{"id":46601,"date":"2025-04-16T07:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=46601"},"modified":"2025-04-16T07:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:50:17","slug":"easter-2025-helpline-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/easter-2025-helpline-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter 2025 &#8211; Helpline hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The WAMES helpline is run by volunteers and will be closed over the long Easter weekend.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:helpline@wames.org.uk\">helpline@wames.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 0290 2051 5061<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23593 size-medium aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Support bricks\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4060-101413-gs4060-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>The helpline will be closed from 5pm Thursday 17 April &#8211; 10am Tuesday 22 April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Normal hours are 10am &#8211; 7pm<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to email queries and we will reply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Alternative sources of help:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/samaritans-cymru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samaritans<\/a><\/strong> can be contacted for emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11425 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/samaritans_logo_900.jpg?resize=150%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/samaritans_logo_900.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/samaritans_logo_900.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/samaritans_logo_900.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/samaritans_logo_900.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/100;\" \/>English &#8211; <strong>116 123<\/strong> &#8211; free number (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)<br \/>\nCymraeg\u00a0&#8211; <strong>0808 164 0123<\/strong> &#8211; free number (7pm-11pm &#8211; check times on the website)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meiccymru.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meic Cymru<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Children and young people up to age 25 can also contact Meic by phone, email, SMS text and instant messaging.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19028 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?resize=150%2C65&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"65\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?resize=150%2C65&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/meic-logo.png?w=197&amp;ssl=1 197w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/65;\" \/>8am to midnight, 7 days a week<br \/>\nFREEPHONE: 080880 23456<br \/>\nSMS TEXT: 84001<br \/>\nIM\/Webchat: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meiccymru.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.meiccymru.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecalmzone.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CALM<\/a> &#8211; Campaign against living miserably<\/strong> &#8211; 365 days a year<\/p>\n<p>Helpline 5am to midnight<br \/>\nFreephone: <strong>0800 585858<\/strong><br \/>\nWebchat: <strong>www.thecalmzone.net\/<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-37772 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/CALM.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WAMES helpline is run by volunteers and will be closed over the long Easter weekend.\u00a0 helpline@wames.org.uk\u00a0 0290 2051 5061 &nbsp; The helpline will be closed from 5pm Thursday 17 April &#8211; 10am Tuesday 22 April 2025. Normal hours are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/easter-2025-helpline-hours\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-c7D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46605,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46601\/revisions\/46605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}