ROCK N ROLL WELLBEING
Therapy & wellbeing support for surviving the music industry
SUPPORT RESOURCES & INFORMATION
EMERGENCY SUPPORT
We do not provide crisis and emergency support. If you do not feel you can keep yourself safe right now, or if your life is at risk, please call 999 or go to your local A&E immediately for emergency help.
A mental health emergency should be taken as seriously as a physical one.
24/7 SUPPORT
If you need urgent help for your mental health, please contact NHS 111.
They will tell you the right place to get help.
Call: 111 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
Website: 111.nhs.uk
Please contact one of the following helplines for free confidential support. You can talk about anything that's troubling you, no matter how difficult.
They are there for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Call: 116 123 to talk to SAMARITANS
Text: SHOUT to 85258 to contact the SHOUT CRISIS TEXT LINE
SUICIDE PREVENTION SUPPORT
If you are thinking about suicide, or are worried about someone who is thinking about suicide, the following organisations are ready to help and support you.
SAMARITANS are there 24/7 if you need someone to talk to. They will listen, they won't judge, and they won't tell you what to do. You can contact them any time.
Call: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
PAPYRUS PREVENTION OF YOUNG SUICIDE is a national charity dedicated to the prevention of suicide in children and young people. Check out their website for information and support, and contact their helpline for confidential support and practical advice, HOPELINE247:
Call: 0800 068 41 41 (24/7, 365 days a year)
Text: 07860 039 967
Email: pat@papyrus-uk.org
Website: www.papyrus-uk.org
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY (CALM) stand with everyone who’s struggling with life, no matter who they are, where they’re from or what they’re going through. Check out their website for information, and contact their helpline for support:
Call: 0800 58 58 58 (5:00pm to midnight, every day)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
THE STAY ALIVE APP is a suicide prevention resource packed full of useful information and tools to help you stay safe in crisis. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide. The app is available for both Android and iOS. Download it from Google Play or the App Store.
SPECIALIST SUPPORT FOR MUSICIANS & CREW
HELP MUSICIANS UK (HMUK) is an independent UK charity for professional musicians of all genres, from starting out through to retirement. They offer practical, positive support to emerging, professional and retired musicians – whatever the genre. HMUK want to help ensure that those who pursue a career in music will not have to do so at the expense of their mental health.
Website: www.helpmusicians.org.uk
MUSIC MINDS MATTER offer support for people working in music. Whatever you’re going through right now, you can contact Music Minds Matter for support. It doesn’t have to be a crisis, or about music. They have trained advisors that are there to listen, support and help at any time - 24/7.
Call: 0808 802 8008
Email: MMM@helpmusicians.org.uk
Website: www.musicmindsmatter.org.uk
MUSIC SUPPORT is a registered charity founded and run by people from the UK music industry, for individuals in any area of the UK music industry suffering from mental, emotional and behavioural health disorders (including but not limited to alcohol and drug addiction) - 24/7.
Call: 0800 030 6789
MUSICIAN'S UNION have a range of resources providing advice on how to stay healthy and safe wherever it is that you are working as a musician.
Website: www.musiciansunion.org.uk
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINE (BAPAM) connects performing artists and musicians with free specialist health support.