SUPPORT FOR UNDER 18: Please speak to your local NHS CRISIS TEAM or visit Papyrus Below.
Papyrus – Prevention of Young Suicide
Help Line UK: 0800 068 414
Papyrus is the national UK charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide.
Text Papyrus on 07786 209697 9am–12am (midnight) every day of the year.
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
website: www.papyrus-uk.org
Crisis Support
If you are experiencing a mental health crisis you can contact your local NHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service. If you are under the care of a mental health team and have a specific care plan that states who to contact when you need urgent care, you should follow this plan.
CALL 111 press 2
If you need mental health support in the UK, you can call the NHS helpline by dialing 111 and then selecting option 2. This will connect you to a mental health professional who can provide assistance. The service is available 24/7 and is designed to offer immediate support, advice, and guidance for mental health concerns.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valley (TEWV) NHS Trust area:
Crisis Resolution and Intensive Home Treatment team (CRHT)
Urgent Mental Health Care 0800 0516 171 (24hrs, 7 days a week)
For more information about this service:
www.tewv.nhs.uk/services/crisis-and-intensive-home-treatment-team/
For non-urgent situations:
Visit your GP – You can find the address and telephone number of your GP by visiting the NHS Choices – Find GP website
Call NHS: 111 or Web: 111.nhs.uk
Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Trained nurses can tell you about your local crisis support services or your nearest A&E and provide other health advice.
Samaritans
Samaritans provide confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Freephone (to landline and mobiles) Tel: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
website: www.samaritans.org
Shout
Free, 24/7 confidential mental health text support in the UK
Text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258
Website: giveusashout.org
Rethink Mental Illness (National Service).
Contact their Advice team about mental health & related issues.
Tel: 0808 801 0525 Monday-Friday 9.30am to 4pm (not bank holidays)
Rethink Local
Crook Business Centre, New Road, Crook, Durham, DL15 8QX
Tel: 01388 766310
Email: countydurham.advocacy@rethink.org
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorders) UK
Tel: 01332 588112
Website: www.ocduk.org
Email: support@ocduk.org
Open weekdays between 9.30am–3.30pm.
Anxiety UK
Telephone: 03444 775 774
Weekdays between 9.30am–5.30pm
Text support: 07537 416 905 Mon-Fri: 9:30am – 5.30pm
Website: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Email: support@anxietyuk.org.uk
BEAT (Beating Eating Disorders)
Beat run a helpline for people experiencing an eating disorder, it is open to anyone over 18.
Parents, teachers or any concerned adults should call the adult helpline.
Website: www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Adult Helpline: 0808 801 0677
Email: help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Women’s Aid
National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Website: www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk (run by Refuge)
National LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Helpline
Tel: 0800 999 5428 (run by Galop)
Rape Crisis
www.rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/want-to-talk
National Helpline: 0808 802 9999