If you are affected by a mental health issue you can contact:
Urgent advice: Mental Health Support Services
Staying Well Space for MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
The Staying Well Space is an out-of-hours mental health crisis prevention service, provided at St Leonards Wellbeing Centre. Open 7 days a week, the service provides recovery-focused support to help you manage your mental health, stay well and prevent crisis from 6pm to 10.30pm on weekdays and 3pm to 10.30pm at weekends.
Please contact Staying Well by calling 0800 023 6475 or emailing stayingwell.hastings@southdown.org
SAMARITANS 116 123 : Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We’re here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
MENTAL HEALTH HELPLINE : 0800 0309 500 (free phone)
You can call this helpline for care and advice (24 hours, 7 days a week, for all ages) to discuss concerns you have for the mental health of yourself or someone else.
For callers whose first language is not English, a telephone interpreter can be arranged for other community languages, by phoning the helpline and letting them know the language needed.
Perinatal peer support for parents struggling mild to moderately with their mental health
Free peer support for mums, dads, birthing and non-birthing parents in person and remotely across East Sussex.
This referral link is for all service users and can be completed by a healthcare professional or parents can self-refer.
Parents in Mind is one of the many investments made with Start for Life funding to support perinatal mental health and parent infant relationships. More information regarding support for families in East Sussex.
CHILDLINE
Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the Uk with any issues they are going through. You can talk about anything and they have trained counsellors to support you. Childline is free, confidential and available ay time, day or night. You can talk to them by self-referring online here.