Free Telephone Counseling Hotlines in the United Kingdom

AIDS Helpline
Bravehearts 
0 (800) 012 322
The 24-hour hotline provides information on HIV testing, treatment, care and prevention.

Global Network of People Living with HIV 
31 (204) 23 4114
The overall aim of GNP+ is to work to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV and AIDS. The organisation’s focus is on building the capacity of people with HIV and AIDS on the global, regional and national level.

i-Base 
44 (207) 407 8488
HIV i-Base is a treatment activist group, HIV positive led and committed to providing timely HIV treatment information both to positive people and to health care professionals.

Lunch Positive 
(784) 646 4384
The Lunch Positive lunch club is a peer-led community space for everyone with HIV. They have a coffee and lounge area, and a dining area for lunch which is provided every Friday at noon at the Dorset Gardens Methodist Church in Brighton. The space belongs to everyone who visits, so please make it your own. You’re welcome to sit where you want, move around and chat, whatever is good for you. They hope you’ll use this to meet new people, make new friends and be able to share peer support. The lunch club is provided entirely by volunteers.

National AIDS and Sexual Health Line
0 (800) 567 123
A 24-hour, free and confidential telephone service with advice about HIV and AIDS, sexual health, STD’s, local services, clinics and support services.

Positively Women 
0 (207) 713 0222
Positively Women is the only national charity providing support for women living with HIV by women living with HIV: Providing specialist support by women living with HIV enabling women to make informed choices. Challenging stigma and discrimination.

Terrence Hiigins Trust 
0 (845) 1221 200
Their advisers can provide emotional support if you are worried about your sexual health or have concerns about living with HIV, and can help you access services local to you across the UK.

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance
01 (273) 718900
Established in 1993, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) is a global partnership of nationally-based organizations working to support community action on AIDS.

UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development
44 (207) 324 4780
The Consortium’s vision is to promote an effective global response to HIV and AIDS that contributes to sustainable development. It’s mission is to encourage, initiate and support collaborative action by civil society to contribute to and influence the global response to HIV and AIDS.

Alcoholics Anonymous 
0 (800) 9177 650
Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

Alcohol Change 
 0300 123 1110
Alcohol Change UK is the new charity formed by the merger of Alcohol Research UK and Alcohol Concern. Our new website incorporates content from our predecessor charities and our former Welsh site, Drink Wise Wales. As the national charity working to help reduce the problems that can be caused by alcohol. We do this by helping people with information, advice and support with their questions about drinking and the problems that can sometimes be caused by alcohol.

CAIS 
0 (845) 06 121 12
Provider of personal support services for those who having problems with addictions, mental health, personal development and employment.

Re-Solv 
01785 810762
Solvent abuse affects the lives of thousands of people in the UK. If you misuse any of the above products, or if someone you know misuses them, then we’re glad you’re here. Founded in 1984, Re-Solv is the expert charity working across the UK to end solvent abuse and support all those whose lives are affected by it.

Talk to Frank 
0 (300) 123 6600
For free confidential drugs information and advice 24 hours a day.

Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre 
0 (122) 3 245888
Volunteer run confidential support and information by telephone.

CIS’ters (Childhood Incest Survivors) 
(023) 8033 8080
Provides help and support for adult women who suffered incest as a child. Organizes workshops and conferences to raise awareness on the issues surrounding incest, particularly mental distress.

Family Matters 
01 (474) 537 392
Helpline and counselling for people of all ages who have experienced rape or childhood sexual abuse.

Life Center
0 (808) 802 0808
Telephone counselling for survivors of sexual abuse and those supporting survivors. Also offers face-to-face counselling and art therapy groups in West Sussex.

Mankind 
0 (127) 3 911 680
Provides one-to-one counselling, therapeutic groups and couple counselling to men (age 18+) who have experienced sexual abuse at any time in their lives.

Mosac
0 (800) 980 1958
Mosac is a voluntary organization supporting non-abusing parents and careers whose children have been sexually abused, providing support, advice, information and counselling following the discovery of sexual abuse.

Rape Crisis England and Wales 
0 (808) 802 9999
Rape Crisis England & Wales is a national charity and the umbrella body for our network of independent member Rape Crisis Centers.

Stop it Now! 
0 (808) 1000 900
Confidential freephone helpline for people struggling with sexual thoughts and behaviors towards children. Also supports anyone with a concern, including the parents and careers of children and young people with worrying sexual behavior, and friends and family worried about the behavior of another adult.

Survivors UK
0 (203) 598 3898
Support for men who have been raped or sexually abused. Also provides webchat, face-to-face counselling and support groups in the London area.

Women’s Aid Federation of England 
0 (808) 2000 247
Women’s Aid works to end domestic violence against women and children.

