Finding support

If your life or someone else’s is at risk right now, call 999 or go to A&E. A mental health emergency is an emergency.

In Northamptonshire, at any hour

The Mental Health Number: 0800 448 0828. It’s free, day and night, every day of the year, for anyone in the county over seventeen and a half. If you’re younger, call 111 or Childline.

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Anywhere in England

Call 111 and choose the mental health option.

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Somewhere to go

Crisis cafés in Corby, Daventry, Kettering, Northampton, Rushden and Wellingborough, for anyone 18 or over. There’s no booking, you just drop in. The days and times are here.

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Someone to talk to

Samaritans: 116 123, at any hour of any day.

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If you’d rather text

Text SHOUT to 85258. It’s free, at any hour, and a trained volunteer answers.

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If you’re under 19

Childline: 0800 1111. The number won’t show on the phone bill.

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I’m one person and this site isn’t a crisis service. I check these by hand, and the date is beside each one. If one’s wrong, please tell me.