Useful links
Need help right now in Wales
NHS (Wales) Urgent Helpline for mental health support: Those with urgent mental health needs are encouraged to dial 111 and select option 2.
Need help right now in England
NHS (England) helplines for urgent mental health support can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline
In an emergency situation call 999
24-hour helplines
For non-urgent advice and support, please contact the CALL Mental Health Helpline on 0800 132 737 for Wales, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week - https://callhelpline.org.uk/
Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, free to call) Email: jo@samaritans.org Website: www.samaritans.org
Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.
Further support and information
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 (9am-6pm Monday to Friday) Email: info@mind.org.uk Web site: www.mind.org.uk/help/advice_lines
Mind provides confidential mental health information services, including legal advice.
With support and understanding, Mind enables people to make informed choices. The Infoline gives information on types of mental distress, where to get help, drug treatments, alternative therapies and advocacy. Mind has around 140 local Minds providing local mental health services.
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)
Telephone: 0808 8010331 (10am-9pm Monday to Thursday, 10am -6pm Friday) Email: support@napac.org.uk
Website: https://napac.org.uk/
NAPAC provides the only free national support service for adult survivors of all types of childhood abuse. We offer specialist, confidential support to all adult survivors of any type of abuse, operated by experienced staff and trained volunteers.
Rethink Mental Illness Advice Line
Telephone: 0300 5000 927 (9.30am - 4pm Monday to Friday) Email: info@rethink.org Website: http://www.rethink.org/about-us/our-mental-health-advice
Provides expert advice and information to people with mental health problems and those who care for them, as well as giving help to health professionals, employers and staff. Rethink also runs Rethink services and groups across England and Northern Ireland.
Telephone: 0300 304 7000 (4:30pm-10:30pm) Website: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/helpline
Saneline is a national mental health helpline providing information and support to people with mental health problems and those who support them.
Telephone: 0808 808 4994 (11am-11pm, free to call) Website: www.themix.org.uk/get-support
The Mix provides judgement-free information and support to young people aged 13-25 on a range of issues including mental health problems. Young people can access the The Mix's support via phone, email, peer to peer and counselling services.
Telephone: 0800 1111 Email: http://www.childline.org.uk/Talk/Pages/Email.aspx Website: www.childline.org.uk
ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor for free about anything - no problem is too big or too small.
Telephone: 0808 800 333
Website: https://www.scope.org.uk/
For independent support or disability information
Email helpline@scope.org.uk
Forum: https://community.scope.org.uk/entry/register
This online disability forum is a vibrant and supportive space for disabled people, parents and carers to get disability advice and information, and talk to people with similar experiences.