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General Support
If something’s troubling you, contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Phone: 116 123 (free)
Phone: 01224 574488 (local call charges apply)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Confidential phone service for anyone in Scotland experiencing low mood, depression and anxiety.
Phone: 0800 83 85 87 (free)
Website: www.breathingspace.scot
Opening hours:
Weekdays: Monday-Thursday 6pm to 2am
Weekend: Friday 6 pm-Monday 6am
Scotland’s out of hours medical online and telephone service. Call us if you are ill and it can't wait until your regular NHS service reopens.
Phone: 111 (free)
Website: www.nhs24.scot
Living Life is a free phone service for anyone aged 16 and over experiencing low mood, mild/moderate depression and/or anxiety.
Phone: 0800 328 9655 (free)
Website: click here
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 1pm-9pm
Short-term support for people, aged over 16, who are feeling overwhelmed, in distress or at crisis point.
Website: www.penumbra.org.uk
A national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide in the UK and to promote mental health and emotional wellbeing in young people.
Phone: 01925 572444
Text: 07786 209697
Hopeline: 0800 0684141 (free, and available from 9am- 12am)
Email: admin@papyrus-uk.org
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org (for confidential suicide prevention advice)
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
Scotland's national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide.
Website: www.healthscotland.scot/health-topics/suicide/suicide-prevention-overview
Having suffered similar tragedies, Compassionate Friends offers understanding, support and encouragement to bereaved parents, their families, relatives, friends and professionals.
Phone: 0345 123 2304 (Helpline)
Calls from landlines are typically charged up to 9p per minute; calls from mobiles typically cost between 8p and 40p per minute.
Email: info@tcf.org.uk
Website: www.tcf.org.uk
The Veterans Mental health charity provides timely, effective clinical welfare support to veterans who suffer from psychological wounds.
Phone: 0800 138 1619 (free)
Website: www.combatstress.org.uk
Provides free, confidential text support for anyone in the UK, 24/7. Text SHOUT to 85258.
Website: https://giveusashout.org/
R;pple is an interceptive tool designed to present a visual prompt when a person searches for harmful keywords or phrases relating to the topic of self-harm or suicide. It discretely intercepts harmful searches, maintaining user privacy and signposts to free, 24/7 mental health support
Website: www.ripplesuicideprevention.com