Mental Health - Young People

• RISE - For young people in crisis, RISE offer a helpline, available 24 hours a day on 0808 196 6798 (option 2) where teenagers can talk to someone confidentially and get help
• Smart phone apps – Apps like ChatHealth, ThinkNinja or Stay Alive offer impartial advice available at any time of the day.
• Coventry and Warwickshire’s local mental health helpline is available on 0800 616 171, provided by Mental Health Matters.

All the helplines listed above can provide emotional support including:

• feeling low, anxious or stressed and wanting to talk to another person
• feelings of extreme emotional distress and feel that there is nowhere else to turn
• caring for another person and finding it difficult to cope
• needing advice about how to get more support with an issue that's affecting your mental wellbeing
• feeling socially isolated and just need a chat.

The following local and national mental health support and helplines are also available:

• NHS Mental Health Crisis service: 0300 200 0011, free 24/7 service
• Rise (for children and young people) call 08081 966798 (select option 2).
• Dimensions Tool offers immediate tailored self-help support and signposting to local services.

• Safe Haven Coventry and Warwickshire: 6.00pm to 11.00pm every day.  

  Contact Safe Haven Coventry and Warwickshire on 024 7601 7200

  Email support@cwsafehaven.org.uk

  Text 07790 777039 (Coventry) or 07852 010146 (Warwickshire)

• Chat Health is a free service that enables 11 to 18 year olds across Coventry and Warwickshire to send confidential SMS text messages to School Nurses who will provide impartial advice and support.
  • For Warwickshire, text 07507 331 525
  • For Coventry, text 07507 331 949
• Coventry and Warwickshire Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service, call 024 7667 1090
• Visit Warwickshire County Council website to find out about the range of mental health and wellbeing support services available to you.
• Coventry City Council
• The Samaritans call 116 123
• YoungMinds Crisis Messenger: text YM to 85258
• Papyrus Hopeline UK suicide prevention helpline: call 0800 068 4141 or text 07860 039967
• Every Mind Matters is the national NHS mental health support to help you manage and maintain your mental health, as good mental health makes such a difference. Resources, tools and free apps are available to help support you and your family.