Get support
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If you, or someone you know, needs support there are number of helplines you can contact:
Samaritans – for everyone
Call 116 123 – 24 hours a day, every day
Email jo@samaritans.org
You can also contact your GP for advice and support.
Or, if you are currently in crisis, please visit your local Emergency Department; call your local Crisis Line; or call 999.
The Listening Place
Face-to-face support
Visitors know that we are comfortable talking about suicide and are fully confidential. So they feel safe enough to talk about every aspect of their distress without the worry of intervention.
Maytree House – Maytree house is currently closed due to COVID, however, offer telephone and email support between 8am-8pm
Residential respite centre for people who are feeling suicidal
Free 4 night, 5 day stay for adults, with the opportunity to be heard in complete confidence, in a caring, safe environment
Rain On Me
Support group with people who have lived experience
Provides a safe space for those needing to vent about daily struggles and stresses affecting their mental health
Talk about mental health in a ‘medical-free’ zone
Papyrus
• Under 35
• Call 0800 068 41 41 – Monday to Friday 10am to 10pm, weekends 2pm to 10pm, bank holidays 2pm to 5pm
• Text 07786 209697
• Email pat@papyrus-uk.org
Childline
• Under 19
• Call 0800 1111 – the number won’t show up on your phone bill
• Counselling service for children and young people who need someone to talk to
• Helpline, 1-2-1 chat, message boards
Kooth
• 11-25 years old
• Free online counselling service
YoungMinds
• Crisis support – Text YM to 85258.
• Information and advice for different areas of life
• Helpline: 0808 808 4994
• Connect you to experts and your peers who’ll give you the support and tools you need to take on any challenge you’re facing – for everything from homelessness to finding a job, from money to mental health, from break-ups to drugs. We’re a free and confidential multi-channel service
Students against depression
• Advice, information, self-help resources
• Experiences, strategies and advice from students themselves
YoungMinds – For Parents
- Call our Parents Helpline for detailed advice, emotional support and signposting about a child or young person up to the age of 25.
- Call us for free on 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am – 4pm, Mon – Fri
Sift
Support available Monday to Friday, check their website for opening times.
Sift (formerly Self injury Support)
Helpline: 0808 800 8088
Text support: 07537 432 444
Email support: tess@sift.org.uk
Sift’s listening services offer free, compassionate and confidential support over phone, text and email. They help people of all ages, genders and backgrounds in the United Kingdom who may be experiencing emotional distress related to self-harm. When you reach out, you will talk with one of their trained volunteers who are experienced in how to help people in your situation. They will listen to you, help you explore your story and feelings, and support you in any decisions you choose to make.
You can also visit their website for access to their self-help resource library.
Wish
Long-term, gender-sensitive support and services to women with mental health needs in their journey through the criminal justice and mental health systems and into the community
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
- Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day
- Visit the webchat page – 5pm to midnight every day
The Silver Line – for older people
- Call 0800 4 70 80 90 – 24 hours a day, every day
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