Important update: PAPYRUS and suicide prevention support
PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide has entered administration and is closing. This means its HopeLine24/7 support service is no longer available.
We have previously included PAPYRUS in information we have shared through our work supporting men’s mental health in North Yorkshire’s farming communities.
We want to make sure anyone who has seen or picked up that information knows about this change – and knows where they can still turn for support.
What has changed?
PAPYRUS has announced that it is closing after almost 30 years of work to prevent young suicide.
HopeLine24/7 is no longer operating.
If you have previously seen PAPYRUS or HopeLine24/7 listed in information from Healthwatch North Yorkshire, please be aware that this information is now out of date.
Where can you get support?
If you are struggling with your mental health, are worried about someone else, or just need someone to talk to, there are other places you can turn to:
Samaritans
Call 116 123 free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Shout
Text SHOUT to 85258 for free, confidential support, 24 hours a day.
NHS 111
Call 111 and select the mental health option if you need urgent mental health support.
In an emergency
If there is an immediate risk to life, call 999 or go to A&E.
Our work with farming communities
Our work supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people in North Yorkshire’s farming communities continues.
We are updating the information we provide through the project so that people are directed to support that is currently available.
Some of our printed farming mental health information has already been distributed across North Yorkshire. If you have one of these resources and it mentions PAPYRUS or HopeLine24/7, please be aware that this support is no longer available and use one of the alternatives above.
You do not have to struggle alone. Support is still available.
