Compassion
Has No Borders
Help that arrives in person — for the people and animals the world overlooks.
Rising Light UK is a grassroots charity born in London, running hands-on humanitarian and animal-welfare projects across the UK, the United States and Guatemala — and growing wherever the need leads.
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Our mental health and suicide prevention work, running alongside everything else we do.
Some of the people we visit are fighting something nobody can see. Quiet Battles is the part of Rising Light UK that says so out loud — and makes sure that no one we meet has to work out where to turn on their own.
What we do
- Listen, without flinching
- Sit with you while you make the call
- Point you to people who are trained
What we don't
- Diagnose
- Counsel
- Replace a professional
We're volunteers, not clinicians. That's the promise, and it's the whole promise.
If today is hard
- Samaritans 116 123 24/7 · Free from any phone · No credit needed
- Shout Text 85258 24/7 · Text the word SHOUT · No call needed
- CALM 0800 58 58 58 5pm to midnight, every day of the year
- Papyrus HOPELINE247 0300 102 2470 24/7 · Under 35s, or anyone supporting one
- NHS urgent mental health 111 → option 2 24/7 · England
- If life is in danger now 999 Or go straight to Accident & Emergency
You don't have to be in crisis to call any of these. Wanting to talk is enough.
Quiet Battles goes out on the same rounds as everything else we do. Come with us.
What we do, where we work, and how you can help.
What is Rising Light UK?
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How can I get involved?
Do I need to give money to help?
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How do I contact you?
Volunteer with us or send a message. We'd love to hear from you.