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Help in a Crisis!

Hunts.Mind’s opening hours are from Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. An answer machine will pick up calls outside of these times and over bank holiday periods.

Below are other organisations that may be of assistance in a crisis. Please also remember your GP and your local A&E Department.

If you do come across any other websites that you have found to be very helpful, please let us know and we will make a link.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Cambridge City Council Emergency Out-of-Hours

  • Domestic violence and family emergencies
  • 01462 420 600

Cambridge Friend

Cruse Bereavement Care (Free)

Lifeline

  • 01223 521 521
  • 7pm-11pm 365 days a year
  • Helpline run by Lifecraft

Meet a Mum Association (MAMA)

  • 0845 120 3746
  • Available Mon – Fri 19:00 to 22.00
  • Helpline operated by volunteers who offer an empathic listening ear for mothers and their families or friends who are suffering from post or antenatal depression, together with information and support.
  • www.mama.co.uk

NHS Direct

Panic Attacks

  • 01952 590 545
  • 10am-10pm 365 days a year
  • Support for sufferers of panic attacks, phobias, OCD, general anxiety & tranquiliser withdrawal
  • www.nopanic.org.uk

Police Family Unit

  • Parkside Police Station, Cambridge CB1 1JG
  • 01223 358 966
  • Out-of-hours help in family emergencies
  • Also has daytime contact numbers for social services in the region
  • www.cambsacpc.org.uk/contacts.htm

Rape Crisis

  • Box R, 12 Mill Road, Cambridge CB1 2AD
  • 01223 245 888
  • Wed 7pm-10pm, answer phone 24/7
  • Confidential telephone counselling service for women
  • www.cambridgerapecrisis.org.uk

Samaritans

  • 08457 90 90 90
  • Text phone for deaf & hard of hearing 08457 90 91 92
  • Email: jo@samaritans.org
  • Available 24/7
  • www.samaritans.org.uk

Mind

National Mind's website (you can also click on the Mind logo at the top of each page)

Other local Mind Organisations are:

Cam-Mind

Peterborough & Fenland Mind