About Samaritans
Who are Samaritans?
Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service for
anyone in the UK and Ireland. The service is available 24 hours a
day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or
despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
If you live outside of the UK and ROI, visit www.befrienders.org
to find your nearest helpline.
Volunteers offer support by responding to phone calls, emails
and letters. Alternatively people can drop in to a branch to have a
face to face meeting.
Across the UK you can call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 for the
price of a local call. In the Republic of Ireland call 1850 60 90
90.
You can also email Samaritans at jo@samaritans.org,
write to Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA or if you are deaf
or hard of hearing use the single national minicom number 08457 90
91 92.
The service is offered by 17,000 trained volunteers and is
entirely dependent on voluntary support. There are 202 branches of
Samaritans in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
"I spent three hours on the phone last night
telling a complete stranger about my depression, anxiety and
suicidal feelings. I'd never told anyone before. Today I feel like
a different person. My troubles have not gone but a problem shared
has been a problem halved. Thank you.
Samaritans caller
Find
out more about the Samaritans charity and the work we
do
Publications about Samaritans and its work
The Information
Resource Pack
21 May 2009
The Information Resource Pack is brimming with
facts and statistics about Samaritans and our service.
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Samaritans Strategy 2009 -
2015
21 April 2009
Samaritans strategy until 2015 will focus on
reducing the risk of suicide.
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Samaritans Annual
Report
29 July 2008
Samaritans Annual Report for 2008, examining our
performance against objectives, our future plans, and a financial
review.
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Media
Guidelines
26 August 2008
These guidelines have suggestions for journalists
and writers, photographers and directors, working in every type of
media.
Read more
Samaritans in
Schools 2008
31 July 2008
This report seeks to give an overview of Samaritans
work in schools, the current work by local branches and
evaluates the uptake of the DEAL (Developing Emotional Awareness
and Learning) programme.
Read more
Reducing Suicide at Railway
Stations
16 April 2007
Booklet designed for Train Operating Companies who
want to reduce suicides at stations.
Read more
Website User
Survey
25 February 2008
A summary of Samaritans' website feedback between
September 2006 and August 2007.
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Giving Trends
Published 2005
Summary of results of surveys carried out into
giving trends.
Read more
Emotional
Health Promotion Strategy
Published 2003
Explains what emotional health is, why it is
important, and how Samaritans is proactively working within a
number of settings to tackle UK's distress.
Read More
Administrative contact details
If you have any questions for our administrative office, known
as General Office, about any of the material on this website,
please telephone +44 (0)20 8394 8300. Email admin@samaritans.org.
Or write to:
The Upper Mill
Kingston Road
Ewell
Surrey
KT17 2AF
Fax: 020 8394 8301
Please address any queries about the website itself, including link
requests, to: webmaster@samaritans.org