Young People

YoungMinds: YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional well-being and mental health of children and young people.

ChildLine: ChildLine 0800 1111: get help and advice about a wide range of issues, talk to a counsellor online, send ChildLine an email or post on the message boards.

The Mix: The Mix is the UK’s leading digital charity for under 25s, reaching over 6 million young people each year. Whatever issue a young person is facing, The Mix is always there for them – via our website, text, or social media. Our support is free, confidential and anonymous and can be accessed wherever young people are.

Mental Health

Heads Together: Heads Together is a mental health initiative spearheaded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which combines a campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on mental health with fundraising for a series of innovative new mental health services.

Time to Change: Led by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness we're England's biggest programme to challenge mental health stigma and discrimination.

Maytree: A Sanctuary for the suicidal. Suicide help and Support. Maytree’s mission is to save the lives of those in acute suicidal crisis. It is for those at immediate risk, an alternative to emergency services (London)

Samaritans: Samaritans was the first 24-hour telephone helpline to be set up in the UK. In addition, the organisation offers a drop-in service for face-to-face discussion, undertakes outreach at festivals and other outdoor events, trains prisoners as "Listeners" to provide support within prisons, and undertakes research

Trauma and Abuse

One in Four: One in Four is one of the UK’s leading charities, with over 21 years experience of specialising in the long-term recovery support for adults and children who have a lived experience and survived sexual abuse and violence. 

Trauma Breakthrough: A UK charity supporting adult survivors of trauma and abuse. We provide specialist therapy, well-being services, crisis support, groups, and skills courses for survivors of trauma and those in mental health crisis.

Addictions

SMART Recovery: UK Smart Recovery offers a 4-point programme to help people change their harmful addictive behaviour and lead a balanced life. Find a meeting, access online training, read participants' stories and learn how to get involved or donate.

Pivotal Recovery: Research-based, academically robust and tested recovery services for people struggling with pornography addiction, sex addiction and compulsive sexual behaviours.

12 Step Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous: Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

Narcotics Anonymous: Narcotics Anonymous (NA) describes itself as a "nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem.

Cocaine Anonymous: Cocaine Anonymous is a self-supporting group of people who share their experience, strength, and hope to stop using cocaine and other mind-altering substances.

Gamblers Anonymous: Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to do the same.

Debtors Anonymous: Debtors Anonymous helps people recover from compulsive debting and under-earning. If you are having problems with money and debt and think you may be a compulsive debtor, you have come to the right place and we can help you. 

Co-Dependents Anonymous: Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA) is a set of informal self-help groups made up of men and women with a common interest in working through the problems that co-dependency has caused in their lives. 

Gambling

Betknowmore UK: Betknowmore UK works tirelessly to raise awareness, deliver support services and, through education, create more understanding about gambling-related harm. ‘We want people to be empowered, to live the life they want to lead.’

GamCare: GamCare offers a range of options for people struggling with the impact of gambling on their lives – both gamblers and their loved ones.

National Gambling Support Network. The National Gambling Support Network, formerly known as ‘The National Gambling Treatment Service’, is a group of organisations across Great Britain that provide free, confidential and personalised support for anyone who’s experiencing harm from gambling, as well as those affected by someone else’s gambling.

Young Gamblers Education Trust/ YGAM: Evidence-led education to help prevent gaming and gambling harms.