NHS urgent mental health helpline
Find a local NHS urgent mental health helpline (England only)
NHS urgent mental health helplines are for people of all ages. You may need urgent help for many reasons. The important thing to know is you will not be wasting anyone's time.
You can call for:
- 24-hour advice and support - for you, your child, your parent or someone you care for
- help to speak to a mental health professional
- an assessment to help decide on the best course of care
Samaritans
Contact a Samaritan
To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
You can call 116 123 (free from any phone), email [email protected] or visit some branches in person. This number is free to call from both landlines and mobiles, including pay-as-you-go mobiles. You do not need to have any credit or call allowance on your plan to call 116 123.
You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).
SANEline
SANEline is a national out-of-hours mental health helpline offering specialist emotional support, guidance and information to anyone. We are normally open every day of the year from 4.30pm to 10.30pm on 0300 304 7000.
Our helpline is here to support you – particularly if you feel you have reached a moment of crisis. We know that moment of crisis is different for everybody – some people can reach that point daily, and for some people it is a rare occurrence.
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK is a helpline offering a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide.
We are open from 6pm to 3:30am everyday on 0800 689 5652. Anybody is welcome to call us if you need to talk.
Our helpline is here to support you when you feel you need us.
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
You can call the CALM on 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight every day) if you are struggling and need to talk. Or if you prefer not to speak on the phone, you could try the CALM webchat service.
We are all incredible beings, and there’s no shame in feeling a little down every now and then. There is a place, and there are people, you can turn to when you feel like there isn’t. That place is CALM.
Papyrus HOPELINEUK
If you're under 35 and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call Papyrus HOPELINEUK on 0800 068 4141 (weekdays 10am-10pm, weekends 2pm-10pm and bank holidays 2pm–10pm), email [email protected] or text 07786 209 697.
Suicide is the biggest killer of people aged 35 and under in the UK. We believe that suicide is preventable.
Switchboard
If you identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you can call Switchboard on 0300 330 0630 (10am–10pm every day), email [email protected] or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+.
We’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits, and we understand how anxious you might feel before you pick up the phone.
C.A.L.L.
If you live in Wales, you can call the Community Advice and Listening Line (C.A.L.L.) on 0800 132 737 (open 24/7) or you can text 'help' followed by a question to 81066.
The service provided by CALL falls into two parts. Initially the caller is offered emotional support through listening and allowing them to express their feelings regarding any crisis or situation. We also provide an information service whereby from the database we can provide contacts for agencies, both statutory and voluntary, local to the caller.
Hub of hope
The Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database. Initially a simple spreadsheet of local services populated at the kitchen table of Chasing the Stigma founder and CEO, Jake Mills, the Hub of Hope was born out of Jake’s own lived experience of extreme mental and emotional distress.
To date, the Hub of Hope has directed hundreds of thousands of people to life-changing and even life-saving support and it is now the UK’s go-to mental health support signposting tool, with thousands of local, regional and national support groups and services listed.
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