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Network Rail has joined digital charity Mental Health Innovations and the wider rail industry to remind the public that help is just a text message away this World Mental Health Day.

• Network Rail joins digital charity Mental Health Innovations and the wider rail industry to launch new campaign Make a Connection - encouraging the public to text the keyword ‘Journey’ to 85258 for free and confidential mental health support, 24/7  
• New nationwide report, featuring anonymised data from conversations with 680,000 people, reveals 15.5% of people in Wales had issues of loneliness when they contacted the Shout text message support service, run by Mental Health Innovations   
• More than half of users from Wales who texted Shout about loneliness were under 25-years-old (61%) with almost a quarter (24.5%) being between the ages of 14-17, with almost one in ten (9%) being 13 and under 

• Network Rail joins digital charity Mental Health Innovations and the wider rail industry to launch new campaign Make a Connection - encouraging the public to text the keyword ‘Journey’ to 85258 for free and confidential mental health support, 24/7
• New nationwide report, featuring anonymised data from conversations with 680,000 people, reveals 15% of people in the south west had issues of loneliness when they contacted the Shout text message support service, run by Mental Health Innovations  
• More than half of users from the south west region who texted Shout about loneliness are under 25-years-old (55.5%) with almost a quarter (24%) being between the ages of 14-17, with 6.5% being 13 and under 

Network Rail has joined digital charity Mental Health Innovations and the wider rail industry to remind the public that help is just a text message away this World Mental Health Day (Tuesday 10 October).

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