If someone's life is at risk, or you cannot keep yourself or someone else safe, call 999 or go to A&E now.

In England, if you need urgent mental health help but it is not an immediate emergency, call 111 and select the mental health option.

Listening support is not a substitute for emergency care: Samaritans 116 123 (free UK calls, 24/7) or Text SHOUT to 85258 (free UK texts, 24/7). A reply may not be immediate.

Using a computer or if the message does not prefill: send SHOUT to 85258 from your phone. Shout's official support page.

Official NHS guidance (England). Outside England, check your nation's official health-service urgent-help guidance; the 111 mental-health pathway is not assumed to be the same.

Free Mental Health Support in the UK

Find services whose support cost has been checked as free. Eligibility, booking and phone-provider charges may still apply. This is a limited directory, not complete local coverage.

24/7 listening support — not emergency care

Samaritans

116 123

24/7 confidential emotional support

Shout Crisis Text Line

Text SHOUT to 85258

24/7 text support

Childline

0800 1111

Telephone listening support for children and young people under 19. Call 0800 1111, 24/7. Free from most UK landlines and mobiles. Other channels have their own arrangements; check Childline. Not emergency care.

First Floor, St Johns Health Centre, Oak Lane, Twickenham

London

Free, confidential NHS psychological and wellbeing interventions for common mental health problems (anxiety disorders or...

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Various Locations

UK-wide

Free peer-support groups for men aged 18+ across the UK and online. Groups meet every Monday 7pm-9pm except UK bank holi...

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8-10 West Street, Old Market, Bristol

Bristol

Free mental health support by and for young people aged 11-25 in Bristol and South Gloucestershire (North Somerset has a...

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The Mix

FREE

Online

UK-wide

The old telephone helpline is no longer offered. PeerChat: free booked one-to-one text support for UK residents aged 16–...

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