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Template:Where to get help

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If you are worried about your mental health or someone else's, these services can help. The numbers below are for the United Kingdom.

  • Emergency: if someone is in immediate danger or has been seriously hurt, call 999.
  • NHS 111: for urgent help or advice that is not an emergency, call 111 or use NHS 111 online. It is free and open day and night.
  • Your GP: a GP can talk with you about how you are feeling and can refer you to services, including NHS Talking Therapies.
  • Samaritans: call 116 123, free, day or night, to talk to someone who will listen.
  • Childline: children and young people under 19 can call 0800 1111 free, or talk online at childline.org.uk.
  • Shout: text SHOUT to 85258 for free, confidential text support at any time.
  • Outside the UK: Find A Helpline is a free directory of helplines in other countries.

For support in other countries, and for more services, see the Wellness hub and Pip's support guide.

About this template

The "Where to get help" list for pages about mental health, addiction and recovery. Use it under a == Where to get help == heading at the end of the page. This template and Template:Support box are the only places on the wiki where helpline numbers are kept, so they are fixed in one place.

This template is protected (sysop-only edit and move). The contact details were checked on the services' own websites (nhs.uk, samaritans.org, giveusashout.org) on 2 October 2026, Childline (childline.org.uk) and Find A Helpline (findahelpline.com) on 4 October 2026, and are checked monthly.

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