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Help and Guidance
Coronavirus – Covid-19 guidance
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Gov.uk guidance on Covid-19
Anxiety/Fear and Panic attacks
www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/understanding-panic/
Suicidal feelings
www.nhs.uk/conditions/suicide/
Low mood/depression
www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/low-mood-and-depression/
Self-harm
www.nhs.uk/conditions/self-harm/
Loneliness
www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/feeling-lonely/
Video to help with sleep trouble
www.nhs.uk/video/Pages/beditation.aspx
Helplines and apps
- Samaritans – Samaritans – for everyone
Call 116 123
Email jo@samaritans.org - Grassroots Stay Alive App www.prevent-suicide.org.uk/find-help-now/stay-alive-app/ – for adults feeling suicidal
- CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) – for men
Call 0800 58 58 58 – 5pm to midnight every day
Visit the webchat page - Papyrus – Papyrus – for people under 35 – prevention of young suicide
Call 0800 068 41 41 – Monday to Friday 9am to 10pm, weekends and bank holidays 2pm to 10pm
Text 07860 039967
Email pat@papyrus-uk.org - The Silver Line – a free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Call 0800 470 80 90. Visit the website.
- Switchboard – provides a one-stop listening service for LGBT+ people on the phone, by email and through instant messaging. The service is open 10am-10pm every day. All volunteers are self-identifying LGBT+.
Call 0300 330 06 30
Email chris@switchboard.lgbt
Online chat
Visit the website - Mind – Mind– call 0300 123 3393 or text 86463 (9am to 6pm on weekdays) – Mental Health Charity
- Harmless – Harmless– email info@harmless.org.uk – Self-harm support
- Self-harm Support Forum – National Self Harm Network forums – Self-harm on-line support forum
- Martin Lewis – www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/
Helplines and applications to support Children and Young People and their parents/carers
- Childline – Childline – for children and young people under 19
Call 0800 1111 – the number will not show up on your phone bill
- Young Minds – YoungMinds Parents Helpline– call 0808 802 5544 (9.30am to 4pm on weekdays) – To support parents with children or young people under the age of 25
- Self-Harm Application – www.nhs.uk/apps-library/calm-harm/
YouTube Meditation videos
The eye of the hurricane meditation (10 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPFayxlm_ms
Mindfulness body scan for sleep and deep relaxation (40 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkp8R-HlTYk
Guided meditation for anxiety, worries and relaxation into sleep (48 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ce69YHWNs
Reducing anxiety and stress (20 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIr3RsUWrdo
On the present moment (15 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHU2sjyD5MM
On stress (15 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m713YdTEhb4
On joy (15 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpG2VkOjW8
For the morning (15 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWrgKDzM0LU
On stillness (15 mins)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fSXE_PaHM
Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy offerings
Click here to find out more about St Luke’s Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy Team and the services it provides.
www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-daily-prayer/todays-prayer