re.DEFINED Checklist: Signposting to Support Services
General Information & Immediate Support
Mind
Website: mind.org.uk
InfoLine: 0300 123 3393
Service: Helps find specialist services in your area.
Helplines and Listening Services
Samaritans
Website: samaritans.org
Availability: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Phone: 116 123 (free from any phone).
Shout
Website: giveusashout.org
Service: Immediate support via text.
How to Use: Text SHOUT to 85258 for confidential help.
Availability: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Helplines Partnership
Website: helplines.org/helplines
Service: Directory of UK helplines.
Directory of Organisations & Services
Mind
Information resources, online peer support, legal lines, and community-based services through local Minds.
Mental Health Foundation
Research, resources, mindfulness initiatives like BeMindful.
Rethink Mental Illness
Peer support groups, housing, and services for carers and people leaving hospital.
Time to Change
Social movement focused on changing attitudes towards mental health.
Sane
sane.org.uk/what_we_do
Helpline, textcare, and online support forums.
NHS England
Details of NHS mental health services.
NHS IAPT
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.
Hub of Hope
National mental health database focusing on grassroots organisations.
LGBTQ+
Helpline: 0300 330 0630 (10am-10pm daily), messaging, and email service.
CALM
thecalmzone.net/help/get-help
Helpline and webchat, open daily from 5pm to midnight.
Movember
Services and projects aimed at preventing premature death in men.
The Mix - Under 25s
One-to-one chat, messenger services, discussion boards, and information.
Combat Stress - Veterans
Treatment programs, peer support groups, and a helpline.
Anxiety UK
Self-help groups, therapy support.
Bipolar UK
Online and regional peer support groups.
Beat
Peer support for eating disorders.
Gamcare
Helpline: 0808 8020 133 (8am-midnight), live chatroom.
Get in touch
If you would like to find out more about new locations or how to become a re.DEFINED trainer, please drop the team an email and we will get back to you.
Or simply say hello@redefineduk.org