NHS24
NHS 24 works in partnership with local NHS Boards out-of-hours services to provide patients with health advice and help when GP practices are closed.
Call: 08454 24 24 24
Visit: https://www.nhs24.com/
If you think you need an emergency ambulance, call 999 and speak to the operator
THE EDINBURGH CRISIS CENTRE
Open 24 hours a day 365 days a year. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis you can contact them free of charge.
Call: 0808 801 0414
Text: 07974429075
Visit: www.edinburghcrisiscentre.org.uk
The Samaritans
The Samaritans offer free, confidential advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Call: 08457 90 90 90
Visit: https://www.samaritans.org/
Email: jo@samaritans.org
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital
The Royal Edinburgh Hospital provides acute psychiatric and mental health services, including treatment for learning disabilities and dementia. Its specialist services include centres for the treatment of eating disorders, alcohol problems and young people’s mental health.
Call: 0131 537 6000
Visit: https://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Breathing Space
Breathing Space is a free, confidential helpline service for any individual who is experiencing low mood or depression, or who is unusually worried and in need of someone to talk to.
Breathing Space operates Mon – Thurs between 6pm and 2am and Fri – Mon between 6pm – 6am
Call: 0800 83 85 87
Visit: https://www.breathingspacescotland.co.uk/
Family Lives (formerly parentline)
Contact us about any family issues big or small, call the confidential helpline.
Call: 0808 800 2222
Visit: https://www.familylives.org.uk/
YOUNGMINDS (PARENT) HELPLINE
Offers free, confidential online and telephone support, including information and advice, to any adult worried about the emotional problems, behaviour or mental health of a child or young person up to the age of 25.
The helpline operates Mon-Fri 9.30am to 4pm
Call: 0808 802 5544
Visit: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
SOBS (SURVIVORS OF BEREAVEMENT BY SUICIDE)
National charity providing dedicated support to adults who have been bereaved by suicide.
National Helpline 9am to 9pm every day
Call: 0300 111 5065
Visit: https://uk-sobs.org.uk/
Email: sobs.support@hotmail.com
THE CANMORE TRUST
At The Canmore Trust, we are all about working with people to find a safe space – a space that allows and encourages them to stay in the world, despite all the struggles and difficulties they may be facing right now. We work to prevent suicide – suicide prevention – by influencing Government policies and lobbying for change in all sectors of society.
For 24/7 support and help for anyone feeling that the world is not currently a safe place to be, please text CANMORE to 85258.
PAPYRUS
Our HOPELINE operates 24/7 and provides suicide prevention support for young people. It can also be used for advice for concerned others and as a professional debriefing service. We class young people as under 35s but this does not mean we would not support someone calling over this age.
HOPELINE247 can be contacted by:
Phone – 0800 068 4141
Text – 07860 039 967
Email – pat@papyrus-uk.org