Help & Support

Please find a detailed list below of the help and support available to you. This list was developed by our Student Officers and Advisors.

Abuse & Trauma

Assist Trauma Centre

For anyone who has experienced a traumatic event
Offers therapy (to be paid for)

Website | | 01788 551919

Life Centre

For anyone who has experienced rape or sexual abuse
Offers counselling and helpline

Website | Text Helpline: 07717 989 022 | Helpline: 0808 802 0808 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Men's Advice Line

For men experiencing or have experienced domestic violence
Offers helpline, email support, and information on abuse

Website | | Helpline: 0808 801 0327 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

National Association for People Abused in Childhood

18+
For survivors of any type of child abuse
Operated by experienced staff and trained volunteers
Offers groups, advice about pursuing a legal action (but doesn’t offer legal advice), and information

Website | | Support Line: 0808 801 0331 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Respond

For those over 18 years old who have a learning disability and/or autism, and have experienced abuse/trauma
Offers counselling

Website | | 020 7383 0700

Safeline

For anyone who has survived or is at risk of sexual violence/abuse
Offers counselling and therapy, Independent Sexual Violence Advocates, dedicated support service for men and boys who have been affected by sexual violence/abuse, dedicated helpline for those in Warwickshire affected by sexual violence/abuse, and specialist medical and forensic support for recent victims of sexual violence

Website | Warwickshire Helpline: 0808 800 5008, Male Helpline: 0808 800 5005

Support for Survivors

For adult survivors of childhood abuse
Run by volunteers, many of which have survived childhood abuse
Offers one-to-one and group support, workshops, and information

Website | | 0115 962 2722

SurvivorsUK

For boys, men, and non binary people (13+) who have experienced sexual violence
Offers helpline (text and web chat) groups across the UK
Offers counselling and Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) Services if sexual violence occurred in or the survivor lives in London

Website | Text: 020 3322 1860

The Survivors Trust

For people (any age) who have survived sexual trauma/abuse
Offers helpline (for those aged 16+), information, counselling, live chat

Website | Helpline: 08088 010818 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Victim Support

For people (any age) who are victims of crimes or traumatic events
Offers helpline, live chat on the website, emotional and practical support, and legal information

Website | Helpline: 0808 168 9111

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety UK

18+
Run by people with anxiety disorders for people with anxiety disorders
Offers therapy, courses, groups, helpline / text service, and resources (eg: magazines)

Website | Helpline: 03444 775 774, Text Support: 07537 416 905

No Panic

Any age
For people with anxiety disorders
Offers mentoring, groups, helpline, and self help tips

Website | Helpline: 0300 772 9844, Youthline: 0330 606 1174

OCD-UK

For anyone with OCD
Offers a discussion forum, information and advice about OCD

Website | Support enquiries (questions about OCD): 01332 588112, General enquiries (questions about the charity): 0800 0487012 | OCD-UK, 8 Chapel Street, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1AR

Top UK

16+
For people with anxiety disorders
Offers groups

Website

Bereavement

Child Bereavement UK

For people below the age of 25 who are grieving a death, and families whose child is dying or has died
Offers helpline, groups and individual support sessions, and advice

Website | | 0800 02 888 40

Cruse

For anyone who has been bereaved
Offers helpline, counselling, and advice

Website | 0808 808 1677 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

The Good Grief Trust

For anyone who has been bereaved
Offers signposting, and advice

Website

Bipolar Disorders Children & Young People

Hope Again

Part of Cruse Bereavement UK
For children and young people (12 - 25 years old) who are grieving a death
Offers helpline, counselling, and advice

Website | | Helpline: 0808 808 1677 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Nightline

For students (any level) at university
Offers peer to peer emotional support

Website

The Mix

For anyone aged under 25 years old
Offers information and advice on a variety of young people topics including discussion boards, helpline, email helpline, crisis text support, and counselling

Website | Helpline: 0808 808 4994 (free), Text support: text THEMIX to 85258 (free)

Young Minds

For children and young people
Offers text support for young people, helpline for parents for advice, emotional support and signposting of a child under 25 years old, and webchat for parents

Website | Text support for young people: text YM to 85258 (free text), Helpline for parents: 0808 802 5544 (free)

Dissociative Disorders

An Infinite Mind

For people with dissociative identity disorder
Run by volunteers
Offers information

Website

Clinic for Dissociative Studies

For any age
For people with dissociative disorders
Offers diagnosis of a dissociative disorder, therapy, and information

Website | | 020 7794 1655

First Person Plural

For people with dissociative disorders
Offers information

Website | | Post: First Person Plural, Regent House, Bath Avenue, Wolverhampton, WV1 4EG

International Society for the study of Trauma and Dissociation

Offers information on trauma and dissociative disorders

Website

Drug & Alcohol Addiction

Drugwise

For anyone
Offers harm reduction techniques for drug users, and information on drugs, alcohol, and tobacco

