Where to get help


Below are some of the organisations that can provide help and assistance

Time to Change
Telephone: 020 8215 2356
Email: info@time-to-change.org.uk
Website: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/

Time to Change DO NOT provide support to individuals and carers.  They do provide information about mental health and where to go to get help.

Samaritans

Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, free to call)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: https://www.samaritans.org

Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.

Mind Infoline

Telephone: 0300 123 3393 (9am-6pm Monday to Friday) or text 86463
Email: info@mind.org.uk
Website: www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines

Mind provides confidential mental health information services.

With support and understanding, Mind enables people to make informed choices. The Infoline gives information on types of mental health problems, where to get help, drug treatments, alternative therapies and advocacy. Mind works in partnership with around 140 local Minds providing local mental health services.


Rethink Mental Illness Advice Line

Telephone: 0300 5000 927 (9.30am - 4pm Monday to Friday)
Email: online contact form
Website: http://www.rethink.org/about-us/our-mental-health-advice


Provides expert advice and information to people with mental health problems and those who care for them, as well as giving help to health professionals, employers and staff. Rethink also runs Rethink services and groups across England.

Saneline

Telephone: 0300 304 7000 (4:30pm-10:30pm)
Website: www.sane.org.uk/what_we_do/support/helpline

Saneline is a national mental health helpline providing information and support to people with mental health problems and those who support them.

The Mix

Telephone: 0808 808 4994 (11am-11pm, free to call)
Email: Helpline email form
Crisis Support: Text 'THEMIX' to 85258.
Website: www.themix.org.uk/get-support


The Mix provides judgement-free information and support to young people aged 13-25 on a range of issues including mental health problems. Young people can access the The Mix's support via phone, email, webchat, peer to peer and counselling services.

ChildLine

Telephone: 0800 1111
Website: www.childline.org.uk

ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor for free about anything - no problem is too big or too small.

Elefriends

Website: http://elefriends.org.uk/

Elefriends is a supportive online community where you can be yourself. Elefriends is run by Mind.

If you're a carer needing support you can contact all of the above as well as Carers Direct and the Carers Trust, both of whom are able to provide support and advice on any issues affecting you.

What should I do if I'm supporting someone in a crisis?

If the person seems really unwell, and you are worried about their safety, you should encourage them to seek help.

Sole Survivor PTSD Support


Based in Birkenhead, on the Wirral, Sole Survivor is a support hub for people from all walks of life that are currently affected by PTSD.


There are a number of Health and Wellbeing Apps to help both for iOS and Apple.  Some of these are listed below and others will be added in the near future.  Click on the name of each app to go to the relevant page.
Health & Wellbeing Apps iOS

Guided mindfulness and meditation

What’s Up uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people cope with depression, anxiety and stress.  There is a positive and negative habit tracker to maintain good habits and bad ones.  There is a “get grounded” page, which contains over 100 different questions to pinpoint what you are feeling and a “thinking patterns” page, which teaches people how to stop negative internal monologues.

Is a free app that helps people beat their habits or addictions.  You can track as many as you want and find out how many minutes, hours, days, weeks or years it’s been since you quit.

Users are prompted to build their own twenty-four hour anxiety tool kit that allows them to track anxious thoughts and behavi'our over time and learn
twenty five different self-help techniques. There is also a 'social cloud,' feature where people can
confidentially connect with others in an online community for additional support.

You can use this app to document negative emotions, analyse flaws in
your thinking and re-evaluate your thoughts. Great for gradually changing your approach to anxiety-
inducing situations and one's thinking patterns for future situations.