Mental Health start up business

Aim

We are two mental health nurse specialists launching Simply Calm. Help us make expert support accessible to every family who needs it.

Right now, thousands of families across the UK are navigating one of the hardest things a parent can face....watching their child struggle with their mental health, and not knowing how to help. CAMHS waiting lists are long, thresholds for specialist support are high and in the gap between crisis and clinical care, parents are often left completely alone, without the language, the understanding, or the tools to support their child at home.

We know this because we have spent years working on the front line of child and adolescent mental health. We have sat with those families. We have seen what happens when parents feel equipped — and what happens when they don't.

Who we are

We are Alison and Carmen, two registered mental health nurse specialists with over twenty years of combined experience supporting children, young people, and their families.

Between us we bring specialist expertise in anxiety, low mood, eating difficulties, emotion regulation, autism, ADHD and school refusal. We hold advanced training in Family-Based Treatment  and we are driven by one conviction above all others: parents are the most powerful force in a child's life.

Simply Calm is what we are building for them.

What Simply Calm is

Simply Calm is an online mental health psycho-education and parenting support platform.......built by specialist nurses, designed for families.

We work with parents and carers, not directly with children. No diagnosis, no clinical treatment. What we offer is expert-informed education and support that helps parents understand what their child is experiencing, build confidence in how to respond, and strengthen the relationships that matter most.

Our services will include pre-recorded psycho-education content, live themed webinars, structured six-week parenting support workshops, and 1-2-1 parental support sessions — all delivered entirely online, so families across the UK can access them from home.

What your support will fund

We are at the very beginning of building Simply Calm, and your support will help us get off the ground. Every penny raised goes directly towards:

• Recording and producing our first psychoeducation content modules
• Setting up our online platform so families can access content securely
• Completing our specialist training so our content is as strong as it can be
• Building the website and digital presence that will help families find us

We are not asking you to fund a dream. We are asking you to help two specialist nurses with decades of frontline experience turn what they know into something that reaches the families who need it most.

Help us turn crisis into connection

If you have ever been that parent, you know the one.... sitting up at night worrying about your child, not knowing who to turn to or what to do — Simply Calm is being built for you.

If you know that parent, please share this campaign with them.

And if you believe that every family deserves access to expert-informed support, not just those who can afford private therapy or who live near the right services.

Please back us today.

Helping to turn crisis into connection.

Alison & Carmen,Simply Calm.

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 5th July 2026 at 10:01pm