Help Texts reflects what unions have always known:
We take care of our own. We look out for each other. We stand together.
By bringing Help Texts to your membership, you’re offering a benefit that truly matters—support for life's toughest moments, without stigma, judgment, or barriers.
Help Texts makes it easy to provide personalized, clinically sound text support for life challenges including:
- Grief after the loss of a child, partner, parent, friend, or colleague
- Pregnancy loss, due to miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, or medical termination
- Pet loss, acknowledging a deeply felt but often overlooked grief
- Caregiving for a loved one with cancer, ALS, dementia, or other serious illness
- Mental health challenges including anxiety, loneliness, depression, financial stress, suicidal thoughts, and burnout
No matter what they’re facing, Help Texts meets members where they are—and walks beside them for a full year. Because standing together means supporting every member, through every challenge.
Providing support during life’s hardest moments isn’t just kind—it protects your membership and strengthens the entire union.
Union members are the backbone of our communities—and they carry more than just the weight of their work. Many are quietly grieving, caring for sick loved ones, or burned out from trying to do it all. With Help Texts you can:
- Ease the burden of grief, caregiving, and mental health strain
- Reach across shifts, job sites, and languages
- Support members and their families without increasing staff or overhead
- Honor your union values of solidarity, care, and shared strength
Discreet & Personalized
- Texts are tailored based on age, diagnosis, cause of death, and more
- Extra support on holidays, anniversaries and birthdays
- No waitlists—just support, directly to members’ phones
Inclusive & Accessible
- Available in 27 languages
- Especially high engagement with men
- Designed for all tech levels—no apps or smartphone required
Keep Members Safe & Strong
- Reduce grief-related distraction, errors, and workplace accidents
- Decrease absenteeism and protect productivity
- Address “grief brain” that impacts memory and focus
Complement Existing Resources
- Extend support beyond short-term counseling
- Offer consistent care without needing additional staff or admin time
- Send union-specific updates, benefits, or language
Don’t just take our word for it
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I was gifted Help Texts after my father died, and I've gifted it to many others now, especially men. There's a stigma around male grief. With Help Texts, you can ponder the messages on your own time without the pressure of grieving in front of others. It feels like a private, personal consult for your grief.
Mark Busse, Help Texts subscriber, Vancouver, Canada
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A little over a year ago, I lost my dad. Help Texts didn’t try to “fix” my grief. They normalized it, gave me real, practical ways to take care of myself, and—somehow—made me look forward to text messages. I hope you never have to navigate this kind of loss, but if you do, Help Texts can, well, help.
Mark Cullen, Help Texts subscriber, Minneapolis, USA.
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When my father passed unexpectedly it was the hardest experience I'd ever encountered. I didn’t feel grief counseling was helpful to me, but when my employer offered me Help Texts I said yes and found it very helpful. Twice a week I get messages that resonate with how I feel & I look forward to each new message. Help Texts is a tool I highly recommend for anyone who has lost someone close to them.
Thomas Georgakopoulos, LCBO Employee
Support available in
27 languagesof subscribers say Help Texts helped them feel more supported
acceptability rate among men
Subscribers in
44 countries
