No one gets left behind.
Help ensure that no one experiencing a health crisis gets left behind.
This winter, will you donate to support people living in crisis with their health?
With more people experiencing a life crisis and in need of help, every penny really does make a difference. Your generosity will allow us to increase the amount of wellbeing support to people in crisis across Scotland, ensuring no one gets left behind.
Why your support matters
50%
Almost 50% of adults in Scotland live with at least one long-term health condition.
100%
The number of people looking for support from Thistle has increased by 100% in just one year.
1/4
Around one in four people in Scotland are affected by mental health problems.
Your support makes a difference
This winter, Ronnie talks about how the deterioration of his physical health had a devastating impact on his mental wellbeing – and how he’s now back to living well and enjoying life with the support of Thistle.
“I was made redundant through illness. I couldn’t come to terms with the fact I was never going to get up in the morning again and go to work. I had a lot of dark thoughts in my head. I just couldn’t see any way out of it. I thought, ‘is this it for me?’
“I didn’t want to accept help, but I knew I had to or I would have ended up taking my own life. I couldn’t have gone through life much longer the way I was.
“I didn’t want to live like this, but I didn’t know where to turn.
“If it wasn’t for Thistle and the people I met taking an interest in me, I don’t think I’d be here today. I was down – you couldn’t get any lower – and Thistle pulled me through. I wouldn’t want anyone to experience what I did: to feel hopeless and that life wasn’t worth living. So please, if you can, help someone else like me get the help they need.”
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