Our work·Products we built
A mental health service for NHS staff, built in weeks, not years.
The rapid development of a full mental health service, digital front door included, to support the wellbeing of NHS staff at work through COVID-19. In partnership with the NHS wellbeing taskforce.
Project5. Digital solution development: a mental health service with a digital front door.
What happened, and what came of it.
- Partner
- NHS wellbeing taskforce
- Ran
- 2020 to 2025
- Delivered
- 15,000+ free wellbeing sessions
- Value to the NHS
- £1.5m+, all volunteer-delivered
- Recognised
- Prime Minister's Points of Light
Covered elsewhere, by the people who ran it with us.
The Points of Light citationAt the outset of the pandemic, Craig recognised the imminent need for a free, independent mental health and wellbeing support service for NHS frontline staff, who were coming under increasing mental and emotional pressure.
Nothing of the kind existed, and there was no time to commission one the usual way.
Craig and Cordet recruited volunteers from the professional contacts they had built over years in the NHS, academia, the charity sector and business.
Project5 grew rapidly into an army of volunteer coaches, administrators, marketers, researchers and IT professionals, with a digital front door so any NHS worker could reach support in a few clicks.
Over 15,000 wellbeing sessions were delivered at no cost to the NHS, a volunteer-delivered gift valued at more than £1.5m.
Project5 ran from 2020 to 2025, in partnership with the NHS, supporting NHS workers in every role well beyond the pandemic it was built for. The work was recognised with the Prime Minister's Points of Light award.
More of the work
Related cases.
A selection from the same strand. The wider archive is on the our work page.
From the same strand
EpSMon
Academic, charity and health partners
We led the research and development of EpSMon, a self-monitoring app that helps people with epilepsy recognise rising risk early. It was shown to have real-world impact, has won national and international awards, and is commissioned by the NHS.
ACEmobile
Multi-stakeholder
We co-led the research and development of ACEmobile, a tablet-based dementia assessment tool. It has been internationally successful, widely commissioned and the subject of numerous publications, and it won an HSJ award for improving NHS service efficiency through technology.
ReNurture
Our own product
Our own product, built end to end. A private, self-paced recovery programme for people who have left controlling or abusive relationships, created by Craig, a Clinical Psychologist and a survivor. A government-funded UK pilot, evaluated with NIHR and Innovate UK, and launched in 2026.
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