Emergency Numbers

In an emergency:

• Call 999 or go to your local A&E department
  
  

If you're in crisis and need to speak to someone:

• Call NHS 111 (for when you need help but are not in immediate danger)
• Contact your GP and ask for an emergency appointment
• Contact theSamaritans 
  116 123 (free), 24 hours a day
• Use the'Shout' crisis text line- text SHOUT to 85258

General Websites

• Mental Health Foundation
  • provides useful information on a range of mental health difficulties, as well as resources to support your wellbeing
• Mentally Healthy Schools
  • has a wide range of information for schools and teachers to support young people’s mental health
• Mental Health and Money Advice
  • provides practical advice and support for people experiencing issues with mental health and money
• Me and My Mind
  • has some useful information for young people who may be having unusual experiences, such as paranoia or hearing voices

• MHRA Yellow Card app

  • for reporting side effects to medicines.

Mental Health Organisations

• Anxiety UK
  03444 775 774(Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm)
  Website:www.anxietyuk.org.uk
  
  
• Bipolar UK
  Website:www.bipolaruk.org.uk
  
  
• CALM
  Website:www.thecalmzone.net
  
  
• Men’s Health Forum
  www.menshealthforum.org.uk/beatstress.uk
  
  
• Mental Health Foundation
  www.mentalhealth.org.uk
  
  
• Mind
  www.mind.org.uk
  
  
• No Panic
  www.nopanic.org.uk
  
  
• OCD UK
  www.ocduk.org
  
  
• PAPYRUS
  www.papyrus-uk.org
  
  
• Rethink Mental Illness
  www.rethink.org
  
  
• SANE
  Textcare: comfort and care via text www.sane.org.uk/textcare
  Peer support forum:www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
  Website:www.sane.org.uk/support
  
  
• YoungMinds
  Parents’ helpline0808 802 5544
  www.youngminds.org.uk/
  
  
• NSPCC
  0800 1111 for Childline for children (24-hour helpline)
  0808 800 5000 if concerned about a child (24-hour)
• www.nspcc.org.uk
  
  
• Refuge
  0808 2000 247(24-hour helpline)
  www.refuge.org.uk
  
  
• Alcohol misuseAlcoholics Anonymous
  0800 917 7650(24-hour helpline)
  www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk
  
  
• SMART Recovery UK
  0330 053 6022
  smartrecovery.org.uk
• Alzheimer’s Society
  0300 222 1122
  www.alzheimers.org.uk
  
  
• Cruse Bereavement Care
  0808 808 1677
  www.cruse.org.uk/home
  
  
• Rape Crisis
  0808 802 9999
  www.rapecrisis.org.uk

Black-led Resources for Mental Health

• The Nap Ministry
• Liberate meditation app
  (by and for Black, Indigenous and People of Color)
• Black Girl in Om
• Shine
• The Underbelly Yoga
• Beronda Montgomery (mentoring,leadership)
• Women's Health in Women's Hands
  • http://www.whiwh.com/

• The Black Health Alliance
  • http://blackhealthalliance.ca/
• Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
  • https://www.beam.community/
• Black Virtual Therapist Network
  • https://www.beam.community/bvtn
• Project Lets Race and Mental Health
  • https://projectlets.org/race-and-mental-health
• 12 Black Mental Health & Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram
  • https://www.vogue.com/article/black-mental-health-wellness-instagram-accounts
• Grief is a Direct Impact of Racism: 8 ways to support yourself
  • https://theconversation.com/grief-is-a-direct-impact-of-racism-eight-ways-to-support-yourself-91750
• Raising Hope: Parenting in an anti-Black environment
  • https://theconversation.com/raising-hope-parenting-in-an-anti-black-environment-87070
• Therapy for black men
  • https://therapyforblackmen.org/
• Association of Black Psychologists
  • http://www.abpsi.org/
• Therapy for Black Girls
  • https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
• Legacy of Trauma: Context of the African American Existence
• Lumos Transfomos
  • https://lumostransforms.com/
• Therapy Resources for People of Color
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dWShg0TZ7nJz5YJsCa1DyGCGTJMrUEd8du5vC6boVhs/mobilebasic