If you live in ABUHB area, need help with your mental health and are over 18: Contact your PHP or your GP. Under 18? Contact SPACE-Wellbeing or your GP.
Need urgent support? Go to our urgent help page.
You can also seek help from one of the helplines below by filtering by topic area or the type of support you want in the search bar.
If you or someone you know needs urgent mental health care, but it is not life threatening, call NHS 111 and select Option 2. If someone’s life, including your own, is in immediate danger then dial 999 or go to A&E.
Mental Health 111 (Option 2) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is free to calls from a mobile (even when the caller has no credit left) or from a landline.
Find out more ➝If you are struggling to cope and need someone to talk to, Samaritans will listen. You can contact Samaritans 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on 116 123 (free from any phone) or email jo@samaritans.org.
You can also call the Samaritans Welsh Language Line (free from any phone) on 0808 164 0123 (7pm–11pm every day).
Visit the Samaritans Cymru website ➝Community Advice & Listening Line
Provides a confidential mental health listening and emotional support line which is open 24/7. CALL can also signpost to support in local communities and a range of online information.
Visit the CALL website ➝Text Shout to 85258 – Shout is the UK’s first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere.
It’s a place to go if you’re struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
Shout is powered by a team of volunteers, who are at the heart of the service. We take people from crisis to calm every single day.
Visit the Shout website ➝The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is leading a movement against suicide. Every week 125 people in the UK take their own lives. And 75% of all UK suicides are male. CALM exists to change this.
Phone lines are open 5pm to midnight every day.
Visit the CALM website ➝Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through. You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.
Get help and advice about a wide range of issues, call us, talk to a counsellor online, send Childline an email or post on the message boards.
Call on 0800 1111 – the number will not show up on your phone bill.
Visit the Childline website ➝Meic is the helpline service for children and young people up to the age of 25 in Wales. From finding out what’s going on in your local area to help dealing with a tricky situation, Meic will listen even when no-one else will. We won’t judge you and will help by giving you information, useful advice and the support you need to make a change.
Visit the Meic website ➝Providing information and advice for carers and support with getting help in a crisis. Gwent Carers Café can also provide information on mental health conditions and legislation, training opportunities, Carers Assessments, support with grant applications and benefit entitlements.
Do you need help talking to professionals about your own care and support needs or those of someone you care for? We offer a free confidential service that can help you have more voice, choice and control when decisions are made that affect you.
Monday – Friday 10am -3pm
Visit the Gwent Access to Advocacy website ➝The HelpHub is a unique service we provide to autism communities across the UK.
Managed by our autistic team, anyone in need of support can contact us by phone, email or via social media to get personal and confidential help and information on a wide range of issues including diagnosis, employment, education, benefits or anything else that they may feel they need support with.
Available Monday – Friday 10am-4pm
Visit the HelpHub ➝Professionally approved self-help resources to help you improve your mental wellbeing.
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In-depth courses to help you learn skills to manage and improve your mental wellbeing.
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