Something that I would seriously urge people to do is make their own list of resources in their local/national area- for all kinds of problems. Have a big list of resources that includes things for resources for housing help, resources for low income struggles, resources for mental health, for sexual assault, for disability, etc.
When you or someone you love are in crisis, it can be incredibly difficult to do the work of searching out resources. It is time consuming, and can be very emotionally draining - which is tough to do when you are in a very vulnerable position. If you have all of the important phone lines, emails, and drop in centres in one easy place then you are cutting down so much work. You can do this really easily by just copying links and phone numbers into a Word document or into Google docs. Or even write it out into a notebook. Put things under a basic heading of 'mental health' or 'housing/homelessness'. It doesn't matter the way you organise it, what's important is that you know how to navigate it. You can also use this resource to list resource lists that other people have made, so you can easily find things again.
Please do this even for issues that you think you might never be in a position to struggle with. You never know what tomorrow might bring. All it takes is for one awful event to happen for you to end up homeless, or to end up in a financial crisis, or to end up disabled. Please never think that these things can't happen to you - and that's not to doomer post. But it's important to keep in mind when building a list of resources. Do it for everything you can think of. Even if you never use it for yourself, someone might reach out to you wanting help with something. And being able to easily send them over resources will be of great help to the both of you.
If that's really out of the question, have a look and see if a charity or something similar has a list of resources for your local area - sometimes they might have some lists of different similar resources you can access. Make use of these resources, they're there to help you!
