Contact the NSPCC Helpline
You can contact our Helpline by calling 0808 800 5000 between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.
If we have not yet responded to you and your concerns for the safety of a child increase, please contact the police or local Children’s Services directly. Please be assured that we'll action all contacts that our Helpline receives.
Under 18?
Childline offers free, confidential advice and support whatever your worry, whenever you need help.
You can change children’s lives. Whether you volunteer, fundraise, or follow and share our advice, together we can keep children safe.
Please note, the NSPCC Helpline cannot currently receive emails due to global outage issues. Any emails you send until further notice will not be received or acted upon. If you have immediate concerns, please call the emergency services.
What you can do
How we're supporting children
On average a child contacts Childline every 45 seconds.
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing remains the top concern for children and young people contacting Childline
28% of contacts answered by our Helpline resulted in a referral.
