Get support
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.
Safe space / Peer support
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
Young people/ Students
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
The Mix
- 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
Carers
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
For Women
Self-Injury Support
- Support available every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 7pm – 9.30pm (except some holidays)
- Help to choose the most useful and relevant materials for you from our database of reliable information and self-help resources
- Support to connect with local services and activities that you think might be helpful to you
- Compassionate and non-judgemental guidance on using self-help materials
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
For Men
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
- Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day
- Visit the webchat page – 5pm to midnight every day
Over 55's
The Silver Line – for older people
- Call 0800 4 70 80 90 – 24 hours a day, every day