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The following additional sources of support and information may be helpful at this time. This includes mental health support services and domestic violence support services.
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- Pennine care foundation trust patient and carer helpline – 0800 014 9995 https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/help
- If you do not feel able to maintain your safety and there is an immediate risk of harm to you or others then you should call 999 or attend A & E.
- You can ask your GP for an appointment.
- You can seek a referral to your local mental health service (e.g , healthy minds , thinking ahead) here (https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/healthyminds) or speak to your GP as the specific service contact details differ according to where you live . E.g. self – referral details:
- Heywood , Middleton & Rochdale Thinking ahead – 01706 751180
- Bury Healthy minds – 0161 253 5258
- Oldham Healthy minds – 0161 716 2777
- Stockport Healthy minds – 0161 716 5640
- Tameside and Glossop Healthy minds – 0161 716 4242
- Bolton IAPT / single point of access – 01204 483 101
- Greater Manchester mental health trust https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/psychological, 24/7 helpline 01204 483 071
The following support lines are also available:
Domestic Violence Helplines and Support are below:
- women can call The Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge on 0808 2000 247 for free at any time, day or night. The staff will offer confidential, non-judgemental information and support
- talk to a doctor, health visitor or midwife
- men can call Men’s Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 (Monday and Wednesday, 9am to 8pm, and Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am to 5pm) for non-judgemental information and support
- men can also call ManKind on 0182 3334 244 (Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm)
- If you identify as LGBT+ you can call Galop on 0800 999 5428 for emotional and practical support
- anyone can call Karma Nirvana on 0800 5999 247 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) for forced marriage and honour crimes. You can also call 020 7008 0151 to speak to the GOV.UK Forced Marriage Unit
- in an emergency, call 999
You can also email for support. It is important that you specify when and if it is safe to respond and to which email address:
The Survivor’s Handbook from the charity Women’s Aid is free and provides information for women on a wide range of issues, such as housing, money, helping your children, and your legal rights.
If you are worried that you are abusive, you can contact the free Respect helpline on 0808 802 4040.
For specific support related to your emotional wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic you may want to consider the following sources of support:
Please note that as these are external resources, they can and do occasionally change their contact details. In this instance try a quick Google search for the link or number you are looking for and include the words “who has replaced”. For example if Thinking Ahead no longer brought up any information, you might search for “Who has replaced Thinking Ahead in Rochdale”.