If you need more than letters.
Hopepost is a quiet companion for hard days, not a crisis service. If you're in immediate distress, the lines below are free, confidential, and run by people who want to listen.
Australia
Lifeline
Crisis support and suicide prevention.
Beyond Blue
Support for anxiety, depression, and emotional wellbeing.
13YARN
A culturally safe support line by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
13 92 7624/7Suicide Call Back Service
Telephone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide.
Kids Helpline
Confidential support for children, teens and young adults aged 5–25.
MensLine Australia
Telephone and online support for men with relationship, family, or emotional concerns.
New Zealand / Aotearoa
Lifeline Aotearoa
24-hour confidential telephone counselling.
1737 — Need to Talk?
Free call or text any time to talk with a trained counsellor.
United Kingdom
Samaritans
Listening, free of charge, for anyone struggling to cope.
Shout
A free, confidential text-message support service.
United States
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 from anywhere in the US for confidential crisis support.
Crisis Text Line
Text-message support with a trained crisis counsellor.
Canada
Talk Suicide Canada
Bilingual confidential support, available across Canada.
Anywhere else
Find a Helpline. A directory of trusted crisis lines in nearly every country, searchable by what you need help with.
Letter projects we admire
If letters help and you want more of them, these projects do different versions of the same idea. Reasons to Stay in particular is who we’d point you to first if you’re in a crisis place. They’re clinically moderated and built specifically for that.
Reasons to Stay
Clinically-moderated letters specifically for people experiencing suicidal thoughts. If you're in that place, this is the project to read.
Letters Against Depression
Volunteers write physical letters to people experiencing depression.
More Love Letters
Strangers send handwritten letters to people nominated by someone who loves them.