Anyone can text SHOUT to 85258 to be connected with a trained volunteer to receive immediate support with their mental health.

Shout Volunteers have taken more than 1.5 million conversations with children, young people and adults who were anxious, depressed, suicidal or overwhelmed and needed urgent help. They listen without judgement and take texters from a place of distress to a calmer moment, empowering them to take their next steps to feeling better.

• Shout receives around 2,000 requests for help every day
• 59% of texters say they felt they had nowhere else to turn
• 74% of conversations take place outside 9am-5pm, when other services aren’t available
• Shout is a revolutionary means for free support for children, young people and adults