Social Things · Wales
Who can help right now
Free numbers for Wales. You don't need a postcode to ring them.
In immediate danger? Ring 999.
NHS 111 Wales — option 2: ring 111. It's free to call from a landline or mobile even if you have no credit left.
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.
Housing and homelessness
Shelter Cymru
They don't publish their hours — worth a try
08000 495 495 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 tabWork, training and benefits
The Salvation Army
No phone line
The Salvation Army's Employment Plus offers tailored support to help people become job-ready and find work. Their finder takes your postcode and shows the nearest centre, with its address and phone number. It doesn't list opening hours, so ring first.
Open the map — The Salvation Army, opens in a new tabFood
Help through Hardship
Opens tomorrow at 9am
0808 208 2138
Shut now — the number is here for when they open.
Every number here is a real, free helpline for Wales, checked against the service's own page. Tap a heading for what's near you, their full hours, and where we got it.