Here for someone

About Here for Someone

Here for Someone was created for families and friends supporting someone through mental health difficulties. It brings useful public guidance into one place.

What this isPractical navigation for the people around someone whose mental health is causing concern. Here for Someone organises public guidance from the NHS, recognised charities and statutory bodies, with the source linked beside the information it supports.

What this isn'tWe are not a helpline and cannot respond to emergencies. Use the urgent numbers shown throughout the site when someone needs immediate help. This is general information, not personalised medical or legal advice.

Who’s behind itHere for Someone is a small, independently run information project. It is not a registered charity, company or NHS service.

How we use sourcesHere for Someone does not clinically review or approve its own guidance. Guides attribute health, safety, treatment and legal information to the organisation that published it and show when sources were checked. Pages are not published as finished guidance while their source attribution is incomplete.

Review scheduleHelpline details, urgent routes and external support links are checked at least every three months. Health and legal guidance is reviewed against the linked public sources at least every six months, and sooner when an official change is identified. The checked date on each guide records the latest source review.

Free, no sign-up, no advertising trackersYou do not need an account to use the site. Here for Someone does not use visitor analytics or advertising trackers. The crisis-plan tool uses storage in the current browser tab so entries survive a refresh. Read the privacy information.

Spotted something wrong?If a number is out of date, a link is broken or something is unclear, please tell us.

Written about supporting an adultThe guidance assumes the person you are worried about is 18 or over. Assessments, social care and mental-health law work differently for under-18s. If you are supporting a child or teenager, YoungMinds and the young-people groups are a better starting point.

England & Wales firstScotland and Northern Ireland have different mental-health laws. Relevant differences are flagged on the page.

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