Social Things · Northern Ireland
Who can help right now
Free numbers for Northern Ireland. You don't need a postcode to ring them.
In immediate danger? Ring 999.
Lifeline: ring 0808 808 8000. Confidential, free and open 24 hours every day.
Samaritans, any time, day or night: ring 116 123. It's free from any phone, including pay-as-you-go mobiles, and it won't come up on your phone bill.
Work, training and benefits
Careers Service NI
They don't publish their hours — worth a try
0300 200 7820 Call nowClothes and warm places
Warm Welcome — find a warm space
No phone line
A map of free, welcoming community spaces you can sit in and be warm, searchable by postcode. Thousands of them across the UK. There's no phone line — it's a map you search yourself.
Open the map — Warm Welcome — find a warm space, opens in a new tab
Every number here is a real, free helpline for Northern Ireland, checked against the service's own page. Tap a heading for what's near you, their full hours, and where we got it.