I just found out today that The Samaritans are closing their long running email and letter services.
https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/letter-writing-service-closing/
https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/email-service-closing/
Since The Samaritans are often recommended by people on these boards, I thought this was worth pointing out since many people who suffer from autism and other related mental health problems either find speaking on the telephone to be difficult, or lack the privacy to do so.
They say that they "cannot provide immediate support" by letter. Indeed when I've used them they have taken weeks to reply, but that isn't really the point. Being able to think about what you are saying, in your own time, is more important than the immediacy.
This isn't really surprising. Last year, they announced that they were intending to close half their branches, and have some volunteers "work from home".
