Social Things · Scotland
Who can help right now
Free numbers for Scotland. You don't need a postcode to ring them.
In immediate danger? Ring 999.
NHS 24 — mental health option: ring 111. You won't be charged and it won't appear on your bill.
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
Money Talk Team — Citizens Advice Scotland
They don't publish their hours — worth a try
0800 028 1456 Call nowHousing and homelessness
Your council
Their duty does not stop at 5pm
If you have nowhere to sleep tonight your council has a legal duty to help you. Ask for whoever handles homelessness out of hours.
If you're homeless or have nowhere safe to stay (opens in a new tab)Clothes 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 tabFood
Citizens Advice Scotland — food bank vouchers
Opens tomorrow at 9am
0800 028 1456
Shut now — the number is here for when they open.
Every number here is a real, free helpline for Scotland, checked against the service's own page. Tap a heading for what's near you, their full hours, and where we got it.