Anxiety & Depression

  • We offer confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults by telephone, email and post. We work with callers to develop healthy, positive coping strategies, an inner feeling of strength and increased self-esteem to encourage healing, recovery and moving foinfo@supportline.org.ukrward with life.

    Phone: 01708 765200 


    Email: info@supportline.org.uk

    Website: www.supportline.org.uk

  • If you’re experiencing a personal crisis, are unable to cope and need support, text Shout to 85258. Shout can help with urgent issues such as suicidal thoughts, abuse or assault, self-harm, bullying and relationship challenges.

    Text: Text Shout to 85258


    Website: www.giveusashout.org

  • C.A.L.M. Their helpline and webchat are open 365 days a year, offering practical suggestions for all of life’s problems Their staff listen, talk and help people struggling with life to make a plan, so they can begin to look to the future.

    Phone: 0800 58 58 58

    Website: www.thecalmzone.net

  • The Silver Line operates a confidential, free helpline for people over 55 in the UK. They also offer telephone friendship where they match volunteers with older people based on their interests, facilitated group calls, and help to connect people with local services in their area.

    Phone: 0800 4 70 80 90 Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

  • Mental health service run by and for LGBTQ+ people. We believe in challenging inequality and discrimination towards lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people, people with mental health issues, from black asian and minority ethnic communities, older people, younger people, people with disabilities, and from all religious and cultural backgrounds.

    Phone: 01273 234839

    Website: https://mindout.org.uk/

  • Aimed at people under 25. They have a helpline and a crisis text service.

    Phone: 0808 808 4994 


    Crisis text message service: Text THEMIX to 85258


    Website: www.themix.org.uk

  • Sane Line
Work with anyone affected by mental illness, including families, friends and carers. They also provide a free text-based support service called Textcare and an online supportive forum community where anyone can share their experiences of mental health.

    Phone: 0300 304 7000 


    Textcare: www.sane.org.uk/how-we-help/emotional-support/textcare 


    Support Forum: www.sane.org.uk/how-we-help/sane-community


    Website: www.sane.org.uk

Anxiety & Depression

  • We offer confidential emotional support to children, young adults and adults by telephone, email and post. We work with callers to develop healthy, positive coping strategies, an inner feeling of strength and increased self-esteem to encourage healing, recovery and moving foinfo@supportline.org.ukrward with life.

    Phone: 01708 765200 


    Email: info@supportline.org.uk

    Website: www.supportline.org.uk

  • If you’re experiencing a personal crisis, are unable to cope and need support, text Shout to 85258. Shout can help with urgent issues such as suicidal thoughts, abuse or assault, self-harm, bullying and relationship challenges.

    Text: Text Shout to 85258


    Website: www.giveusashout.org

  • C.A.L.M. Their helpline and webchat are open 365 days a year, offering practical suggestions for all of life’s problems Their staff listen, talk and help people struggling with life to make a plan, so they can begin to look to the future.

    Phone: 0800 58 58 58

    Website: www.thecalmzone.net

  • The Silver Line operates a confidential, free helpline for people over 55 in the UK. They also offer telephone friendship where they match volunteers with older people based on their interests, facilitated group calls, and help to connect people with local services in their area.

    Phone: 0800 4 70 80 90 Website: www.thesilverline.org.uk

  • Mental health service run by and for LGBTQ+ people. We believe in challenging inequality and discrimination towards lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people, people with mental health issues, from black asian and minority ethnic communities, older people, younger people, people with disabilities, and from all religious and cultural backgrounds.

    Phone: 01273 234839

    Website: https://mindout.org.uk/

  • Aimed at people under 25. They have a helpline and a crisis text service.

    Phone: 0808 808 4994 


    Crisis text message service: Text THEMIX to 85258


    Website: www.themix.org.uk

  • Sane Line
Work with anyone affected by mental illness, including families, friends and carers. They also provide a free text-based support service called Textcare and an online supportive forum community where anyone can share their experiences of mental health.

    Phone: 0300 304 7000 


    Textcare: www.sane.org.uk/how-we-help/emotional-support/textcare 


    Support Forum: www.sane.org.uk/how-we-help/sane-community


    Website: www.sane.org.uk

Suicide Prevention

  • A charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide in young people under 35. Papyrus also supports friends and family worried about someone under the age of 35.

    Phone: 0800 068 41 41 


    Text: 07860 039967

    Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org 


    Website: www.papyrus-uk.org

  • Samaritans is not only for the moment of crisis, we’re taking action to prevent the crisis. We give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. And we encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives.

    Phone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)

    Website: www.samaritans.org

  • Suicide Prevention UK helps anyone who may be struggling with their mental health and/or thoughts of suicide. Our volunteers use their skills, training and empathetic approach to offer a non-judgmental listening ear to help people in what could be their darkest hour. Our volunteers aim to signpost individuals to the most relevant support available to them at that time, to get them the help they deserve.

    Our service is available via our helpline - National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK, social media and face to face out in the community.

    Telephone: 0800 689 5652

    Website: https://www.spuk.org.uk/

  • OLLIE is a charity dedicated to delivering suicide awareness, intervention and prevention training by empowering professionals and young adults in their own communities to lead suicide prevention activities. It is widely accepted in society that with appropriate support and education, suicide can be prevented.

    Call 07715 311891

    Email: contactus@theolliefoundation.org

    Website: https://theolliefoundation.org

  • Emotional and practical support and local groups for anyone bereaved or affected by suicide.

    Website: uk-sobs.org.uk

Sexual Violence

  • Support for people affected by rape or any kind of sexual assault or abuse at any time in their lives.

    Helpline: 0808 801 0456

    Email: support@sarsas.org.uk

    Website: https://www.sarsas.org.uk/

  • Support for Survivors has supported hundreds of adult survivors of child abuse get through seemingly impossible problems, especially where they feel left behind by other services.

    Phone: 0115 962 2722

    hello@supportforsurvivors.org

    Website: supportforsurvivors.org

  • Provides online counselling, therapeutic groups and couple counselling to men over 18 who have experienced sexual abuse at any time in their lives.

    Website: mkcharity.org

  • One in Four Offers advocacy services, counselling, and resources for adults who have experienced trauma, domestic or sexual abuse in childhood.

    Phone: 0800 121 7114

    Website: oneinfour.org.uk

  • Support for women and girls affected by rape, sexual abuse or any form of sexual violence. Provides details of local centres.

    Number: 0808 802 9999

    Website: rapecrisis.org.uk

  • Support, advice and information for non-abusing parents and carers whose children have experienced sexual abuse.

    Phone: 0800 980 1958

    Website: mosac.org.uk

  • Provides helplines and other support for LGBT+ adults and young people who have experienced hate crime, sexual violence or domestic abuse.

    Phone: 0800 999 5428

    Website: galop.org.uk