Get the support you need
If you’re struggling with your mental health or are worried about someone who is, you can reach out to the following charities for support:
Farming & Rural Charities
RABI is the charity at the heart of farming, providing expert mental health and wellbeing support, as well as financial, emotional and practical help to farming people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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24 hours a day
Call 0800 188 4444 (free)
Email help@rabi.org.uk
Click & Chat - online mental wellbeing service www.rabi.org.uk/how-we-can-help/click-and-chat/
Free, in person counselling www.rabi.org.uk/how-we-can-help/in-person-counselling/
Website www.rabi.org.uk
FCN is voluntary organisation & charity that supports farmers and families within the farming community. They are based in Northamptonshire.
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Call their helpline: 03000 111 999, 7am-11pm
Email their helpline help@fcn.org.uk
YANA provides help for those involved in agriculture and other rural businesses affected by stress and depression. They operate in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
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Call their Helpline on 0300 323 0400 for confidential support every Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm. Outside of these hours leave a message and receive a callback
Email helpline@yanahelp.org
Website https://www.yanahelp.org/
The DPJ Foundation supports those in the agricultural sector with poor mental health. They are based on Wales.
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Call their confidential 24 hour ‘Share the Load’ Helpline on 0800 587 4263
Message their textline 07860 048799(note this number does not receive calls)
We Are Farming Minds - taking the bull by the horns to tackle mental health in the Herefordshire farming community
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Call their Support line on 0808 802 0070
Text 07786203130
Website www.wearefarmingminds.co.uk
National Mental Health Charities
Mind offers help whenever you might need it through their information, advice and local services
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9am-6pm, Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays)
Infoline (an information and signposting service): 0300 123 3393
Support line (a safe space for you to talk about your mental health): 0300 102 1234
Text 86463
Email info@mind.org.uk
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Call 116 123 from any phone (free)
Email jo@samaritans.org (it may take several days to get an email reply)
SANE is a leading UK mental health charity improving quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness
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4 - 10pm, 365 days a year
Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Text ‘Shout’ to 85258
Website https://giveusashout.org/
NHS
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Call 111
Discover information on their therapy and counselling services, and how to access other servces https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/
Switchboard is a national LGBTQIA+ support line
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10am - 10pm daily
Call 0800 0119 100
Email hello@switchboard.lgbt– they aim to reply within 5 days
Website https://switchboard.lgbt/
CALM exists to change the number of people taking their own lives each week by offering life-saving services, provoking national conversation, and bringing people together to reject living miserably.
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Call their Helpline 0800 58 58 58 (5pm-midnight, daily)
Chat via WhatsApp www.thecalmzone.net/whatsapp
Live chat via the link on the website
Website www.thecalmzone.net
Young People
Childline is a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything. They also have an area of the website devoted to feelings, including mental health and anxiety, stress and panic.
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Call their Helpline 0800 1111
Chat online https://www.childline.org.uk/get-support/1-2-1-counsellor-chat/
Website www.childline.org.uk
PAPYRUS is the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. Available to anybody under the age of 35 experiencing suicidal thoughts, or for anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide.
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24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Call their HOPELINE247: 0800 068 4141
Text 88247
Email pat@papyrus-uk.org
Website www.papyrus-uk.org
A game changing mental health service for young people. Stop.Breathe.Think gives eligible young people aged 8-21 access to free 1-1 counselling sessions. No wait times and available nationally, providing vital support to those who need it right now.
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Text: BREATHE to 85258 to message a trained volunteer. Available 24/7
Email admin@stopbreathethink.org.uk (Monday-Friday - except Bank Holidays - 9am-5pm. They aim to respond within 48 hours)
Free counselling. Appointments are made available every Monday morning for the following 2 weeks ahead:
Winston’s Wish provides services for any bereaved young person up to the age of 25, regardless of who they are grieving or when they became bereaved, plus advice for adults supporting bereaved children and young people.
