Helplines

Small note: 988 doesn’t have counselors specifically trained in LGBTQ+ as of 2025: NPR article on “option 3”. I have some pretty strong feelings about that, tbh. If you are LGBTQ+, your best option for getting help during a mental crisis is Trevor Project.

988 does work though. It helped me once.

Thanks for putting America helplines in

If anybody is reading this from America, dial 988 or contact Trevor Project (if you are LGBTQ+).

Thank you all for your helplines

Please feel free to keep sharing

Hi Pinkchocoholic, 

A wonderful thread to start and thank you for sharing those.

We have a page dedicated to urgent help, but here are of the helplines included:

1. National Domestic Abuse helpline call  0808 2000 247
2. National suicide prevention helpline call 0800 689 5652 
3. Saneline call 0300 304 7000 
4. Mind Infoline call 0300 123 3393 
5. Mind support line call 0300 102 1234 
6. Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) call 0800 58 58 58
7. Community Advice & Listening Line (Wales) call 0800 132 737 
8. National bullying helpline call 0845 2255787

The Helpline Partnership Directory also lists approved members of Helplines Partnership providing support on various topics https://www.helplines.org/helplines/?query=&Helpline+topics=All  

We also have a list of websites for international helplines: 

• https://findahelpline.com/   

• en.wikipedia.org/.../List_of_emergency_telephone_numbers   

• https://befrienders.org/   

• childhelplineinternational.org/   

• https://www.interpol.int/en

Best wishes, 

Alice Mod

Several helplines that can be used by those in need of urgent help are listed here:

https://www.autism.org.uk/contact-us/urgent-help

It is a good thing to share pinkchocoholic , very thoughtful.