UK Crisis Support Directory
If you’re in distress, you deserve support that feels safe, respectful, and understood. This page offers UK crisis options plus community-aware pathways (culture, faith, migration, disability, and more).
Pick the option that feels most doable. You can switch later. If talking is hard, choose text/chat.
If you or someone else is at risk right now, call emergency services.
Call: 999 (or 112)
Use the NHS urgent help page to find what to do next, including urgent mental health helplines in England.
If talking is hard, texting can feel safer and more accessible.
Text: SHOUT to 85258 (24/7)
Samaritans are available 24/7 for anyone who needs to talk.
Call: 116 123
These buttons take you to official or widely-used starting points. (We can later add local area buttons if you want a larger regional grid.)
HOPELINEUK supports children, teens, and young adults.
You can tell any crisis line what you need: cultural sensitivity, interpreter support, religious understanding, disability access, sensory needs, or a quieter pace.
Tip: Try: “Please speak slowly”, “I need an interpreter”, “I’m autistic/I have access needs”, “I’m supporting my family”.
Sikh Helpline UK offers confidential emotional wellbeing support and signposting.
Hotlines: 03000 3000 63 / 07999 0043 63 (hours listed on their site)
If migration, displacement, or settlement stress is part of what’s happening, these can be helpful starting points.
Note: For immediate crisis, use NHS urgent help / Samaritans / Shout above.
For disability-specific support and advocacy, these can be good starting points (crisis help is still via NHS/Samaritans/Shout).
When your UK hub pages are all live, we can replace these with your exact internal links (UK Emergency Numbers, UK Youth & Teens, UK Neurodivergent, UK Parents & Carers, UK LGBTQIA+).
