Find Support
If you need help now or if you’re worried about someone else, the following support services can offer assistance

Samaritans
Call: 116 123
Email: [email protected]
Visit: samaritans.org
Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We’re here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Papyrus
Call: 0800 068 4141
9am – midnight every day of the year
Text: 07860039967
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Hopeline UK for children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide and anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide.

Shout Crisis Text Service
Visit: giveusashout.org
A free confidential number you can text any time – day or night. Text SHOUT to 85258 to get text support

Switchboard – LGBT+ Helpline
Call: 0300 330 0630
Open 10:00 – 22:00 every day
Visit: switchboard.lgbt

The Silver Line
Call: 0800 470 80 90
Visit: thesilverline.org.uk
The Silver Line is a free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people 24 hours a day, every day of the year

For Adults and Children & Young People in Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral.
Call: 0800 145 6485
For free and confidential 24/7 support and advice, text BLUE to 85258.

For Adults and Young People aged 16+ in Liverpool and Sefton.
Call: 0800 145 6570
For free and confidential 24/7 support and advice, text HEAL to 85258.
For Adults and Children & Young People in Warrington, Halton, St Helens and Knowsley.
Call: 0800 051 1508
For free and confidential 24/7 support and advice, text REACH to 85258.

For Children & Young People in Liverpool and Sefton.
Call: 0808 196 3550
For free and confidential 24/7 support and advice, text GREEN to 85258.

National mental health hotline for NHS staff
Call: 0300 131 7000 or text FRONTLINE to 85258.
The phone line will be open between 7am and 11pm every day, while the text service will be available around the clock.
Please still call 999 or got to A&E if you have an immediate, life-threatening emergency requiring mental or physical health assistance
Support after suicide services
If you have been bereaved by suicide, the following services offer support:

Amparo
Call: 0330 088 9255
Visit: listening-ear.co.uk/amparo
This service aims to alleviate the distress of those bereaved or affected by suicide.

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Call: 0300 111 5065
Visit: uksobs.org/about
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide exists to meet the needs and break the isolation experienced by those bereaved by suicide
Support Apps

Stay Alive App
The Stay Alive app is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information to help you stay safe.
Hub of Hope
A website and app where you can find mental health services and programmes in your area.
Non-urgent Care
For non-urgent help and general wellbeing advice, please check your Local Authority websites: