Mental Health
Crisis Services

Mental Health Crisis Lines
Anyone can call 111 and press option 2.
For Sussex, you can call 0800 0309 500.
For Surrey, you can call 0800 915 4644.
You can also call the Samaritans. They offer a safe place for you to talk any time you like, in your own way – about whatever’s getting to you. You don’t have to be suicidal.
Call Samaritans on 116 123 free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Local Support Services
For young people
Recovery Colleges
Condition-specific services
There are many services and support networks available for specific conditions.
- Bipolar UK provide peer support services to empower people affected by bipolar to live well.
- Borderline Support is a national user-led community interest company which promotes the use of lived experience and peer support to be there for anyone affected in any way by BPD, enabling them to live their lives to the fullest.
- OCD Action has been delivering frontline services for over 25 years which make a tangible and long-term difference to the lives of people with OCD, their families, carers and friends. OCD Action has a vision of a time when OCD is well understood and everyone gets the treatment and the support they need, when they need it.
- PTSD UK is the only charity in the UK dedicated to raising awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder – no matter the trauma that caused it.
A good place to look for information and support for specific conditions is the Mind website.