Get the support you need
If you’re struggling with your mental health or are worried about someone who is, you can reach out to the following charities for support:
RABI is the charity at the heart of farming, providing expert mental health and wellbeing support, as well as financial, emotional and practical help to farming people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
24 hours a day
Call 0800 188 4444 (free)
Email help@rabi.org.uk
Click & Chat - online mental wellbeing service www.rabi.org.uk/how-we-can-help/click-and-chat/
Free, in person counselling www.rabi.org.uk/how-we-can-help/in-person-counselling/
Website www.rabi.org.uk
A voluntary organisation & charity that supports farmers and families within the farming community
Based in Northamptonshire
Call their helpline: 03000 111 999, 7am-11pm
Email their helpline help@fcn.org.uk
Help for those involved in agriculture and other rural businesses affected by stress and depression
Based in Norfolk
Call their Helpline on 0300 323 0400 for confidential support every Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm. Outside of these hours leave a message and receive a callback
Email helpline@yanahelp.org
Website https://www.yanahelp.org/
Supporting those in the agricultural sector with poor mental health
Based in Wales
Call their confidential 24 hour ‘Share the Load’ Helpline on 0800 587 4263
Message their textline 07860 048799 (note this number does not receive calls)
PAPYRUS is the national charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide. Available to anybody under the age of 35 experiencing suicidal thoughts, or for anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide.
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Call their HOPELINE247: 0800 068 4141
Text 88247
Email pat@papyrus-uk.org
Website www.papyrus-uk.org
Offering help whenever you might need it through our information, advice and local services
9am-6pm, Monday to Friday (except Bank Holidays)
Infoline (an information and signposting service): 0300 123 3393
Support line (a safe space for you to talk about your mental health): 0300 102 1234
Text 86463
Email info@mind.org.uk
Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Call 116 123 from any phone (free)
Email jo@samaritans.org (it may take several days to get an email reply)
SANE is a leading UK mental health charity improving quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness
4 - 10pm, 365 days a year
Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Text ‘Shout’ to 85258
Website https://giveusashout.org/
National LGBTQIA+ support line
10am - 10pm daily
Call 0800 0119 100
Email hello@switchboard.lgbt – they aim to reply within 5 days
Website https://switchboard.lgbt/
The UK’s leading charity fighting for a world where no young person feels alone with their mental health
Parents’ Helpline: 0808 802 5544 9.30am - 4pm, Monday to Friday
Young person’s advice: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person/
Website https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
A game changing mental health service for young people. Stop.Breathe.Think gives eligible young people aged 8-21 access to free 1-1 counselling sessions. No wait times and available nationally, providing vital support to those who need it right now.
Text: BREATHE to 85258 to message a trained volunteer. Available 24/7
Email admin@stopbreathethink.org.uk - Monday-Friday (except Bank Holidays), 9am-5pm. They aim to respond within 48 hours
Free counselling. Appointments are made available every Monday morning for the following 2 weeks ahead:
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
