MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY

If you need urgent support for your Mental Health, please reach out to one of these organisations as soon as possible

NHS CRISIS LINE - DORSET CONNECTION

To speak to someone urgently about any kind of mental health issue, please call our 24/7 telephone support service Dorset Connection on 0800 652 0190 (Freephone) or access via NHS 111 for free.

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SHOUT

Prefer to text?

This is a 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis at anytime, anywhere. It's a place to go if you are struggling to cope and you need immediate help. Text 85258.

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SAMARITANS

Get confidential and emotional support at any time from Samaritans by calling 116 123 or by emailing jo@samaritans.org

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CHILDLINE

If you're under 19, you can call 0800 1111 for free to speak to a counsellor about anything that's on your mind. Childline is open 24/7, 7 days a week.

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CALL 999

If your life is at risk, you feel like you might attempt suicide, or you've seriously harmed yourself, please call 999.
Runaway Helpline

Call or text 116 000 if you're thinking of, or already have, run away.

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