Phone24/7Anyone, any age
Samaritans
Talk to someone any time about whatever is troubling you. Free and confidential.
- Phone
- 116 123
- Opening hours
- 24/7
CrisisListeningFree
Visit siteYou're not on your own
Get support.
Free, confidential helplines and services across the UK for young people, parents and carers. Whatever you're going through, someone is ready to listen.
If you need help right now
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. These services are free and open around the clock.
Phone24/7
Text24/7Anyone, any age
Shout
Free, confidential text support if you're struggling to cope and would rather not speak out loud.
- Text
- Text SHOUT to 85258
- Opening hours
- 24/7
CrisisText supportFree
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Phone24/7Under 35s and those worried about them
Papyrus HOPELINE247
Advice and support for anyone having thoughts of suicide.
- Phone
- 0800 068 4141
- Text
- Text 88247
- Opening hours
- 24/7
Suicide preventionCrisisFree
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Somewhere to talk, text or chat — about anything from anxiety and low mood to bullying, identity and life at home.
Text24/7Young people
YoungMinds Crisis Messenger
Free 24/7 crisis text support, plus guides on coping with your mental health.
- Text
- Text YM to 85258
- Opening hours
- 24/7
CrisisText supportGuides
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Online24/7Everyone
Reasons to Stay
Reasons to Stay is a global suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers from all over the world. Each letter on this site was written by a real person and delivered to you at random when you visited this page. This space exists as a reminder that we are not alone, even when it feels that way. There is someone, somewhere who wrote you a letter because they care. If you’d like to, you can write your own letter to a stranger, offering warmth, hope and connection to someone when they need it most.
- Opening hours
- 24/7
CrisisHopeReasons to StaySuicide
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Spark UK does not run these helplines and is not responsible for the content or availability of external services. Details such as opening hours can change — please check each organisation's website for the latest information. Sparks of Knowledge is a resource library, not a crisis or counselling service.