Links
For a list of emergency helplines, click here.
Wales- and UK-based Organisations and Resources:
AWETU provides support to people with mental ill health from Black and Minority Ethnic groups living in Wales.
Children's Commissioner for Wales Keith Towler is the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. Keith’s job is to stand up and speak out for children and young people. He works to make sure that children and young people are kept safe and that they know about and can access their rights. You can also access this website in Cymraeg.
Choose Life offers a national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide in Scotland.
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to support the well-being of bereaved people and to enable them understand their grief and cope with their loss.
Farm Crisis Network is a UK network of groups of volunteers drawn from the farming community and rural churches. FCN volunteers are there to ‘walk with’ and support farming people and families as they seek to resolve their problems, whatever they may be.
Institute of Rural Health is a UK-wide academic charity working to inform, develop and promote the health and wellbeing of rural people and their communities.
Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) Wales is a voluntary organisation that provides a number of servics including counselling, befriending and advocacy to the Muslim community in Wales.
MDF The Bipolar Organisation Cymru is a user-led mental health charity which works to enable people affected by bipolar disorder (manic depression) to take control of their lives.
Office for National Statistics
Papyrus is a voluntary UK organisation committed to the prevention of young suicide and the promotion of mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Public Health Wales (formerly National Public Health Service for Wales - you can link to separate websites containing content and services previously provided by NPHS in Cymraeg and English)
Samaritans (you can find your local branch in Wales here)
Shelter Cymru provides housing advice and campaigns for improvements in housing situations within Wales.
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (formerly know as SOBS) exists to meet the needs and break the isolation of those bereaved by the suicide of a close relative or friend.
Welsh Assembly Government Chief Medical Officer The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) provides independent professional advice and guidance to the First Minister and other Welsh Assembly Government ministers, and to officials in the National Assembly for Wales on health and healthcare matters.
Welsh Refugee Council provides advice, information and support for asylum seekers and refugees in Wales.
International Organisations and Resources:
International Association for Suicide Prevention
LivingWorks delivers programs around the world that prepare community helpers to intervene and prevent suicide.
World Health Organisation - Mental Health Programmes and Projects
