My office will be shut over the Christmas period and will re-open on Monday 4th January. During that time my emails and phones will not be monitored daily. 
For urgent assistance, please see below for a list of services that should be able to offer assistance.
I hope you all have a safe festive period.

Council services
You can see a list of Hackney Council’s opening times for different services here.
Please see here for information on reporting an emergency housing repair over the Christmas period.
If you need to report a household in need of emergency housing over the Christmas period, please call the Council on 020 8356 3000, and on 020 8356 2300 out of hours.

Mental health support
Samaritans, call 116 123 for free or visit their website
Find a local NHS urgent mental health helpline here.
Mental health guides to support and services here

Urgent housing and homelessness
Hackney Council: rough sleeping support click here.
Street link, which exists to help end rough sleeping by enabling members of the public to connect people sleeping rough with the local services that can support them. Find out more here.
Shelter, for housing advice click here.