Action for Children 
0 (203) 124 0600
Offers alternatives to adversarial court processes for families involved in separation or divorce, help for parents and carers to meet children and young people’s needs during this difficult time, encouragement for shared parental responsibility in the future – promoting the emotional, physical and intellectual wellbeing of children and help for parents to improve communications between themselves regarding parenting issues, enabling them to manage any conflict.

CAIS - Get Connected 
0 (808) 808 4994
Helps under-25s with a wide range of issues and can put you in touch with the right sort of help near you no matter what your worry and is a friendly website for children and young people whose parents are splitting up.

Family Lives 
0 (808) 800 2222
Open 24/7 and specializes in helping parents under stress, no matter what the problem. You can offload on to them and talk through what would be best for your children.

Family Mediators Association 
0 (135) 5 244 594
Family mediation is a voluntary process by which couples in dispute, particularly those going through separation or divorce, are helped to deal with arrangements for their future. NFMA has a network of over 60 not-for-profit Family Mediation Services in England and Wales offering help to couples, married or unmarried, who are in the process of separation and divorce.

Families Need Fathers 
0 (300) 0300 363
Help with shared parenting issues arising from relationship breakdown whether you’re the mum or dad, married or unmarried.

Gingerbread 
0 (808) 802 0925
Gingerbread is the charity which works nationally and locally, for and with single parent families, to improve their lives. We achieve change by championing their voices and needs and providing support services.

Grandparents Plus 
0 (300) 123 7015
Grandparents Plus is the national charity which champions the vital role of grandparents and the wider family in children’s lives – especially when they take on the caring role in difficult family circumstances. We do this by:- Campaigning for change so that their contribution to children’s wellbeing and care is valued and understood. Providing evidence, policy solutions and training so that they get the services and support they need to help children thrive. Advising and supporting grandparents and wider family members to ensure they have access to a holistic service, offering them professional advice, information and casework support; and by ensuring that they can have a voice and help each other, especially when they are caring for children who are not living with their parents.

Marriage Care 
0 (800) 389 3801
If you are facing difficult times in your marriage or relationship and need support, Marriage Care offers relationship counselling sessions at over 100 venues in England and Wales.

Relate 
0 (300) 100 1234
Offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through this website.

Silverline 
0 (800) 4 70 80 90
Free, confidential 24 hrs. helpline for older people.

Young Minds 
0 (808) 802 5544
Parents’ Information Service gives advice to parents or carers who may be concerned about the mental health or emotional well being of a child or young person.

Allsorts Youth Project 
0 (127) 372 1211
Allsorts is a project based in Brighton to support and empower children and young people under 26 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or unsure (LGBTU) of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Their mission statement reads: “Allsorts Youth Project supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people to take a lead in raising awareness of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and challenge prejudice and discrimination in all areas of young people’s lives”.

BEAT Eating Disorders 
0 (345) 634 1414
UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. Beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association. Youthline for people aged 25 and under.

Brighton and Hove LGBT Community Safety Forum 
0 (127) 3 855620
They support cultural, educational and social safety community activities and any type of LGBT community-building initiative. The LGBT Community Safety Forum was formed to give the community a much needed voice on a wide range of safety issues in Brighton and Hove.

Pavilions 
(788) 447 6634
We provide you with confidential support and information, recommend treatment pathways and tailor your experience to help you achieve your goals around drug/alcohol use. We provide support to adults in Brighton and Hove who identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning), including men who have sex with men (MSM). We also work in partnership with other LGBTQ services in Brighton. Many people accessing help commonly present with a number of complex issues. Our role is to support the client in identifying the areas where they are in need and to access appropriate support, often linking in with other established LGBTQ services in Brighton.

Anxiety UK 
0 (844) 4 775 774
Anxiety UK works to relieve and support those living with anxiety disorders by providing information, support and understanding via an extensive range of services, including 1:1 therapy.

Bipolar UK 
0 (333) 323 3880
National charity dedicated to supporting individuals with the much misunderstood and devastating condition of bipolar, their families and carers. Work to enable people affected by bipolar (formerly known as manic depression) to take control of their lives.

Cruse Bereavement 
0 (122) 3 633536
Promotes the well-being of bereaved people and helps anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Providing free care, information, support and training services to those who are looking after them.

Make Do and Mend
0 (122) 3 521634
Make, Do and Mend has been set up to provide a flexible programme of strengths-based skills workshops, peer support and information on mental health resources in Cambridge for people who suffer from mental health illness.

Making Space 
0 (148) 0 211006
Making Space is a national charity providing quality care and support to people with a wide variety of needs including those with physical and/or mental health conditions, learning disabilities and dementia. We also offer the same level of support to their friends, families and carers – enabling each and every user of our services to shape their life around personal aspirations and circumstances.

OCD Action 
0 (845) 390 6232
Provides support and information for people affected by obsessive compulsive disorder.

Rethink
0 (135) 4 655 786
Rethink Helpline for carers of people with schizophrenia and other enduring mental illnesses