1 in 4 people experience a mental health problem of some kind each year. 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week. These ratios were already trending upwards before the impact of Covid and the cost of living crisis. It is not unreasonable to suggest that Britain is experiencing a mental health epidemic. Mind Over Mountains seeks to address those challenges by enabling people to access therapeutic outdoor experiences.

Our specialist wellbeing walks and retreats bring together professionally guided hill-walking, mindfulness, and quality time with experienced coaches and counsellors. Our approach is well supported by neuroscientific research, by the New Economics Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing, and by the movement towards green social prescribing. Our programmes have been shown to deliver reductions in anxiety and depression, and both short- and long-term beneficial mental health outcomes.