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A verified directory of free, confidential support services across Northern Ireland. Every line below goes to an organisation that wants to help.
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Suicide prevention & mental health
14 servicesIf someone is in immediate danger, call 999. For 24-hour crisis support across Northern Ireland, contact Lifeline.
Lifeline
Freephone 24/724 hour support for those in distress or despair.
Samaritans
Freephone 24/7Confidential listening service, day or night.
Beat eating disorders
HelplineSupport for anyone affected by an eating disorder. Webchat available.
Action Mental Health, New Life Counselling
BelfastCounselling for individuals (aged 4+) and families on a range of issues.
Aware NI
BelfastNI charity providing information and support to those affected by depression.
Lighthouse Charity
BelfastSupport and help for people affected by suicide or self-harm, plus bereaved families.
PIPS Charity
FreephoneFamily support, suicide prevention service and crisis response.
Suicide Awareness and Support Group
BelfastLocal NI peer support for those bereaved by or affected by suicide.
East Belfast Survivors of Suicide
BelfastHoly Trinity Counselling Centre
BelfastMental health and wellbeing counselling services.
Lenadoon Community Counselling Service
BelfastOne-to-one therapeutic counselling and suicide intervention training.
Mindwise
Mental wellbeing services across Northern Ireland.
Rainbow Project
BelfastPromoting the health and wellbeing of the LGBTQI+ community.
Drug & Alcohol Misuse Mental Health Service (DAMMHS)
BHSCTSupport for young people aged 18 and under misusing alcohol and/or drugs.
Bereavement
7 servicesBereavement Support (BHSCT)
Belfast TrustCruse Bereavement Support
HelplineInformation, support and advice to anyone affected by death. Young people: hopeagain.org.uk
Barnardo's Child Bereavement Service
Advice lineChild Death Helpline
FreephoneOpen 365 days a year for anybody affected by the death of a child of any age.
Miscarriage Association
9am to 4pmSands NI (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death)
NI HelplineEast Belfast Community Counselling
Belfast
Children & young people
10 servicesChildline
FreephoneFree, private and confidential counselling for children and young people.
NSPCC
24/7 helplineChild protection helpline for emotional, physical or sexual abuse or neglect.
MACS Supporting Children and Young People
BelfastWorks with young people aged 16 to 25 who haven't had a fair deal.
Extern
BelfastServices to vulnerable children, young people, adults and families.
Start360
NIPerson-centred services to young people, adults, families and communities.
Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC)
BelfastThe charity for children and young people with lived experience of care in NI.
Children's Law Centre
BelfastInclude Youth
BelfastBelfast YMCA
BelfastAction for Children NI
NI
Student support
3 servicesIf you're studying with Rutledge Training, your tutor is your first point of contact. The services below offer professional, confidential help outside that.
Ulster University Student Support
MainProfessional counselling across all four campuses.
Queen's University Belfast, One Elmwood Student Centre
Office hoursBelfast Metropolitan College
Belfast
Family & relationships
10 servicesParenting NI
Support lineParentline NI
FreephoneFree, confidential helpline for parents and carers.
Family Mediation NI
BelfastMediation for separated parents and families in dispute.
Relate NI
BelfastRelationship counselling for individuals, couples, children and young people.
Accord NI
BelfastMarriage and relationships counselling.
Family Trauma Centre (BHSCT)
BelfastFalls Women's Centre
BelfastWindsor Women's Centre
BelfastFamily Support NI
NISure Start
Services for children aged 0 to 4 and their families. Find your local Sure Start on nidirect.
Sexual health & identity
8 servicesPositive Life
OfficeSupport, advice and signposting for people living with and affected by HIV.
Common Youth
BelfastFree confidential advice on sex and contraception for under 25s.
Informing Choices NI
BelfastGUM Clinic, Royal Victoria Hospital
BelfastCara-Friend
BelfastInformation, support and training for the LGBTQI+ community.
LGBTQI+ Switchboard NI
NITransgender NI
NIMermaids NI
NISupport for families of transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people.
Money, benefits & debt
7 servicesStepChange Debt Charity
FreephoneFree confidential debt advice.
Advice NI
FreephoneLaw Centre NI
BelfastAdvice Space
NIFree, independent, confidential and impartial advice.
Age NI Advice Service
FreephoneFree benefits check for older people.
East Belfast Independent Advice Centre
BelfastGamblers Anonymous Belfast
Belfast
Carers & health conditions
11 servicesCarers UK
HelplineCAUSE
HelplinePeer-led support for carers and families of people with mental illness.
Crossroads Care NI
NIRespite and short-term breaks for carers.
Alzheimer's Society
NICancer Lifeline
BelfastDisability Action
BelfastDown's Syndrome Association
10am to 3pmMencap NI Learning Disability Helpline
NIRNIB
Sight lossAction on Hearing Loss
BelfastThe Stroke Association
National Helpline
Housing & homelessness
5 servicesSimon Community NI
24/7 helplineAccommodation and support for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
MainExtern Homeless Support Team
BelfastWelcome Organisation
BelfastQueen's Quarter Housing
Belfast
Cultural, ethnic & refugee support
4 servicesThe Migrant Centre NI
Immigration adviceImmigration advice and hate crime support across NI.
Equality Commission NI
BelfastCounselling All Nations
NINorthern Ireland New Entrant Service (NINES)
BHSCTRegional nurse-led service for new immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
Older people
2 servicesAge NI
MainLeading charity for older people in Northern Ireland.
Engage with Age
Belfast
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Contact details were verified at time of publication. If you spot anything out of date, please let us know. Always call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger.
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