List of support available
🚨 Emergency & Crisis
999 or 112 — Life-threatening emergencies.
101 — Police non-emergency.
111 — NHS urgent advice (medical or mental health).
NHS 24 Scotland — 111 (same service but branded NHS 24 in Scotland).
Local A&E / GP Out of Hours — Use via NHS 111/24.
🧠 Mental Health & Emotional Support
Samaritans — 116 123 (24/7).
Shout — Text SHOUT to 85258 (24/7 text support).
Mind Infoline — 0300 123 3393.
Rethink Mental Illness Advice — 0808 801 0525.
SANEline — 0300 304 7000 (4.30pm–10.30pm daily).
Papyrus HOPElineUK (suicide prevention for under 35s) — 0800 068 4141 / text 07860 039 967.
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) — 0800 58 58 58 (5pm–midnight daily).
🌈 LGBTQIA+ Support
Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline — 0800 0119 100 (10am–10pm daily).
Galop (LGBT+ abuse, hate crime & sexual violence) — 0800 999 5428.
MindLine Trans+ — 0300 330 5468.
LGBT Health Scotland — 0800 464 7000.
Stonewall Info Line — 0800 050 2020.
👨 Men’s Health & Support
CALM — 0800 58 58 58.
Andy’s Man Club — Free peer support groups across the UK (Mondays).
Men’s Advice Line (male victims of domestic abuse) — 0808 801 0327.
Men’s Minds Matter — Resources and suicide prevention.
ManHealth — Peer support & health advice.
Prostate Cancer UK Specialist Nurses — 0800 074 8383.
Movember — Health info (mental, prostate, testicular).
👩 Women’s Support
Women’s Aid Live Chat — chat.womensaid.org.uk.
Refuge Domestic Abuse Helpline — 0808 2000 247 (24/7).
National Centre for Domestic Violence — 0800 970 2070.
👶 Children & Young People
Childline — 0800 1111 (24/7 for under-19s).
YoungMinds Crisis Text Line — Text YM to 85258.
NSPCC Helpline (for adults concerned about a child) — 0808 800 5000.
♿ Disability & Neurodiversity Support
Scope Helpline — 0808 800 3333 (disability advice).
National Autistic Society Helpline — 0808 800 4104.
ADHD UK Helpline — 0800 061 4276.
💜 Trauma, Abuse & Sexual Violence
Rape Crisis England & Wales — 0808 500 2222.
SurvivorsUK (male/non-binary survivors of sexual violence) — 0203 598 3898.
NAPAC (National Association for People Abused in Childhood) — 0808 801 0331.
SafeLives — Domestic abuse resources and advice.
🏠 Housing, Homelessness & Financial Support
Shelter Helpline — 0808 800 4444 (housing/homelessness).
Crisis UK — 0800 999 999.
Turn2Us — 0808 802 2000 (financial hardship & benefits).
StepChange Debt Charity — 0800 138 1111.
National Debtline — 0808 808 4000.
🚸 Substance Use & Addictions
FRANK (Drugs Helpline) — 0300 123 6600 / text 82111.
Drinkline — 0300 123 1110.
GamCare (Gambling Helpline) — 0808 8020 133.
Narcotics Anonymous UK — 0300 999 1212.
Alcoholics Anonymous UK — 0800 9177 650.
🧑⚕️ Health Conditions & Medical
Diabetes UK Helpline — 0345 123 2399.
Asthma + Lung UK Helpline — 0300 222 5800.
British Heart Foundation Helpline — 0300 330 3311.
Cancer Research UK Nurses — 0808 800 4040.
🐾 Animal Welfare
RSPCA 24-hour Cruelty Line — 0300 1234 999.
PDSA Pet Helpline — 0800 731 2502.