Urgent help
If you need help right now
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If you or someone else is in immediate danger, or you do not feel able to keep yourself or someone else safe, please call 999 or go to A&E.
- NHS 111
- If you need urgent mental health support, call 111 and select the mental health option, or use NHS 111 online.
- Call 111
- Samaritans
- Call 116 123, free, any time, day or night.
- You can talk to someone without judgement or pressure.
- Call 116 123
- Shout
- Text SHOUT to 85258 for free, confidential, 24/7 text support anywhere in the UK.
- Text SHOUT to 85258
- Childline
- If you are under 19 and need someone to talk to, call 0800 1111 free or use Childline's online chat.
- Call 0800 1111
- NSPCC Helpline
- If you are worried that a child is being harmed or may be at risk, call 0808 800 5000. If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
- Call 0808 800 5000