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HOPELineUK
PAPYRUS
HOPELineUK offer support, practical advice and information to young people considering suicide and can also offer help and advice if you’re concerned about someone you know.
Phone: 0800 068 41 41
Samaritans
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day for anyone struggling to cope and provide a safe place to talk where calls are completely confidential.
Phone:
116 123 (UK)
116 123 (ROI)
Email: jo@samaritans.org (UK) jo@samaritans.ie (ROI)
Lifeline
Lifeline provides support to people suffering distress or despair in Northern Ireland, regardless of age or district.
Phone: 0808 808 8000
(24 hours a day)
Breathing Space
Breathing Space offers a confidential phone and web based service for people in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression or anxiety.
Phone: 0800 83 85 87 (Mon-Thu 6pm-2am, weekends 24 hours).
A BSL service is also available via the website.
Community Advice & Listening Line
Community Advice & Listening Line offers emotional support and information on mental health and related matters to people in Wales.
Phone: 0800 132 737 (24/7) or text "help" to 81066
Zero suicide alliance
A brilliant organisation that offers free online training about how to speak to someone you might be concerned with. It only takes 20 minutes to do, its free and it really could help you save someones life.
The International Association for Suicide Prevention
If you're based in a country or region that isn't covered by any of these resources then try this organisation. They have global scope and their website provides information on help available all across the world.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.
Phone: 0300 111 5065 (9am to 9pm daily)
CALM
CALM, the campaign against living miserably aims to prevent male suicide in the UK and offers anonymous, confidential listening, information and signposting.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily 5pm-midnight)
Links to international mental health organisations
This links to the CALM website, where they have a list of organisations from all over the world, organised by country
Grassroots
Grassroots has developed a really great app which can help you look after yourself if you feel at risk of suicide yourself.
Hub of hope
Hub of hope has a database of all kinds of different organisations that help with all kinds of mental health issues from substance problems to eating disorders and everything in between and the brilliant thing is that you can put in your location and find what's available near you.