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Support and helplines for young people and children
This page is for you if you are a child or young person and someone has hurt you, or something is worrying you. It is also for adults who are supporting a child. You contact each organisation directly, using the details on its card.
In danger now? Call 999. If you can’t speak, see how to get help silently. To contact the police when it isn’t an emergency, call 101.
Childline
Across the UK
- Children and young people
For anyone under 19 in the UK, about anything, big or small. You can talk to a counsellor by phone or 1-2-1 online chat, or send a message from a Childline account. It is free and confidential, and run by the NSPCC.
0800 1111
free from most landlines and mobiles in the UK, 24 hours a day, every day; calls do not show on your phone bill; 1-2-1 chat online too
Call ChildlineWebsite: Childline
Checked 7 Oct 2026
Children First
Scotland
- Children and young people
- Parents and carers
For parents, carers and families in Scotland, and anyone worried about a child. Its free support line offers emotional, practical and financial help, and its local teams in parts of Scotland help children and families recover from trauma and harm.
Support line
08000 28 22 33
free; Monday to Friday 9am to 9pm, weekends 9am to noon; webchat and email too
Call Children FirstWebsite: Children First
Checked 7 Oct 2026
Safeline
England and Wales
- Rape and sexual abuse
- Men and boys
- Children and young people
Anyone aged 3 and over affected by sexual abuse, and their families: free counselling and therapy face to face in Warwickshire, and by phone or online across England and Wales for people aged 16 and over who were abused as children. It runs the National Male Survivor Helpline for men, boys and non-binary people affected by sexual abuse, and the people who support them.
National Male Survivor Helpline
0808 800 5005
free from UK landlines and mobiles; Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10am to 3pm; online chat at the same times
Call SafelineWebsite: Safeline
Checked 7 Oct 2026
Trust House
Thames Valley, England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire)
- Rape and sexual abuse
- Children and young people
For people of any age and gender who live in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire and have been affected by rape or sexual abuse, recently or in the past, and for the people who support them. It offers free counselling for adults, therapy for children and young people aged 4 to 21, and independent sexual violence advisers (ISVAs and ChISVAs). You can refer yourself, and there is a waiting list.
Helpline
0118 958 4033
for people aged 18 and over and their supporters; times vary with volunteers, usually Monday and Tuesday 10am to 1pm, Thursday 9am to noon, Friday 9.30am to noon; leave a message if no one answers; calls are not free and are charged at your standard network rate; the number shows on your phone bill; email too
Or refer yourself with the online form on its website
Call Trust HouseWebsite: Trust House
Checked 7 Oct 2026
We checked each listing against the organisation’s own website on 7 October 2026. Services and opening hours can change, so check the organisation’s website too. You contact each organisation directly: we never ask for your story.
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