigation.

Innovate UK has given Tellmi a grant of £393,823 to integrate machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) into the Tellmi app to create a state of the art suicide prevention solution for children and young people (CYP) aged 11+.

It is an honour to be recognised as one of the leaders of British innovation in the digital mental health sector and we’re really excited to represent the UK at the Expo during the Health and Wellbeing week.

Research suggests that boys self-harm in different ways to girls. Girls who self-harm are more likely to cut themselves, or to overdose (Young et al., 2007), whereas boys who self-harm are more likely to punch walls, drink heavily, take drugs, or control their eating (Nada-Raja et al., 2004).

On March 20th, the government announced that schools were being locked down in response to the COVID crisis. Suddenly, students who had been getting face to face counselling at school could no longer access support.