If you need urgent help
Immediate next steps when someone is in physical danger, in a mental-health crisis, or otherwise needs help faster than reading reference material allows.
Introduction
CLCI Hub is a reference site. It cannot intervene in an active situation. The routes that can — country-specific emergency lines, suicide and self-harm crisis lines, child-protection lines, and the practical-logistics guide for someone leaving a group with nowhere to go — are listed below. Save the numbers for your jurisdiction before you need them.
If anyone is in immediate physical danger
Contact local emergency services. In the UK and most of Europe, 999 or 112. In the US and Canada, 911. In Australia, 000. In New Zealand, 111. Save the number for your jurisdiction now if you have not.
If someone is at risk of suicide or self-harm
Country-specific 24-hour crisis lines are listed on /help/[country]. UK: Samaritans 116 123. US: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14. New Zealand: 1737. International directory: findahelpline.com.
If a child is at risk
Country-specific child-protection helplines are on /help/[country]. UK: NSPCC 0808 800 5000 or Childline 0800 1111. US: state Child Protective Services + Childhelp 1-800-422-4453. Australia: Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800.
If you are leaving a group and have nowhere to go
/guides/exit-plan-money-housing-family-controlled covers the immediate logistics. /help/[country] lists shelter and emergency-housing routes for each jurisdiction.
If you are not sure how urgent the situation is
If you are reading this and uncertain — call a crisis line for advice. They take calls from people trying to assess their own situations and people supporting someone else. You do not need to be in a finished crisis to call.
Safety
Crisis lines listed here are not affiliated with CLCI Hub. They are independent organisations. Check the current number on the organisation's official site before calling; helpline numbers change.
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