Mental Health Resources
Finding the right support can make a real difference, whether you are looking for help for yourself, a colleague, a friend, a family member or someone in your community.
Help is available. Knowing where to turn is the first step.
Changing Minds Training is a training provider, not a crisis or support service. We’re not able to offer one-to-one support or respond to urgent requests through this website. But you are not alone.
Whether you’re looking for help for yourself, a colleague, a friend, a family member or someone in your community, there are people ready to listen and help, often any time of day or night. You’ll find a list of trusted support services below.
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. Urgent but not an emergency? Call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option (2).
Find Support
Below you’ll find crisis support services, apps and directories that can help. Some offer someone to talk to straight away, while others help you plan, find information or search for services near you.
National Resources
Click here to download a list of free, confidential support that is available to you.
Emergency and Urgent Help
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. If you need urgent mental health support but it isn’t life-threatening, call NHS 111 and choose option 2.
Mental Health Skills For Managers
Bespoke training can help managers explore how to notice changes, prepare for conversations, listen well, signpost appropriately and look after their own wellbeing too.
Samaritans
A safe place to talk about whatever you’re going through, day or night. Trained volunteers are there to listen, without judgement.
Call 116 123 (free, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Email jo@samaritans.org
Suicide Prevention Awareness
Bespoke training can help learners build awareness, reduce uncertainty and understand how to respond compassionately when someone may need support.
Shout
A free, confidential text support service for anyone who is struggling to cope. If you’d rather text than talk, a trained volunteer will reply and support you through the moment.
Text SHOUT to 85258 (free, 24/7)
Neurodiversity And Inclusion
Bespoke neurodiversity training can support teams to better understand different ways of thinking, communicating, processing and working.
Stay Alive
A free suicide prevention app for anyone having thoughts of suicide or worried about someone else. Includes a safety plan and quick access to crisis contacts.
Download free from the App Store or Google Play.
Wellbeing, Resilience And Change
Bespoke training can support teams to reflect, recover and build healthier ways of working together. This may include themes such as stress, anxiety, psychological safety and compassion fatigue.
National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK
A free, confidential helpline for anyone having thoughts of suicide or worried about someone else.
Call 0800 587 0800 (6pm to midnight, every day).
CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
A suicide prevention charity with a focus on men, offering free, confidential support by phone or webchat to anyone who is struggling.
Call 0800 58 58 58 (5pm to midnight, every day)
SANE
Emotional support and information for anyone affected by mental illness, including family, friends and carers.
Call 0300 304 7000 (4pm to 10pm, every day).