I feel unsafe, what can I do?

If you are fearful that you are in danger on acting on suicidal thoughts, keep yourself
safe and seek help;
 Phone 999 or go to your nearest A&E- you can call an ambulance if you are
unable to get there. You can ask someone to support you or you can go
alone. There are specialist services based within A&E, who you can speak
with in confidence. There are lots of available options for treatment that you
can discuss and consider together with the health care professional you see.
We want to help. A Mental Health Liaison Service is based in your local
Hopsital. We assess people aged 16 and over who are inpatients,
in Intermediate Care, or have presented in the Emergency Department and
are experiencing problems with their mental health. Our team of mental health
practitioners and psychiatrists cover the hospital 24 hours-a-day, seven days-
a-week.
 Contact Out of Hours (01204 390302 for Bolton, Salford and Trafford
localities, 0161 271 0450 for the city of Manchester)
 Tell someone how you are feeling- CONTACT DETAILS BELOW
 Do things that are safe and help you feel comforted, calmer and more in
control. This is called self-soothing.
 Reduce the opportunity for you to act on thoughts of suicide impulsively. If you
have had thoughts of taking tablets, safely dispose of what you don’t need
and/or ask someone to take care of them for you. By whichever means you
are thinking of ending your life, reduce the opportunity by getting rid of any
apparatus/method you have considered. This will help you to stay safe in the
immediacy.

SANE Line

SANE provides care and emotional support to people with mental health problems
(aged 16 or over), their families and cares. SANE provides support in a number of
ways including a daily helpline service (SANEline) and an online supportive forum
community where anyone can share their experiences of mental health.

Open 4.30-10.30pm daily. 0300 304 7000 | info@sane.org.uk .

Samaritans

24-hour confidential emotional support: 116 123 | jo@samaritans.org

UCAT Crisis Team - 0161 271 0325 / 0161 882 2499

Mind Infoline

Hearing or speech impaired callers may contact us using the main helpline numbers
or choose to use RNID textphone services to contact us.

Monday to Friday: 9am – 6pm (except Bank Holidays). 0300 123 3393 | Text 86463
| info@mind.org.uk

Shout

Shout is a free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It’s a place
to go if you are struggling to cope and need immediate help.

Text Shout to 85258

MindLine Trans+

A confidential, emotional, mental health support helpline for people who identify as
Trans, Agender, Gender Fluid, Non-binary.

Mondays and Fridays: 8pm to midnight. 0300 330 5468

Crisis Point

Helping people with diverse needs to resolve their current crisis and develop
strategies to prevent or better manage future crises. Open-access mental health
crisis centre. Bespoke crisis management support.

0161 238 5149

PAPYRUS HOPELINEUK

Helpline for children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing
thoughts of suicide and for anyone who is concerned that a young person could be
thinking about suicide.

Monday to Friday 10am-10pm. Weekends and Bank Holidays 2-10pm. 0800 068
4141 | Text 07786 209697

Rethink Advice and Information Service

Practical help on issues such as the Mental Health Act, community care, criminal
justice and carers’ rights. Plus general help on living with mental illness, medication,
care and treatment.

Monday to Friday: 9.30am to 4pm | 0300 5000 927 | advice@rethink.org