Immediate Support:
- Speak to the Samaritans
- Shout - for text support in a crisis
- Contact Nightline
- NHS Out of Hours and emergency services
- Met Engage is a free messaging service designed to keep residents informed about what’s happening in their local area. This includes crime updates, safety advice, community events, and news from local policing teams (SNT.). You can access met engage on their website: www.metengage.co.uk The police note that this is the best way for communities to stay connected and share information about anti-social behaviour with their local police teams. Of course, any crimes should still be reported to the police on 999 or 101 for non-emergencies.
Bullying + Harassment:
- Citizens Advice provides some information on bullying and harassment
- Young Minds
Stalking:
- Hollie Gazzard Trust — Raises awareness of unhealthy relationships, stalking, and coercive control; offers a personal safety app, Hollie Guard.
- Protection Against Stalking — A UK-wide charity raising awareness and offering support to victims and their families
- Suzy Lamplugh Trust — Runs the National Stalking Helpline (0808 802 0300) and provides advice, safety tools, and campaigning initiatives
- The Cyber Helpline — Offers free expert assistance for cyber-related stalking, online harassment, and digital safety.
Sexual Harassment/Misconduct:
- Citizens Advice. Provide information on rape and sexual assault
- Outcry Witness has lots of resources, advice and links to other sources of support. The ‘Information Locker’ feature enables users to complete and store an anonymous, encrypted and secure record of their experience in case they wish to report it or access further support at a later date.
- London Met. Provide further information on definitions of sexual assault, rape and consent.
- Rape Crisis is a confidential support service run by women for women and girls who have been raped or sexually abused.
- ManKind provides specialist advice and counselling for men affected by sexual violence
- The Havens’ Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) provide comprehensive and co-ordinated forensic, counselling and aftercare service to men, women and children living in London who have experienced rape or sexual assault in the past 12 months.
- Galop is a charity that supports lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer people affected by sexual violence.
- Survivors UK offers a range of services for men who have experienced sexual violence at any point in their lives.
- The National Stalking Helpline can give you information and advice on support and options available to you.
- Women’s Aid provides a range of services for people experiencing domestic violence including helpline, IDVA, outreach, and refuge.
- MALE is an advice line for male victims of domestic abuse.
- Camden Safety Net offers advice and support, risk assess, devise action plans to enhance safety and provide counselling to victims.
- Revenge Porn Helpline provide free, non-judgemental and confidential advice to all adults who have been victim of intimate image abuse.
- Victim Support offers free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report the crime. They also support witnesses of crime.
Domestic and Relationship Abuse:
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline Information and support for anyone experiencing domestic abuse.
- Refuge Information and support for anyone experiencing domestic abuse.
- Women's Aid Information and support for women experiencing domestic abuse.
- Respect Information and support for men who experience domestic violence.
- Karma Nirvana Information and support for anyone affected by honour based abuse and forced marriage.
- IKWRO Advice and support for Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls affected by honour based abuse or domestic abuse.
Hate Crime
- True Vision offers guidance on reporting hate crime and hate incidents. If you do not wish to talk to anyone in person about the incident or wish to remain anonymous there is an online form for reporting hate crime; you can report non-crime hate incidents to the police to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.
- Internet Hate Crime. True Vision also provide further information on internet hate crime.
- Camden LGBT Forum If you are a victim of homophobic or transphobic hate crime then get in touch with them to talk, report and get support.
- Tell MAMA supports victims of anti-Muslim hate and is a public service which also measures and monitors anti-Muslim incidents.
- Community Security Trust (CS) helps those who are victims of anti-Semitic hatred, harassment or bias.
- Victim Support. When you report a crime to the police, they should automatically ask you if you would like help from an organisation like Victim Support. But anyone affected by crime can contact them directly – you don’t need to talk to the police to get Victim Support help.
- Stop Hate UK offer support to victims of hate crime.
Other Support:
- Citizens Advice Bureau (rights and responsibilities)
- Crimestoppers (reporting crime)
- Equality Advisory & Support Service (equality and human rights)
- The Gender Trust (gender identity)
- Mencap (learning disabilities)
- Mind (mental health)
- The Monitoring Group (racial harassment and abuse)
- Switchboard (LGBT+ helpline)
- Trans Unite (transgender support groups)