We recognise the value that specialist organisations provide for those affected by unacceptable behaviour, violence and harassment. Please find a list of national services below that you or someone you are close to may wish to access...
NHS 999 - Call 999 if you are in immediate danger.
NHS 111 - Call 111 for non-emergency NHS support, including mental health.
The Samaritans provide emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Call free on 116 123, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
SHOUT. Text SHOUT to 85258 for mental health support. Text HECTOR to 85258 for suicide support.
Papyrus Suicide Support - call 0800 068 4141.
SAPChat help anyone struggling with suicidal ideation.
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably and is focussed on depression and suicide amongst young men.
MIND provides an alternative to A&E for people experiencing a mental health crisis and works in partnership with the NHS.
Healthy Minds are a free NHS Talking Therapies service for Buckinghamshire. With a number of treatment choices or options available to offer you. Call 01865 901 600.
Saneline is an out-of-hours telephone helpline offering emotional support for people struggling with mental health problems. Call 0300 304 7000.
SOS Silence of Suicide helps people with poor emotional health, self harming and suicidal thoughts.
SupportLine provides a confidential telephone helpline offering emotional support on any issue. Call 0170 876 5200.
TheMix is a support service for children and young adults up to 25 years of age helping with a range of issues including mental health.
Citizens Advice provides some useful information on the different types of harassment and hate crime people may experience including disability hate crime, racist and religious hate crime, sexual harassment, and sexual orientation and transgender identity hate crime.
True Vision offers guidance on reporting hate crime and hate incidents. If you do not wish to talk to anyone in person about the incident or wish to remain anonymous, there is an online form for reporting hate crime; you can report non-crime hate incidents to the police to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.
Disability Equality NW runs the Developing from the Negatives Project (DFN) which aims to raise awareness of Disability Hate Crime and encourage reporting.
Tell MAMA supports victims of anti-Muslim hate and is a public service which also measures and monitors anti-Muslim incidents.
Community Security Trust (CS) helps those who are victims of anti-Semitic hatred, harassment or bias.
Neighbourhood Policing Teams. The Police website provides a list of Neighbourhood Policing Teams in your area, who you can contact to gather details of your Neighbourhood Policing Team; how to arrange a visit from your Neighbourhood Policing Team and local support agencies.
Victim Support. When you report a crime to the police, they should automatically ask you if you would like help from an organisation like Victim Support. But anyone affected by crime can contact them directly you don’t need to talk to the police to get Victim Support help.
Stop Hate UK offer support to victims of hate crime
Mermaids have been helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families since 1995
The Havens specialist support for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted. For urgent advice and appointments, please call 020 3299 6900.
Solace provides advice and support for women for domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Refuge is the largest specialist domestic abuse organisation in the UK. Its is for women and children escaping domestic abuse. Call 0808 2000 247.
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. It has separate sites across the UK. Call 01494 461367 (for Wycombe) or 01296 436827 / 01296 437777 (for Aylesbury)
National Domestic Abuse Line is for women experiencing domestic violence, including ‘honour’-based violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf and this can be anonymous. Call 0808 200 0247 (Open 24/7).
National LGBT and Domestic Abuse Line is for LGBT+ people experiencing abuse or violence, such as hate crime, domestic abuse, sexual violence, so-called “conversion therapy” or any other kind of abuse. Call 0800 999 5428
Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone with a scar, mark or condition on their face or body that makes them look different.
Survivors UK offer information, support and counselling for men and boys who have been raped or sexually abused.
Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability.
Step Change provide free debt advice, no matter how large or small, helping you set up a solution and take back control. Call 0800 138 1111.
BeGambleAware offer support in relation to gambling addiction. Call 24/7 helpline on 0808 808 133.
Frank offers friendly, confidential advice about drugs.
NHS The National Centre of Gaming Disorders can offer consultation and treatment to the person who games.
NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic. Treatment for problem gamblers living in England and Wales aged 16 and over
OneRecoveryBucks provide a confidential, free and easy-to-access service to anyone living in Buckinghamshire impacted by their own or someone else’s use of alcohol and drugs.
NHS 999 - Call 999 if you are in immediate danger.
