Buddycheck is an anonymous peer support network for members of UK Search & Rescue Teams. Read How It Works for more information.
You can choose a messaging buddy in our Introductions area. You will need to register: It’s free and as anonymous as you like.
You can freely access the links to crisis and wellbeing contacts below without registering.
Ready to listen
Hi.
I'm a veteran with 30 year's service in the military, including several operational tours. I have also served on both civilian and military mountain rescue teams, having first joined my local North Wales team in 1982. I am now a member of a lowland rescue team and I'm also a Community First Responder with the ambulance service. During my career, I have had occasion to listen to a lot of colleagues who needed someone to speak to and I have also needed to speak to people myself. Largely as a result of that experience, I became an instructor in first aid for mental health 2 years ago, having already become a first aid instructor.
If anyone would like to chat about anything, I will give you all the time you need, whether it's about something that has happened or about how you are feeling. Just register and send me a message.