Need urgent help?

If you need urgent help right away:

If you are thinking about suicide and feel unsafe or have seriously harmed yourself: ยท Call 999 for an ambulance or go straight to A&E. Please use the same advice if someone you know has suicidal thoughts and feels unsafe or has seriously harmed themselves.

If you can keep yourself safe for now, but still need urgent advice

If your life is not at immediate risk, but you need urgent help.

If you need to talk to someone right now

If you are struggling to cope and need to talk to someone about how you are feeling, there is always someone there to listen.

Call Samaritans for free on 116 123.

Text SHOUT on 85258.

These helplines are free, completely confidential, and open 24/7, 365 days a year.

The Listening Place

The Listening Place (TLP) provides free, regular, face-to-face support, by appointment, to people who feel life is no longer worth living. Our team of over 850 highly trained volunteers offer 50-minute active listening sessions, enabling individuals to speak frankly about their suicidal thoughts and feelings in a completely confidential setting. Established just nine years ago, TLP now operates from three London sites, with a fourth scheduled to open in autumn 2025, delivering up to 150 appointments daily from 9 am to 9 pm, seven days a week.

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Additional Help

Hackney Council Mental Health Support

This is where you can find local organisations offering support, advice and activities to Hackney & City residents.

Thrive LDN

Help Yourself and Others focuses on things that enable good wellbeing, alongside free wellbeing training opportunities. For those who need it, you’re only one click away from more direct support, such as NHS talking therapies or urgent helplines.