IF YOU START TO FEEL YOU CANNOT MANAGE YOUR MOOD ALONE

• Contact your GP

IF YOU BEGIN TO FEEL HOPELESS AND HAVE THOUGHTS OF HARMING YOURSELF

• Tell someone
• Get in touch with someone immediately e.g. a friend, relative, neighbor
• Call a helpline
• Contact your local crisis team, or
• Call the emergency services on 111

Local Crisis Team Contact Phone Numbers:

Oxford City and North East Oxon: 01865 902200
North West Oxon: 01865 902563
South Oxon: 01865 904191

Overnight, from 9pm until 7am, the Night Team based at the Warneford Hospital can be contacted on: 01865 901000

If you experience mental health crisis at the weekend, you can self-refer to the Oxford or Banbury Safe Haven

These are out of hours services providing crisis support, signposting, safety planning and listening support over the weekend.

The Oxford and Banbury Safe Haven are open on Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday 6pm – 10pm.

The referral line is open from 5pm on the day of the service. The last entry is at 9pm.

Oxford Safe Haven: 01865 903 037

Banbury Safe Haven: 01295 270004 and 07851 246546

Some useful helplines and contact details are provided below:

SAMARITANS – Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org

PAPYRUS – Young suicide prevention society.
Phone: HOPE line UK 0800 068 4141 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm and 7pm to 10pm,
and 2pm to 5pm on weekends)
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org

SANE – Emotional support, information and guidance for people affected by mental illness, their families and carers.
SANEline: 0300 304 7000 (daily, 4.30pm to 10.30pm)
Textcare: comfort and care via text message: www.sane.org.uk/textcare
Peer support forum: www.sane.org.uk/supportforum
Website: www.sane.org.uk/support

FRANK – support and advise for people with addiction problems
Open 24 hours
0800 77 6600

NO PANIC – Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and OCD.
Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
Phone: 0844 967 4848 (daily, 10am to 10pm)
Website: www.nopanic.org.uk

VICTIM SUPPORT – supporting victims of crime
Phone: 0808 168 9111 (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.victimsupport.org

CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably, for men aged 15 to 35.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (daily, 5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net

MEN’S HEALTH FORUM – 24/7 stress support for men by text, chat and email.
Website: www.menshealthforum.org.uk

RETHINK MENTAL ILLNESS – Support and advice for people living with mental illness.
Phone: 0300 5000 927 (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4pm)
Website: www.rethink.org

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – support for people with alcohol problems
Phone: 0845 769 7555 (24-hour helpline)
Website: www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

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