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I need urgent help

At EDNE we can’t provide 24/7 crisis support. If you are concerned that you or someone you care about is very unwell or in crisis, please find some helpful contacts below.

  • If you are feeling very unwell please attend your local A&E department
  • Call 999 for life-threatening emergencies
  • Call 111 or go online to 111.nhs.uk for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week access to advice or treatment for physical or mental health concerns

Local Crisis Teams

If you or someone you care about is in a mental health crisis, please contact your local Crisis Team, who are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Local contact details are below.

Newcastle and Gateshead

  • 0191 814 8899 or 0800 653 2863
  • Text number for those who are Deaf and/or have communication difficulties 07919 228 548

Sunderland

South Tyneside

  • 0303 123 1145 or 0800 652 2867
  • Text number for those who are Deaf and/or have communication difficulties 07889 036 280

County Durham/ Darlington/ Teesside

  • 0800 051 6171

Northumberland/ North Tyneside

Other assistance

Samaritans Samaritans
Telephone: 116 123 (free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for people who want to talk in confidence) Email jo@samaritans.org

SANEline SANEline services - SANE
Telephone: 0300 304 7000 (4pm-10pm 365 days a year)

MIND Home - Mind
Telephone: 0845 766 0163 (Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm)

Every Mind Matters
Every Mind Matters - NHS www.nhs.uk

SHOUT 
Shout - UK's 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support | Shout 85258 giveusashout.org
Text 85258.

Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Telephone 0800 58 58 58
Website Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) thecalmzone.net

The Mix
Telephone 0808 808 4994
Crisis messenger service, text THEMIX to 85258
WebsiteThe Mix - Essential support for under 25s
Support and advice for under 25s, including a helpline, crisis messenger service and webchat.

National Suicide Prevention Helpline UK
Telephone 0800 689 5652 or 0800 689 0880.
Website SPUK - Suicide Prevention UK Charity 1187866
Helpline offering a supportive listening service to anyone with thoughts of suicide. Open from 6pm to midnight every day.

Papyrus HOPELINEUK
Telephone 0800 068 41 41
Text 07860039967
email support pat@papyrus-uk.org (as a hyperlink)
Website Papyrus UK Suicide Prevention | Prevention of Young Suicide (papyrus-uk.org)
Confidential support for under-35s at risk of suicide and others who are concerned about them. Open 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Switchboard
Telephone 0800 0119 100 10am to 10pm daily
Email: hello@switchboard/lgbt (as a hyperlink)
Website: Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline
Listening services, information and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

What you say

What you say

Testimonials

Great team, great support and really grateful that I was able to get guidance from EDNE

Testimonials

I am forever grateful that this service exists. I have learned life altering techniques to help manage my anxiety and negative thoughts around body image. Thank you so much.

Testimonials

Very caring and professional also understanding and not judgemental and make you feel at ease.

Testimonials

I am so grateful to eating distress north east for the help they've given me. I learned so much about where my problems came from that I was completely unaware of before.

Testimonials

I had a really positive experience at EDNE and would recommend this service to anyone who is struggling

Testimonials

I’m so grateful for this service and the counselling I received. It was so scary asking for help but it has helped me in so many ways.

Testimonials

Great trainer and delivered a lot of information in a short period of time thank you.

Testimonials

The counselling has been a big turning point and the support from EDNE has been amazing.

Testimonials

Really enjoyed the training and felt this has increased my confidence in working with students with eating distress. Thank you!

Testimonials

Massively helped me to unscramble my thoughts and be more content with where I am in my life. Given me tools to be more mindful of looking after my body.

Testimonials

Thank you for a really informative session. The three training sessions work so well together and I feel like I have more knowledge and resources to help support people in my role

Health and Wellbeing Sessions

I actually came off the session feeling I'm genuinely not alone in the types of thoughts I have. Useful tips given right through the session which I will hold on to.  Thank you 

Friends and Family

The group is helping me to open up and have a more open mind, to feel supported.

Friends and Family

Thank you!  It’s very relieving to know others are in similar situations and have come out at the other side. 

Testimonials

More confident in myself and managing my eating distress in the future. Feel more optimistic about the future.

Testimonials

I feel that I understand a lot of my struggles with food now and have strategies and more confidence to try and work to improve these.

Testimonials

I feel like I have a clearer mind and a better understanding of how to move forward in my relationship with my weight and body.

Testimonials

I now feel so much more equipped to manage and deal with my eating disorder and I have great strategies in place to help with recovery!

Testimonials

I feel a lot more able to cope with setbacks, and have learnt a lot about myself and what has lead me to where I am today

Maudsley Course Testimonials

The course exceeded my expectations ! ..Excellent practical examples.. Feels empowering to have these tools…

Maudsley Course Testimonials

I would thoroughly recommend this course to other carers wherever they are on their journey of supporting a loved one with and ED. Thank you EDNE.

Maudsley Course Testimonials

your unerring positivity, your calmness.. your skill, your knowledge and true EMPATHY(!) lifted the darkness and I am sure made everyone feel SO much better. I feel more positive today than I have for ages.

Counselling Testimonials

Without counselling I wouldn’t have had the support and encouragement to make the changes and steps I need to take towards recovery

Counselling Testimonials

My counsellor was fantastic and I cannot thank her enough for listening and helping me move forward.

Counselling Testimonials

I really appreciated being treated as an individual and the counselling being tailored to my needs.

Teacher

It was absolutely fantastic, the best training we’re ever had. The facilitator showed us how we could provide support

Young Person

After the talk I realised I needed help and spoke to my Teacher

Mental Health Nurse

I have been a health professional for twenty years and I learned something in this session. This training is second to none. Very high quality

Charity CEO

I’d put the session at the top of all the training we’ve had from the statutory and voluntary sectors. This was the best and made the most difference in our working knowledge

School Nurse

Wealth of information and excellent trainer

Social Worker

The session does come back to me, even two years down the line, because of the quality of the training

GP

In the end we thought: ‘Wow’. It had helped us to feel the feelings. The content was fabulous. It’s the only training I’ve been on where we learnt from what we did, not the notes that we took.

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