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    • Suicidal Thoughts
    • Help for Suicidal Thoughts - NHS Help for Suicidal Thoughts - NHS

      If you're feeling like you want to end your life, it's important to tell someone.

      Help and support is available right now if you need it. You do not have to struggle with difficult feelings alone.


    • Zero Suicide Alliance have produced some good online training material on how to have difficult conversations with those who might be contemplating suicide. 
    • NHS Suicide warning signs NHS Suicide warning signs

    • Self Harm Support Hub now launched

      The self-harm support hub is a centralised local resource for parents, carers and professionals who support young people who self-harm. The hub provides information and resources on how to support young people who engage in self-harm, including evidence-based strategies for prevention and intervention, webinars and training, and peer support for parents, carers and professionals. Find out more about the service and register your interest in receiving support at www.solentmind.org.uk/theselfharmsupporthub

      Our Hampshire Health in Education website links to free resources, guidance and signposting around emotional wellbeing for primary, secondary and post-16 education settings – as well as many other linked health topics such as sleep and online safety. We also provide free brief e-learning for all education staff on Emotional Wellbeing and Self Harm. There is also further signposting on the Mental Wellbeing Hampshire website.

    • Suicide prevention helplines

      Use our helplines to find more information and advice about suicide prevention

      NHS Choices

      Help for Suicidal Thoughts

      Comprehensive help and information from NHS Choices with links to external websites.

      The Samaritans

      Tel: 116 123

      samaritans.org

      Samaritans is available round the clock, every single day of the year. We provide a safe place for anyone struggling to cope, whoever they are, however they feel, whatever life has done to them. Please call 116 123 email jo@samaritans.org, or visit www.samaritans.org to find details of the nearest branch.

      Shout

      Text Shout to 85258

      giveusashout.org

      Shout is the UK’s first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.

      Mind

      MindInfoline: 0300 123 3393

      mind.org.uk

      Suicidal Feelings

      Elefriends - online support community

      The MindinfoLine offers thousands of callers confidential help on a range of mental health issues. Mind helps people take control of their mental health. We do this by providing high-quality information and advice, and campaigning to promote and protect good mental health for everyone. They also provide a special legal service to the public, lawyers and mental health workers.

      CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)

      Helpline: 0800 58 58 58

      thecalmzone.net

      The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) works to prevent male suicide and offers support services for any man who is struggling or in crisis. CALM’s helpline 0800 58 58 58 and web-chat are for men in the UK who need to talk or find information and support. The services are open 5pm–midnight daily and are free, anonymous and confidential. For access or to find more information visit thecalmzone.net

      Maytree

      Tel: 020 7263 7070

      maytree.org.uk

      At Maytree, we provide people in the midst of a suicidal crisis with the opportunity for rest and reflection, and give them the opportunity to stay in a calm, safe and relaxed environment. We can support four "guests" at a time. The service runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our warm and friendly volunteers and staff team spend up to 77 hours with each guest over their stay, giving them the opportunity to talk through their fears, thoughts and troubles. On leaving, each guest receives a goodbye letter. This is a personal record written by a member of Maytree's staff team which reflects their stay, validates their struggles and honours their achievements.

    • Mindfulness


    • A few minutes could change your whole day. Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, focus more and even sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple. We'll teach you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day.
    • NHS Mindfulness Information NHS Mindfulness Information

      It can be easy to rush through life without stopping to notice much.

      Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing


    • Balance - Live Well Mind Resources Balance - Live Well Mind Resources

      Welcome to BALANCE. We offer compelling insights, advice, practical everyday tools, positive news and witty opinion pieces brought to you by leading journalists, experts, thought leaders and wellness influencers.


    • SilverCloud, free and easy to access online CBT SilverCloud, free and easy to access online CBT

      SilverCloud teaches CBT techniques for managing stress, depression, anxiety and more. Available free through italk, Hampshire's NHS talking therapy service.


    • Live Well Live Well

      NHS advice about healthy living, including eating a balanced diet, healthy weight, exercise, quitting smoking and drinking less alcohol.


    • Mental Wellbeing Mental Wellbeing

      a good website that helps with a variety of mental health aspects


    • Men's Activity Network Men's Activity Network

      Join this Facebook network of men’s groups in Hampshire. Get connected for better physical and mental wellness


    • Posture Matters - guidance on good posture Posture Matters - guidance on good posture

    • Support in Crisis
    • Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff from Gov.uk Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff from Gov.uk

      GOV.UK have put together some useful links and sources of support so that children and young people, parents, carers, and school and college staff can get the advice and help they need. They have also added a new module to the RSHE curriculum for primary and secondary schools specifically designed to focus on mental health.


    • Help in a Crisis Help in a Crisis

      If you want to talk to someone about how you're feeling, or what you're experiencing, you can contact any of the places listed on this site


    • Respond Respond

      Respond exists in order to: lessen the effect of trauma and abuse on people with learning disabilities their families and supporters.

    • The link between money and mental health The link between money and mental health

      Learning how mental health and money are connected might help if you're struggling. Sorting things out might feel like an overwhelming task. And lots of things may be out of your control. But try taking things one step at a time. The tips on this page are to help you get started.


    • Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership - Services to support children and young people experiencing bereavement and loss Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership - Services to support children and young people experiencing bereavement and loss
    • A-Z of coping strategies leaflet from the NHS A-Z of coping strategies leaflet from the NHS
    • Mental Health Triage Team (NHS) Mental Health Triage Team (NHS)
    • Anxiety Self-Help Manual Anxiety Self-Help Manual