Urgent help

If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999. For urgent mental health help, call NHS 111 and choose option 2, or call Samaritans free on 116 123, any time.

Talk or text, any time

• Emergency: if someone’s life is at risk, or they are in danger now, call 999.
• Urgent mental health help: call NHS 111 and choose option 2.
• Samaritans: call free on 116 123, day or night, about anything that is troubling you.
• Shout: if you would rather text, send SHOUT to 85258, free, any time.
• Worried about a child or an adult being harmed: call 999 if they are in danger now, otherwise the council’s safeguarding team for where they live.

Not urgent

To find a group, an activity or support near you, search My Noticeboard or browse by topic. Your GP surgery can also put you in touch with their social prescriber, who can help you find what suits you.

About My Noticeboard

My Noticeboard is a free directory of local groups, services and events, run by volunteers. It is not a crisis or advice service, and we can’t reply to messages asking for help. If you send us something about a group or event and it worries us that someone may be at risk, we may pass it to the emergency services or the council’s safeguarding team.