Get help if you need mental health support
Emergency support
If it's an emergency call Bristol Mental Health on 0300 555 0334. This line is open 24 hours, 7 days a week.
You can also get support from the Samaritans, get in touch about anything that's troubling you, no matter how large or small the issue feels. Call for free on 116 123.
Non-emergency support
If you need help now, and you're not sure what to do, call 111.
Who to contact
GP or doctor
Contact your doctor (GP) to get mental health support and advice.
Find mental health support services
Mental health organisations
- Local NHS mental health and wellbeing services Go to https://bnssgccg.nhs.uk/health-advice-and-support/mental-health-and-wellbeing/ (opens new window)
- Bristol Mental Health Go to http://www.bristolmentalhealth.org/ (opens new window): information and support phone line for mental health services in Bristol
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health NHS Trust Go to http://www.awp.nhs.uk/ (opens new window): Inpatient and community mental health care for people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire
- Samaritans Go to https://www.samaritans.org/ (opens new window): emergency (24 hour) support for anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or thinking of suicide throughout the UK and Ireland. Call Bristol's Samaritans on 116 123 or 0330 094 5717 (local call charges apply).
- Mind Go to http://www.mind.org.uk/ (opens new window): the mental health charity
- Bristol Mind Go to http://www.bristolmind.org.uk/ (opens new window): mental health support service that provides information, low cost counselling and advocacy services.
- Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service Go to (opens new window)
- Childline Go to https://www.childline.org.uk/ (opens new window): free and confidential mental health support for children under the age of 19 years old. Call 0800 1111.
- Well Aware Go to http://www.wellaware.org.uk (opens new window): information about organisations, support groups, community groups, events and activities that can help improve your health and wellbeing
- Off the Record Go to http://www.otrbristol.org.uk (opens new window): free and confidential counselling for young people aged 11 to 25 years in Bristol
- Alzheimer's Society Go to http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/ (opens new window)
- Rethink Go to http://www.rethink.org/ (opens new window): support to improve the lives of people affected by mental illness through local groups, services and information
- SANE Go to http://www.sane.org.uk/ (opens new window): emotional support, guidance and information to anyone affected by mental illness.
- Second Step Go to http://www.second-step.co.uk/ (opens new window): support people in their home with mental health problems
- Womankind Go to http://www.womankindbristol.org.uk/ (opens new window): support women in the Bristol area with professional counselling, group psychotherapy, supportive and reliable help and a helpline service
- Changes Bristol Go to http://www.changesbristol.org.uk/ (opens new window): support groups in Bristol for anyone aged 18 or over, that offer a safe and friendly space for people to share any worries they might have. Free to access, confidential and no referral needed.
- Community Access Support Service (CASS): Offers support to minority ethnic and faith-based groups in improving access to mental health services.