NHS 111 - Call 111 for non-emergency NHS support, including mental health.
The Samaritans provide emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. Call free on 116 123, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
SHOUT. Text SHOUT to 85258 for mental health support. Text HECTOR to 85258 for suicide support.
Papyrus Suicide Support - call 0800 068 4141.
SAPChat help anyone struggling with suicidal ideation.
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably and is focussed on depression and suicide amongst young men.
MIND provides an alternative to A&E for people experiencing a mental health crisis and works in partnership with the NHS.
Healthy Minds are a free NHS Talking Therapies service for Buckinghamshire. With a number of treatment choices or options available to offer you. Call 01865 901 600.
Saneline is an out-of-hours telephone helpline offering emotional support for people struggling with mental health problems. Call 0300 304 7000.
SOS Silence of Suicide helps people with poor emotional health, self harming and suicidal thoughts.
SupportLine provides a confidential telephone helpline offering emotional support on any issue. Call 0170 876 5200.
TheMix is a support service for children and young adults up to 25 years of age helping with a range of issues including mental health.
Citizens Advice provides some useful information on the different types of harassment and hate crime people may experience including disability hate crime, racist and religious hate crime, sexual harassment, and sexual orientation and transgender identity hate crime.
True Vision offers guidance on reporting hate crime and hate incidents. If you do not wish to talk to anyone in person about the incident or wish to remain anonymous, there is an online form for reporting hate crime; you can report non-crime hate incidents to the police to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.
Disability Equality NW runs the Developing from the Negatives Project (DFN) which aims to raise awareness of Disability Hate Crime and encourage reporting.
Tell MAMA supports victims of anti-Muslim hate and is a public service which also measures and monitors anti-Muslim incidents.
Community Security Trust (CS) helps those who are victims of anti-Semitic hatred, harassment or bias.
Neighbourhood Policing Teams. The Police website provides a list of Neighbourhood Policing Teams in your area, who you can contact to gather details of your Neighbourhood Policing Team; how to arrange a visit from your Neighbourhood Policing Team and local support agencies.
Victim Support. When you report a crime to the police, they should automatically ask you if you would like help from an organisation like Victim Support. But anyone affected by crime can contact them directly you don’t need to talk to the police to get Victim Support help.
Stop Hate UK offer support to victims of hate crime
Mermaids have been helping gender-diverse kids, young people and their families since 1995
The Havens specialist support for people who have been raped or sexually assaulted. For urgent advice and appointments, please call 020 3299 6900.
Solace provides advice and support for women for domestic abuse and sexual violence.
Refuge is the largest specialist domestic abuse organisation in the UK. Its is for women and children escaping domestic abuse. Call 0808 2000 247.
Women’s Aid is the national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. It has separate sites across the UK. Call 01494 461367 (for Wycombe) or 01296 436827 / 01296 437777 (for Aylesbury)
National Domestic Abuse Line is for women experiencing domestic violence, including ‘honour’-based violence, their family, friends, colleagues and others calling on their behalf and this can be anonymous. Call 0808 200 0247 (Open 24/7).
National LGBT and Domestic Abuse Line is for LGBT+ people experiencing abuse or violence, such as hate crime, domestic abuse, sexual violence, so-called “conversion therapy” or any other kind of abuse. Call 0800 999 5428
Changing Faces is the UK’s leading charity for everyone with a scar, mark or condition on their face or body that makes them look different.
Survivors UK offer information, support and counselling for men and boys who have been raped or sexually abused.
Mencap is the leading voice of learning disability.
Step Change provide free debt advice, no matter how large or small, helping you set up a solution and take back control. Call 0800 138 1111.
BeGambleAware offer support in relation to gambling addiction. Call 24/7 helpline on 0808 808 133.
Frank offers friendly, confidential advice about drugs.
NHS The National Centre of Gaming Disorders can offer consultation and treatment to the person who games.
NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic. Treatment for problem gamblers living in England and Wales aged 16 and over
OneRecoveryBucks provide a confidential, free and easy-to-access service to anyone living in Buckinghamshire impacted by their own or someone else’s use of alcohol and drugs.