SUICIDAL HELP AND ADVICE

If it is an emergency, dial 999 and ask for an Ambulance

Alternatively, Contact your GP – to search for a GP in your area or to find the contact details for your practice, please see the GP section on NHS Choices

Go to your nearest Accident and Emergency department.

Call the NHS; 111 / 0845 46 47 services free of charge from any phone and self-refer to The Well-being Service.

 

Whatever you’re facing, a Samaritan will face it with you. Every six seconds, Samaritans answer a call for help. We’re here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure. Samaritans are not only for the moment of crisis, we’re taking action to prevent the crisis. We give people ways to cope with and the skills to be there for others. And we encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection between people that can save lives. We offer to listen and support to people and communities in times of need. In prisons, schools, hospitals and on the rail network, Samaritans are working with people who are going through a difficult time and training others to do the same.

Call: 116 123 or Email: jo@samaritans.org Response time : 24 Hours

 

Advisers want to work with you to understand why these thoughts of suicide might be present. They also want to provide you with a safe space to talk through anything happening in your life that could be impacting on your or anyone else’s ability to stay safe. For children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide or for anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide. Our advisers are all trained to help you focus on staying safe from suicide and support you with starting a conversation about suicide.

Call: 0800 068 4141 or Text: 07860039967

Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org Opening hours: 9am – 10pm weekdays, 2pm – 10pm weekends, 2pm – 10pm bank holidays

 

Maytree is a sanctuary for people in suicidal crisis. Their helpline is open 24hrs a day – if no one answers leave a message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. Many of their volunteers have struggled with suicidal feelings themselves and have first hand experience of getting through a suicidal crisis.

CALL: 020 7263 7070 or you can email them at maytree@maytree.org

 

Mental health support for Veterans and military families living with common challenges such as excessive worry, depression and stress is available through Help for Heroes. You can find out more about Help for Heroes Hidden Wounds here. We also support other charities who provide more complex or specialist mental health support to make sure those in need get the support they deserve. 

CALL: 0800 138 1619 Crisis support for veterans struggling with depression.

 

JOCA is your welfare committee dedicated to promoting and ensuring pastoral care and general well-being for all members of our club. Our club is a family and like all families we look after each other. We aim to nurture a culture within the club where we talk to each other, and support each other rather than bottle things up and allow them to get out of control or to cause it isn’t a weakness to need a friendly ear (even if you’re a bloke) We start this with our minis buddy system and promote this ethos right from 7 to 70 across the club.

(Just One Click Away) Email : joca@welwynrfc.co.uk 24/7 support and a friendly ear, especially for men.

 

Silent Solutions

For any emergency when you cannot talk, call 999 then press 55

The 999 emergency service has an additional service call Silent Solutions for times when you need emergency help, but cannot speak. The service works in the same way as calling 999. When the operator asks which emergency service you require, if you don’t say anything they will ask you to cough or make another noise like a tap on the handset. If it’s too risky to do this (for example,if you are hiding from an attacker), the operator will ask you to dial 55. This will then alert them to the face that no, you haven’t called 999 accidentally- and yes, you need urgent help. The system tracks your location using GPS and sends help.

The Silent Solution is a police system used to filter out large numbers of accidental or hoax 999 calls. It also exists to help people who are unable to speak, but who genuinely need police assistance. You will hear an automated police message, which lasts for 20 seconds and begins with ‘you are through to the police’.

 The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide, the single biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK and the cause of 18 deaths every day.

Anyone can hit a crisis point. We run a free and confidential helpline and webchat– 7 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone who needs to talk about life’s problems.

CALL: 0800 585858

 

Life’s tough, we know that. It can throw a lot your way and make it hard to know what the hell to do with it all. Whether you’re 13, 25, or any age in between, we’re here to take on the embarrassing problems, weird questions, and please-don’t-make-me-say-it-out-loud thoughts you have. We give you the information and support you need to deal with it all. Because you can. Because you’re awesome.

We’ll connect you to experts and your peers who’ll give you the support and tools you need to take on any challenge you’re facing – for everything from homelessness to finding a job, from money to mental health, from break-ups to drugs. The MIX offers free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile. 

CALL: 0808 808 4994