Help lines
Mind
A huge amount of information, advice and personal accounts of all mental health issues and how they can be managed.
MeeTwo
Different from the #metoo movement. MeeTwo is a fully moderated app for teenagers, which provides peer support, expert help, inbuilt educational and creative resources as well as links to UK charities and helplines. MeeTwo is a neutral space which allows young people to experiment with what it feels like to open up without drawing attention to themselves while positive feedback and social support builds confidence, increases wellbeing and promotes emotional resilience.
Kooth
Kooth is an online counselling and emotional well-being platform for children and young people.
Sign up to speak to a fully trained counsellor online.
Shout
Shout is the UK’s first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
Shout is powered by a team of volunteers, who are at the heart of the service. We take people from crisis to calm every single day.
Samaritans
https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/
Feeling suicidal/in crisis? Call the Samaritans 24 hours a day, all year round - speak to them
in your own way, and off the record, about whatever’s getting to you. Call 116 123 or email them
Childline
https://www.childline.org.uk/about/about-childline/
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You
can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, their trained counsellors are there
to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available any time, day or night. You can
contact them in whatever way feels best for you:
- by calling 0800 1111
- by email
- through 1-2-1 counsellor chat
Report online abuse
https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre
CEOP help children stay safe online. Has someone acted inappropriately towards you online, or
to a child or young person you know? It may be sexual chat, being asked to do something that
makes you feel uncomfortable or someone being insistent on meeting up. You can report it
Here.
Domestic abuse
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/
If you are experiencing domestic abuse or supporting someone who is in that situation,
immediate help is available. Contact the National Domestic Violence Helpline run in partnership
between Women’s Aid and Refuge on 0808 2000 247 or the Men’s Advice Line on 0808 801
0327.
Health services will be extremely stretched during the next few weeks and potentially months, but they will still be providing some essential services. Contact your local healthcare provider for the most up to date information.
Accident and emergency departments at hospital
Find your local A&E here: https://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search/Accident-and-emergency-services/LocationSearch/428
If you feel unable to keep yourself safe and you need immediate help – especially if you think you are at risk of acting on suicidal feelings, or you have seriously harmed yourself and need medical attention.
Some A&E departments have a liaison psychiatry team (specialist help for mental health) that you can ask to see. If there isn't a liaison psychiatry team, A&E staff might contact other local services such as a crisis team (CRHT) to help assess you.
Your GP
Your local NHS GP is able to make referrals to a number of health services including (but not limited to) mental health, physical health, substance abuse.
NHS
Mental health services are free on the NHS. Click here to find out more about the services
available to you.
Post-18 education and university
Depending on your university, free counselling services should be available to you.
Ask around at induction meetings/freshers fairs or search on the college/university website.
Colleges may have an onsite counsellor like in school and many universities offer a free
counselling service for up to 6 sessions.