Help, Services & Information

Click on the image to visit the Minding Your Head web site. If you or someone you know is in danger of suicide, please seek help immediately. You should: Call 999; Call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000; Use your local emergency department. Don’t try to manage your or someone else’s suicidal thoughts on your own.

Lifeline is the Northern Ireland crisis response helpline service for people who are experiencing distress or despair. No matter what your age or where you live in Northern Ireland, if you are or someone you know is in distress or despair, Lifeline is here to help. People living in Northern Ireland can call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000. Deaf and hard of hearing Textphone users can call Lifeline on 18001 0808 808 8000. Calls to Lifeline are free to people living in Northern Ireland who are calling from UK landlines and mobiles.

On this website you will find a comprehensive range of information, self-help guides and ways to access help to support your mental health and wellbeing. It was created by CovidWellBeingNI a partnership of 15 leading mental health and wellbeing charities and the Healthy Living Centre Alliance representing 28 Healthy Living Centres alongside the Public Health Agency, Department of Health and the Department for Communities. Our focus is on promoting positive mental health and wellbeing during and after the Covid19 pandemic.

Helplines NI brings together over 30 helplines
operating across Northern Ireland.

Visit the Helplines NI web site or download the pdf.

The Samaritans are there, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope.

Cara-Friend has been serving the LGBTQ+ community in Northern Ireland for over 40 years. We provide regional LGBTQ+ youth groups across Northern Ireland, one-to-one support for individuals, LGBTQ+ awareness training for professionals and volunteers working in a variety of different areas, community development, the LGBT Switchboard, and the LGBTQ+ Inclusive Schools Programme. 

Find local services and information to support you and your family.

Click here to visist the FRANK web site for honest information about drugs.

Click here to download a

Useful guide to mental health and

emotional wellbeing resources

Click here to download

the Phone First

Information Leaflet

Directory of services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing

These five directories list the names, numbers and web addresses (where applicable) of organisations that offer services to help improve mental health and emotional wellbeing. Where possible, additional information has also been provided, such as email addresses and contact details within each Health and Social Care Trust area. Click on the images below to view the Card for your area.

Click here to download the Local PHA and Trust Key Contacts: Locality Based Key Contacts for Mental & Emotional Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention (PDF Format)

YOUTH SERVICE MENTAL HEALTH TEAM- FLARE

Regional – FLARE / EANI (Education Authority NI – Youth service)

The youth service has a targeted programme to support young people who experience mental health difficulties. This service is called FLARE (Facilitating Life and Resilience Education). FLARE will continue to use online platforms to maintain contact with and support young people who have already been previously been referred: