Resources for help and support
Crisis and urgent support
In an emergency call 999 or go to your local A&E department.
Call NHS 111 if you need help but are not in immediate danger.
Contact your GP and ask for an emergency appointment.
Email: Leicestershire.helpline@turning-point.co.uk
Contact: 0808 800 3302
Samaritans: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Local Branch: https://www.samaritans.org/branches/leicester/
Text SHOUT to 85258
Email: https://giveusashout.org/
National Organisations
Action for Elder Abuse
Contact: 0808 808 8141
Email: www.elderabuse.org.uk
Provide a helpline (Elder Abuse Response) offering information, advice, and support for those who suspect that an older person is being abused or for older people who are being abused.
Anxiety Alliance: www.anxietyalliance.org.uk
Anxiety UK: www.anxietyuk.org.uk
No Panic: www.nopanic.org.uk
Social Anxiety UK: www.social-anxiety.org.uk
Beat – Beating Eating Disorder
Contact:0300 123 3355
Email: www.b-eat.org.uk
Supports people affected by eating disorders.
Bipolar UK: www.bipolar.org.uk
Birth Trauma Association: www.birthtraumaassociation.org
Black, African and Asian Therapy Network (BAATN): www.baatn.org.uk
Ensures people of Black, African, South Asian, Caribbean and People of Colour have support and resources.
Black minds matter: www.blackminsmatteruk.com
CALM (Campaign Against Men Living Miserably)
Contact:0800 585858 (5pm-12am)
A charity dedicated to preventing male suicide.
Chasing the stigma: www.chasingthestigma.co.uk
And the hub of hope providing mental health services near you www.hubofhope.co.uk
Combat Stress
Contact: 0800 138 1619
Mental health support for veterans and their families.
Compassionate Friends
Contact: 0345 123 2304 (Daily 10am–4pm & 7pm–10pm)
Support and friendship for bereaved parents and their families.
Cruse Bereavement Support
Bereavement support and information
Depend
An organisation offering free, confidential and non-judgmental advice, information and support to all family members, spouses, partners and friends of transsexual people in the UK.
Depression Alliance
GamCare
Contact: 0808 8020 133
Information, advice or support for anyone affected by gambling.
LGBT Foundation
Contact: 0345 3 30 30 30
Email: helpline@lgbt.foundation
Advice and support in relation to LGBT issues.
Men’s Advice Line
Contact: 0808 8010 327
Helpline for male victims of domestic abuse.
Men’s Health Forum: www.menshealthforum.org.uk
Mental Health Foundation: www.mentalhealth.org.uk
Mind Info Line
Contact: 0300 123 3393
Text: 86463
General mental health advice and information.
Mosac
Contact: 0800 980 1958
Supporting all non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused.
National Self Harm Network
Support individuals who self-harm to reduce emotional distress and improve their quality of life and to support and provide information for family and carers of individuals who self-harm.
OCD Action
Contact: 0845 390 6232
Provide support and information to anybody affected by OCD.
Pandas: www.pandasfoundation.org.uk
A national PND mental health charity.
Rape Crisis
Contact: 0808 802 9999
Umbrella body for a network of independent Rape Crisis Centre’s who provide specialist support and services for victims and survivors of sexual violence or childhood sexual abuse.
Relate: www.relate.org.uk
Relationship support.
Rethink Mental Illness: www.rethink.org
SOBS – Survivors of Bereavement of Suicide
Contact: 0300 111 5065 (Monday to Friday 9am–9pm)
Support for survivors of bereavement of suicide.
Switchboard: www.switchboard.lgbt
A one stop listening service for LGBT+ people.
Women’s Aid
Contact: 0808 2000 247
Support for women and children exposed to domestic violence.
Local Organisations
Zephyrs Charity –
Contact: contact@zephyrsnottingham.org.uk or call 07915 995532
https://zephyrsnottingham.org.uk
Provide support in many ways for bereaved families after the loss of a baby or child.
VASL (Volunteer Action South Leicestershire)
Providing support for family carers, older people who are lonely and isolated, providing volunteer transport to get people out and about, and activities and information to increase mental well-being.
RoSA – rape, sexual abuse and sexual violence
Contact: 01788 551151
Provide support for survivors of rape, sexual abuse and sexual violence. Support is also offered to family members, partners and carers. Men/women/YP/Children
The Laura Centre
Contact: 0116 2182140
Offers a range of free open-ended therapeutic support for anyone who has lost a child of any age. The loss could be recent or could have happened many years ago.
Children and young people up to the age of 24 who have lost a parent /carer or other significant adult in their lives.
Sycamore Counselling Service
Contact: 02476 744544
http://sycamorecounselling.org.uk/
Counselling service for children, low-cost counselling
The Acorn Centre
Contact: 02476 381878
Counselling for pregnancy issues, still birth, miscarriage, fertility issues, for men and women.
First Contact Plus
Contact: 0116 3054286
https://www.firstcontactplus.org.uk/
Information and resources on housing, health, living independently, money advice, work, security and other topics.