Helplines and Crisis Contacts
Support Lines
Samaritans : 116123 email: jo@samaritans.org
NHS advice: 111
Text Service: Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK to text with a trained Crisis Volunteer (www.crisistextline.uk)
Text Service for under 25’s
Text: 85258 with the message THEMIX.
https://www.themix.org.uk/get-support/speak-to-our-team/crisis-messenger
Local Crisis Teams
Northamptonshire Urgent Care and Assessment Teams (UCAT)
Available 24/7 365 days a year for individuals in Northamptonshire:
UCAT South: 0300 1111004
UCAT North: 0300 1111005
Kettering Crisis Telephone Support Service
24/7 365 days a years: 0800 9170464
Leicestershire Helpline
If you’re an adult and live in Leicestershire, mental health crisis support is available via Turning Point:
- telephone the free helpline: 0808 800 3302, 24 hours a day. Your call is confidential.
- email Leicestershire.Helpline@turning–point.co.uk for a call back
- attend a drop-in session. They take place across Leicestershire. You don’t need a referral and you can make an appointment through the free helpline 0808 800 3302 or e-mail Leicestershire.Helpline@turning–point.co.uk.