Useful Links & Helplines Birchwood have collated a list of useful links that maybe helpful or if you are in crisis and need help outside of our normal working hours. If you need support, our mental health and wellbeing team are available 9 to 5 Monday to Friday, please contact them on 01695 713248 or to self-refer please click here. Organisation Supporting Telephone Numbers Email Address Website Web Chat NHS 0300 123 3393 https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/ No Mind General Information and support 0300 123 3393 [email protected] https://www.mind.org.uk/ No Samaritans Support for people in a crisis 116 123 [email protected] https://www.samaritans.org/ Yes Shout Text support for those in crisis Text Shout to 85258 Shout: the UK's free, confidential and 24/7 mental health text service for crisis support | Shout 85258 (giveusashout.org) No CALM Preventing Male suicides 0800 585858 Homepage | Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) (thecalmzone.net) Yes Switchboard National LGBTQIA+ support line 0800 0119 100 [email protected] Homepage | Switchboard Yes NHS – every mind matters Promoting health and wellbeing Every Mind Matters - NHS (www.nhs.uk) No Frank Help and advice for drugs 0300 1236600 or Text 82111 Honest information about drugs | FRANK (talktofrank.com) Yes Children and Young People Organisation Supporting Telephone Numbers Email Address Website Web Chat Place2be Children and young peoples mental health https://www.place2be.org.uk/ No Anna Freud Resources and coping mechanisms for children and young people www.annafreud.org No NHS – every mind matters Promoting health and wellbeing Every Mind Matters - NHS (www.nhs.uk) No Togetherall For students at eligible universities and colleges who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or not coping. Togetherall No Students Against Depression Supports students against depression https://www.studentsagainstdepression.org/ No SafeSpot Is an app that promotes positive mental wellbeing in children and young adults https://SafeSpot.org.uk/ No Nightline Lists contact information for helplines and listening services in universities and colleges across the UK https://nightline.ac.uk/listening-services/ No Childline Listening service for children and young people 0800 1111 Childline | Childline No Need Help Now Do you feel your life is at risk right now Please note our website is NOT monitored 24/7 and we can't provide help and support outside of our business hours. If you feel suicidal, or you have seriously harmed yourself and need urgent medical help. Please: Call 999 for an ambulance Go straight to A&E, if you can Or call your local home treatment team if you have their number If you can't do this by yourself, ask someone to help you. Mental health emergencies are serious. You're not wasting anyone's time. Don’t want to call 999 If you need urgent advice but can keep yourself safe for a short while: Contact NHS 111 contact your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment. contact a local urgent mental health helpline. This service is currently only available in England. Need someone to talk to NOW Whatever you're going through, there are people right now you can talk to. You can: call Samaritanson 116 123 (UK-wide) text SHOUTto 85258 (UK-wide) The above FREE services are for anyone who is struggling, they are non- judgemental, it's anonymous and they are always open. Please click here for the link to resources to help you cope in a crisis. Disclaimer Birchwood has taken all possible steps to ensure that the information provided on this directory is helpful, accurate and up to date. However, the information given on this website is not comprehensive and there may be inadvertent errors for which we apologise. There are links within the directory that take you to external websites which are not managed by the Birchwood and therefore we have no control of their content or changes in their services such as opening times.