Helplines

NHS First Response Service (FRS)

First Response Service number
NHS First Response Service (FRS), across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, provides 24-hour access, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to mental health care, advice, support and treatment.

 

 

By calling 111 and selecting the mental health option, you will be put through to a member of the FRS who will speak to you and discuss your current mental health needs.

 

Papyrus

Advice for young people (35 and under) at risk of suicide
0800 068 4141 (24 hours every day of the year – Weekends and Bank Holidays included)
88247 (SMS)

 

Papyrus also has translation services available.

www.papyrus-uk.org

Samaritans

116 123 (Freephone, 24 hour helpline)
www.samaritans.org

 

Lifeline

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Helpline
0808 808 2121 (Freephone)
11am to 11pm, 365 days a year.

Lifecraft.org.uk

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

For those personally affected by suicide
0300 111 5065 (9am to 9pm)

www.uksobs.org

 

CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

A charity dedicated to preventing male suicides
0800 58 58 58 (5pm  – midnight every day)
www.thecalmzone.net

 

Switchboard

National telephone/email/online chat for the LGBTQIA community
Telephone 0800 0119 100
Open 10:00-22:00 every day
Or email hello@switchboard.lgbt – they aim to reply within 5 days
switchboard.lgbt

 

Shout

Many autistic people find communication and speaking difficult and it can be even harder if you’re stressed, tired or overwhelmed.

Shout offers a free, confidential and 24/7 text messaging service for anyone in the UK who needs support.

Text HEAR to 85258

NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has partnered with SHOUT to offer support to anyone in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who is in distress.

www.giveusashout.org

Alternatively, get help now by reading our instant advice on if you are feeling suicidal or worried about someone