{"id":92,"date":"2023-10-27T16:14:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/amala-parry\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2023-11-07T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T22:12:07","slug":"helplines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/amala-parry\/helplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Helplines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d05aa8485bd528cfdad56b59cfe5b198 wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Help Lines for Anxiety\/Mental Health support:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e6d225347172bb8a1375eb1704cfad0 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Samaritans.&nbsp;<\/strong>To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">Samaritans<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-116123\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">116 123<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(free from any phone), email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.org\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">jo@samaritans.org<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or<mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/branches\">visit some branches in person<\/a><\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">.<\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"> <\/mark>You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-08081640123\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0808 164 0123&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>(7pm\u201311pm every day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-700a9c57af0119d093c23e9d89d79f8c wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>SANEline.&nbsp;<\/strong>If you&#8217;re experiencing a mental health problem or supporting someone else, you can call&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sane.org.uk\/what_we_do\/support\/helpline\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">SANEline<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on<strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">&nbsp;<\/mark><a href=\"tel:+44-03003047000\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0300 304 7000<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(4.30pm\u201310.30pm every day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc49653c7909a952ebab0c61bd4d9f6f wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK.<\/strong>&nbsp;Offers a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide. You can call the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spuk.org.uk\/national-suicide-prevention-helpline-uk\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-08006895652\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0800 689 5652<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(6pm to midnight every day).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1807d50021abf57d96c33bfaab7060cb wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM).<\/strong>&nbsp;You can call the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecalmzone.net\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">CALM<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-0800585858\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0800 58 58 58<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(5pm\u2013midnight every day) if you are struggling and need to talk. Or if you prefer not to speak on the phone, you could try the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecalmzone.net\/help\/webchat\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">CALM webchat service<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">.<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5247ab647c9cd26d3b0b370a9284db30 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Shout.&nbsp;<\/strong>If you would&nbsp;prefer not to talk&nbsp;but want some mental health support, you could text SHOUT to&nbsp;<a href=\"sms:+44-85258\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>85258<\/strong><\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/giveusashout.org\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">Shout<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;offers a confidential 24\/7 text service providing support if you are in crisis and need immediate help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-08797b831ee994bdaca6faf756107ef7 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>The Mix.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you&#8217;re&nbsp;under 25, you can call The Mix on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-08088084994\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0808 808 4994<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(3pm\u2013midnight every day), request support by email&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.org.uk\/get-support\/speak-to-our-team\/email-us\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">using this form on The Mix website<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themix.org.uk\/get-support\/speak-to-our-team\/crisis-messenger\">use their crisis text messenger service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6bf4445d8d781223a66d16d85d2f1ded wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Papyrus HOPELINEUK.&nbsp;<\/strong>If you&#8217;re&nbsp;under 35&nbsp;and struggling with suicidal feelings, or concerned about a young person who might be struggling, you can call&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.papyrus-uk.org\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>Papyrus HOPELINEUK<\/strong><\/mark><\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-08000684141\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0800 068 4141<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(24 hours, 7 days a week), email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:pat@papyrus-uk.org\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">pat@papyrus-uk.org<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or text&nbsp;<a href=\"sms:+44-07786209697\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">07786 209 697<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8ad204eb24988a85735ab397f513cb9 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Nightline.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you&#8217;re a&nbsp;student, you can look on the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/nightline.ac.uk\/want-to-talk\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">Nightline website<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to see if your university or college offers a night-time listening service. Nightline phone operators are all students too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86614a88000d842b2017f4c9e843f5c2 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>Switchboard.<\/strong>&nbsp;If you identify as&nbsp;gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you can call&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/switchboard.lgbt\/\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">Switchboard<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:+44-03003300630\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">0300 330 0630<\/mark><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(10am\u201310pm every day), email&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"mailto:mailto%22chris@switchboard.lgbt\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">chris@switchboard.lgbt<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-pale-cyan-blue-color\">&nbsp;<\/mark><\/strong>or use their webchat service. Phone operators all identify as LGBT+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help Lines for Anxiety\/Mental Health support: &#8211;Samaritans.&nbsp;To talk about anything that is upsetting you, you can contact&nbsp;Samaritans&nbsp;24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can call&nbsp;116 123&nbsp;(free from any phone), email&nbsp;jo@samaritans.org&nbsp;or&nbsp;visit some branches in person. 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