Urgent help
If you need help now
Purpose in Pain offers grief support and companionship — it is not an emergency or crisis service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, please reach one of these right away. You matter, and help is available.
Emergency services
Call 999 (UK) or your local emergency number
If life is in danger right now
Samaritans (UK & ROI)
Call 116 123
Free, 24 hours a day — for anyone in distress
Shout
Text SHOUT to 85258
Free, confidential, 24/7 crisis text line (UK)
Cruse Bereavement Support
Call 0808 808 1677
Bereavement support helpline (UK)
NHS 111
Call 111
Urgent (non-emergency) medical or mental-health help (UK)
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
United States, 24/7
Find a helpline near you
befrienders.org
International directory of emotional-support helplines
When you're ready and safe, Purpose in Pain is here to walk with you through grief — gently, and at your own pace.
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These are well-known UK and international helplines as a safe default. Please review and edit them for your region in the Content Studio (/studio→ “Crisis & emergency resources”). People may rely on this list in a crisis.