Website

Frank

For anyone
Offers helpline, live chat, and information on drugs

Website | Helpline: 0300 123 6600

Narcotics Anonymous

For anyone with a drug addiction
Offers groups

Website

National Association for Children of Alcoholics

For anyone with a parent who has an alcohol addiction
Offers helpline, and advice

Website | | Helpline: 0800 358 3456 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Eating Disorders

Beat UK

For anyone with any eating disorder
Offers helpline, email support, information about eating disorders, and how to support someone else with an eating disorder

Website
England: ; Scotland: ; Wales: ; Northern Ireland:
Helpline (England): 0808 801 0677; Helpline (Scotland): 0808 801 0432; Helpline (Wales): 0808 801 0433; Helpline (Northern Ireland): 0808 801 0434

General Mental Health and Independent Living Services

Action For Happiness

For anyone
Offers a calendar on daily happiness building activities, groups (eg: happy cafes), and advice for happier living

Website

Citizens’ Advice

For anyone in any part of the UK
Offers advice and information on various rights (eg: housing, debt, immigration)

Website | Helpline (England): 08001448848; Helpline (Wales): 08007022020

Happiful Magazine

For anyone
Offers an e-magazine about mental health

Website

Mencap

For anyone with a learning disability
Offers support services for many areas of life, and a helpline (not crisis support)

Website | | Helpline: 0808 808 1111

Mind

For anyone affected by mental illness
Offers information on various mental health disorders including on mental health law

Website
Information and signposting: , Mental Health Law:
Information and signposting: Mind Infoline, PO Box 75225, London, E15 9FS; Mental Health Law: Mind Legal line, PO Box 75225, London, E15 9FS
Information and signposting: 0300 123 3393; Mental Health Law: 0300 466 6463

Qwell

For adults (18+)
Offers free and anonymous wellbeing support with professionals

Website

ReThink Mental Illness

For anyone affected by mental illness
Offers groups, mental health training, carers support, advocacy, crisis support, helplines, services for those in the criminal justice system and their families, and housing

Website
South Asian community in Kent and West Sussex helpline: 0808 800 2073
North East Lincs helpline (16+): 0808 800 1010
Doncaster helpline (16+): 0808 801 0442
Sheffield helpline (16+): 0808 801 0440
Black Country 24/7 Urgent Mental Health helpline: 0800 008 6516
Sheffield Younger Persons helpline (below age 18): 0808 801 0612

Rethink Advice and Information England (18+) - Helpline: 0808 801 0525 |

Gloucestershire Self Harm - Helpline: 0808 801 0606 |

Roshni

For South Asian women
Offers helpline, supporting access to things like solicitors and benefits, information on legal rights, help with identifying risks and creating safety plans, counselling, and access to emergency refuge

Website | | General Helpline: 0800 953 9666; Forced marriage and honour based abuse helpline: 0800 953 9777

Sane

For anyone (16+) affected by mental illness
Offers information on various mental health disorders, email and text support (not crisis help)

Website |

Side by Side

For anyone (18+) affected by mental illness
Offers online community to share experiences

Website

Southall Black Sisters

For black, Asian, and minority ethnicities (women primarily)
Offers helpline, information and advice (eg: on domestic violence)

Website | | Helpline: 020 8571 9595

Together All

For anyone (16+)
Offers anonymous community for to discuss issues about mental health and wellbeing

Website

Together UK

For anyone
Offers community support, accommodation, wellbeing support for those in the criminal justice system, and advocacy

Website

Wellbeing and Student Support at Warwick University

For anyone at Warwick University
Offers the Counselling and Psychology Interventions Team, which can provide individual therapy (face to face, on Microsoft Teams, or email), and group therapy; a list ofself help resources; a list ofUniversity and local support; and aspecialist Disability Team

Website

Self Harm Suicide

Campaign Against Living Miserably

For anyone going through a tough time
Offers information and advice, helpline, and webchat

Website | Helpline: 0800 58 58 58

Maytree

For anyone (18+) who is suicidal without: a drug or alcohol addiction; currently experiencing a psychotic episode or severe acute mental health issues
Offers a 4 night, 5 day free residential stay (only once during the adult’s lifetime)

Website | 020 7263 7070

Papyrus

For any young person (below the age of 35) or anyone concerned about a young person struggling with suicidal thoughts
Offers helpline, text helpline, and email helpline (HOPELINEUK), and advice

Website | | Helpline: 0800 068 4141 (doesn’t show on phone bill); Text helpline: 07860 039 967

Samaritans

For anyone going through a tough time
Offers helpline and email support

Website | | Helpline: 116 123 (doesn’t show on phone bill)

Shout

For anyone going through a tough time
Offers text support service

Website | Text support (free): text SHOUT to 85258

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide

For adults (18+) who have been bereaved by another’s suicide
Offers helpline, groups, online community forum, and resources

Website | | Helpline: 0300 111 5065