If you don’t feel like you can keep yourself safe and are thinking about hurting yourself or feel like you want to die, it is important to tell someone now.
You can ring The Crisis Team on 0191 814 8899 or 0800 652 2863 available 24 hours a day
Go to your nearest Accident and Emergency department.
The Samaritans provide a 24 hours a day, 365 days a year service offering a safe place for people to talk. This service is free and the quickest way to contact them is by phone on 116 123 or you can email jo@samaritans.org
Shout – There is a text service called Shout. To access support from them, you can text the word SHOUT to 85258 – they offer help via text message from one of their team and are also available 24 hours a day, 365 days year. An initial message will be sent to your phone to acknowledge your text message and then a person from their team will be in touch via message to explore ways they can help you.
