Urgent help
If you feel helpless, hopeless or unable to cope, this page can help.
Are you, or someone you know, in immediate danger? Call 999 or go to the nearest A&E.
Help from the NHS
- Call NHS 111. If you are unsure, call 111. They are open 24 hours a day and can provide advice and guidance when you need help urgently but not in an emergency (A&E should always be used in an emergency)
- Call Bradford NHS First Response on 0800 952 1181 in a mental health crisis.
- Talk to your GP. Ask at your GP for an Emergency Appointment. If you are waiting for an appointment please also consider who you can talk to from other.
Someone to talk to
- Contact the Counselling & Mental Health Service.
- Open Monday - Friday, 8:30-16:30.
- [email protected] /+44 (0)1274 235750.
- Complete an online request for support
- Contact the Security Team.
- 24 hour emergency telephone: +44 1274 238888.
- Non-emergency or routine queries telephone: +44 1274 236999.
- Get in touch with the Samaritans via web chat or their free 24-hour helpline on 116 123.
- Contact the West Yorkshire 24-hour Mental Health Helpline by phone on 0800 183 0558.
- Student Space – text, email and webchat.
- Qwell - Free digital chat and mental wellbeing support for adults in the UK.
- Contact the free 24/7 text service, giveusashout.org,
- Text "Shout" to 85258
Places to go
- Safe Spaces - a crisis support service for anyone in mental health distress. It provides a homely place to stay overnight for children and young people aged seven to 17.
- Call First Response on 0800 952 1181 at any time and ask for "Safe Spaces".
- Call Guide-Line on 08001 884 884 or chat online between 8am and midnight.
- Andy's Man Club - a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online.
Other forms of support
- Read ReThinks article on How to Cope with Suicidal Thoughts.
- Download our SafeZone app to your phone to request help and alert University of Bradford security staff.
- West Yorkshire Police's Student Safety website.
- The Complete University Guide has a useful guide to staying safe at university.