Getting help in a mental health emergency:
For guidance on where to seek support in a mental health crisis visit our website.
Bespoke mental health, wellbeing or advocacy support for racialised communities:
Kingston / Local*:
- Refugee Action Kingston providing a range of support services, to refugees and asylum seekers including counselling
- Islamic Resource Centre providing range of wellbeing services including counselling and advocacy
- Mind in Kingston – Magpie Project: offering wellbeing and counselling services in the Korean language
- Connect: North Korea supporting escaped North Korean people to overcome the barriers that prevent them from building new lives.
- Migrant Advocacy Service supporting access to healthcare, welfare and housing support
- Kingston Race Equality Council: providing casework associated with race and inequity.
*This is not a full or definitive list. Other sources of support for our diverse communities may be found on Connected Kingston.
If you are in a position to support the work of these important organisations, please do.
Multi-cultural / London-wide
- Healing Justice London – community health and healing to support our personal, collective and structural transformation.
- Nafsiyat Intercultural Therapy Centre: offering intercultural therapy across London in over 20 languages to people from diverse cultural communities.
- The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network : community of Counsellors and Psychotherapists of Black, African, Asian and Caribbean Heritage in the UK
This is not a full or definitive list. Other sources of support are available.
National mental health helplines and wellbeing resources for the Black community/diaspora
This is not a full or definitive list. Other sources of support are available.
Mental health helplines and resources for the Muslim community:
This is not a full or definitive list. Other sources of support are available.
Reporting Hate Crime mechanisms
You are encouraged by our community policing teams to report any safety incidents, concerns or signs of hate crime. Call 999 if you’re reporting a crime that’s in progress or if someone is in immediate danger. If the incident isn’t an emergency, you can call 101.
- Reporting Hate Crime Crimes committed against someone because of their disability, race, religion or belief, transgender-identity or sexual orientation are hate crimes and should be reported to the police.
- Support and protect East & South East Asian communities: On Your Side
- Support and protect Jewish communities: CST
- Support and protect Muslim communities:
This is not a full or definitive list. Other sources of support are available.
National mental health resources and helplines
National Mind – Mind’s 4 helplines provide a voice at the end of the phone when there’s nowhere else to turn. Each line meets a different mental health or wellbeing need: mental health information, emotional support, welfare advice and mental health law.
Samaritans – Whatever you’re going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 116 123 for free. Also available on email and online chat.
Papyrus – Are you, or is a young person you know, not coping with life? For confidential suicide prevention advice contact Papyrus.
Young Minds – Providing mental health support and advice to young people and parents.
Shout – The UK’s free, confidential and 24/7 mental health text service for crisis support: 85258
For more information on mental health resources and helplines, visit: Information and support – Mind
