How you’ve helped shape this year’s Helplines Partnership Conference
6th Nov 2018
It’s less than two weeks to go until this year’s Annual Conference and Awards. Over the summer, we heard from a lot of helplines through a series of events we hosted for our members and non-members. One of the questions we asked was ‘if you had a magic wand, what… Read More
EHRC Advisor Support
31st Oct 2018
This year, The Equality and Human Rights Commission are attending our Annual Conference and Awards. We talked to them about the help and support they can offer helplines who have queries about discrimination and human rights law. The Equality and Human Rights Commission provides a second-tier helpline so that those… Read More
Trauma Counselling Line Scotland – a counselling line run by Scottish charity Health in Mind
26th Sep 2018
Health in Mind is a Scottish mental health and wellbeing charity based in Edinburgh. It supports around 3,000 people every year to live the life they want to live. The charity offers a wide range of services including Trauma Counselling Line Scotland. Trauma Counselling Line Scotland launched in 2010, providing… Read More
Helplines and hands-free calling
6th Sep 2018
In 2017, the RAC, in their RAC Report on Motoring, released figures that showed 23% of drivers admitted to using a handheld mobile at the wheel to make or take a call in the past 12 months, and 18% admitted to checking texts, email or social media. Using a hand-held… Read More
Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service
23rd Jul 2018
Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service (LSLCS) is a mental health charity based in Leeds. They provide out-of-hours support to people in acute mental health crisis with the aim of reducing hospital admissions, A&E visits, and use of statutory crisis services. One of the ways they do this is through their… Read More