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Monday-Friday, 8am-8pm
Call their Helpline 08088 020 021
Email ask@winstonswish.org
Join a grief support group via the website
Website www.winstonswish.org
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity fighting for a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health
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9.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday
Parents’ Helpline: 0808 802 5544
Young person’s advice: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/
Website https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
Grief & Bereavement
Cruse Bereavement Care
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Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, 9.30am-5pm, Tuesday, 1-8pm, Weekends, closed
Call their Helpline 0808 808 1677
Find local support www.cruse.org.uk/postcode-lookup
Grief first aid training https://www.cruse.org.uk/organisations/grief-first-aid-training/
Website www.cruse.org.uk
Grief Encounter (for children & young people)
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Weekdays, 9.30am-3pm
Call 0808 802 0111
Website www.griefencounter.org.uk
Other
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Call 0800 917 7650 (free)
Email help@aamail.org
Live chat – visit the website to use this service; note it’s not staffed round-the-clock
Website www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk – you can find your nearest meeting online
Alzheimer’s Society
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Monday-Wednesday, 9am-8pm, Thursday & Friday, 9am-5pm, Weekends, 10am-4pm
Call the Support line 0333 150 3456
Website www.alzheimers.org.uk
Anxiety UK
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Book a 30 minute 1:1 confidential call www.anxietyuk.org.uk/get-help/tauk-to-us (note this costs £25)
Website www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Beat (eating disorders)
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Monday-Friday, 3-8pm
Call 0808 801 0677
Email help@beateatingdisorders.org.uk (England only)
Webchat – visit the website and follow the link
Website www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk
Cancer Research UK
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Available 24 hours a day
Cancer Chat support forum – follow the link online (free to join)
Website www.cancerresearchuk.org
Combat Stress (veteran’s mental health)
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24/7
Call their free Helpline 0800 1381619
Text 07537 173683
Website www.combatstress.org.uk
ManKind (male domestic abuse)
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Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm
Call their confidential Freephone line 0808 800 1170 (this will not show on your bill)
Call their confidential Helpline if you have inclusive minutes 01823 334 244
Website www.mankind.org.uk
Narcotics Anonymous
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10am-midnight, daily
Call their Helpline 0300 999 1212
Website www.ukna.org
Bipolar UK
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To arrange a call back, leave a message on 0333 323 3880
Email info@bipolaruk.org
Get your questions answered online www.bipolaruk.org/jaaq
Family Lives (advice on all aspects of parenting)
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Monday-Friday, 9am-9pm, Saturday & Sunday, 10am-3pm
Call their confidential Helpline 0808 800 2222
Email askus@familylives.org.uk
Live chat – visit the website
Website www.familylives.org.uk
GambleAware
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24/7
Call their free national Helpine (18++) 0808 8020 133
Live chat – visit the website
Website www.gambleaware.org
Mencap (learning disabilities)
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Call their Helpline on 0808 808 1111
Email helpline@mencap.org.uk
Website www.mencap.org.uk
National Debtline
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Monday-Friday, 9am-8pm, Saturday, 9.30am-1pm, Sunday, closed
Call their Helpline 0808 808 4000
Chat online – visit the website (hours as above)
Website www.nationaldebtline.org
OCD Action
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Call their Helpline 0300 636 5478
Website www.ocdaction.org.uk
PANDAS (perinatal mental health)
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Monday-Friday (excluding Bank Holidays), 10am-5pm
Call their Helpline 0808 1961 776
WhatsApp messaging support service 07903 508334 (Daily, 8am-10pm)
Bookable call service – visit the website
Email supportme@pandasfoundation.org.uk (365 days)
Website www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
Rape Crisis
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24/7
Call their free rape & sexual abuse Support Line 0808 500 2222
Use their online chat – visit the website
Website www.rapecrisis.org.uk
Refuge (domestic abuse for women & children)
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24 hours
Call their free, confidential Helpline 0808 2000 247
Chat to them live online – visit the website (Monday-Friday, 3-10pm)
Website www.refuge.org.uk
Relate (relationships)
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Book a 25 minute call with a counsellor www.relateappointments.as.me/chat
Book a ‘One Session Therapy’ online session www.relateappointments.as.me/onesessiontherapy
Book ongoing counselling www.relate.org.uk/find-your-online-centre
Webchat – visit the website
Website www.relate.org.uk
Shelter (housing)
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Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm, closed Bank Holidays
Call their Emergency Helpline 0808 800 4444
For online housing advice https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice
Webchat – visit the website
The Fertility Network
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Call their Info Line 01424 732361
Contact their Support Lines, 10am-4pm
Diane
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Call 0121 3235025
Janet
Tuesday & Thursday
Call 07816 086694
Victim Support (help after crime)
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24/7
Call their free, confidential Helpline 0808 168 9111
Live chat – visit the website
Website www.victimsupport.org.uk