Mental Health Support For Adults

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. 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, helping you make informed choices. Get 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.

Side by Side

Website: https://sidebyside.mind.org.uk/about

Side by Side is an online community where you can listen, share and be heard. Side by Side is run by Mind.

SHOUT

Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.

Text: 85258
Website: https://www.giveusashout.org/

NHS England IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)

If you’re based in England, you can use webpage to find and refer yourself to mental health services in your area.

Website: https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/find-a-psychological-therapies-service/

Carers

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.

NHS – Returning to work after mental health issues

If you’ve had a mental health problem and been off or out of work, you may be worried about going back. The NHS has an advice page, along with lots of advice for life situations and events, including bereavement, financial issues, or loneliness as an older person.

Working Minds

Unemployment is one of the major causes of psychological distress and disturbance in the modern world. Through it’s work with the DWP and the Flexible Support Find, Working Minds has helped many hundreds of unemployed people from every age and stage to psychological recovery, improving their life and work outcomes and in many instances, helping facilitate people into jobs through their relationships with Employers and Recruiters. You can get in touch using their contact form.

Remploy Mental Health Support Service

This confidential service, delivered by Remploy and funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, is available at no charge to any employees (or people wanting to return to work) with depression, anxiety, stress or other mental health issues affecting their work.

Call on 0300 456 8114 or email a2wmhss@remploy.co.uk.