Crisis Support
If you are currently having a mental health crisis, here are some useful contacts for help and support:
- Emergency Services - 999.
- NHS 24 - Call 111 and choose ‘Option 2’ to be put through to the Mental Health Hub and speak to a trained mental health worker.
- Find your local hospital.
- Samaritans - 24/7 Emotional Support: 116 123.
- Breathing Space - a free confidential wellbeing phone service for anyone in Scotland. Opening hours weekdays Monday to Thursday 6pm to 2am, weekends Friday 6pm to Monday 6am or you can call them on 0800 83 85 87.
- Breathing Space Interpretation Service for BSL users. Opening hours Monday - Friday 6pm to midnight, Saturday, and Sunday 8am to midnight.
- Chris’s House (Centre for Help, Response and Intervention Surrounding Suicide) based in North Lanarkshire is a 24-hour suicide crisis centre offering a safe place for people to go and stay whilst accessing professional support.
- Papyrus – working for the prevention of young suicide (under 35). Telephone: 0800 068 4141. Open 24/7.
Find out where to go when your GP and community services are closed.
Helplines
- AMIS (Abused Men in Scotland) provides support for men experiencing domestic violence, including helpline support to get advice as well, as finding local support groups.
- Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) - 0800 58 58 58. Provides listening services, information, and support for men at risk of suicide, including a web chat. 5pm to midnight.
- ChildLine - Emotional support service (7.30am- 3.30am for anyone up to age of 19). Phone on 0800 1111, send an email, have a 1-2-1 chat online, send a message to Ask Sam or post messages to ChildLine message boards.
- Deafzone by Childline – using Sign Video.
- The Mix offers confidential emotional support for 13-25s. Includes helpline (0808 808 4994), email, text, and live online chat services.
- LGBT Foundation provide a wide range of support services to lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people including a listening support helpline: 0345 3 30 30 30 or email helpline@lgbt.foundation. Weekdays - 9am until 9pm/ Weekends - 10am until 6pm.
- Rape Crisis Scotland helpline provides support and information for anyone affected by sexual violence. Open daily from 6pm – midnight, 365 days a year: T: 08088 010302.
- SignHealth is The Deaf Health Charity. If you are deaf and experiencing a crisis, text DEAF to 85258 for free and immediate support.
- Shout is a free, confidential, anonymous text support service for anyone struggling to cope. Text 85258 from anywhere in the UK to be connected to a trained volunteer.
- Woman’s Aid Scotland offer advice and information for anyone woman experiencing violence. You can call, email or chat online 24 hours a day.
If you are currently in college and feel in crisis, please seek support from someone you trust and feel comfortable speaking to. This could be any member of staff or another student.