Do you need support now?
If you need urgent mental-health support, call NHS 111 and select option 2 for mental health services. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999.
You can also contact the NHS Single Point of Access mental-health helpline on 0800 6444 101. This is a freephone service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Seek urgent support if you are:
- feeling unsafe, distressed or worried;
- hearing voices or seeing things that other people cannot;
- feeling unable to cope; or
- thinking about harming yourself or someone else.
Shout provides free, confidential crisis support by text, 24 hours a day. Text SHOUT to 85258 to speak to a trained crisis volunteer.
Shout: Free 24/7 support for people in crisis. Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text a trained Crisis Volunteer. For more information visit www.giveusashout.org
Samaritans: 116 123. Lines are open 24 hours a day, and calls are free.
If you need help and guidance but it isn’t an emergency please contact:
The Sandbox digital mental health service for 10-25s at: sandbox.mindler.co.uk
Hertfordshire’s NHS Talking Therapies for Anxiety and Depression for ages 16+ at hpft-talkingtherapies.nhs.uk (Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust)
togetherall – Mental Health Support in Hertfordshire for ages 16+ at togetherall.com/en-gb/
Mindline Trans+ National Helpline: 0300 330 5468 National helpline for people who identify as Trans, non-binary & their friends and families. Open every Monday and Friday 8pm-Midnight.
For people who prefer to chat online, you can contact the NHS live webchat Monday-Friday between 7am-7pm. By clicking on the red circle on our website at: www.hpft.nhs.uk you can live chat online with a member of the helpline team. You will need to provide name and date of birth details, as well as a contact number and postcode.