Ways to support us
Volunteer | Help in our snack bar | Support the branch

With your help we can reduce the number of people who die by suicide.  

Bexley & Dartford Samaritans provides emotional support to about 30,000 callers every year. To provide this help to the distressed, desperate and suicidal costs over £20,000 per year and requires the generously given time of more than 50 volunteers.

There are many ways in which you might help us.

* Can you provide financial support?
* Fundraise for us /Make a donation
* Help us in your work place
* Colleges, clubs and societies
* Collection boxes in shops, pubs and stores
* Donate your time and skills
* Help promote our services

These are just some of the ways local organisations and people in the Bexley and Dartford area can help support us. If you have one of these ways or another way to help us achieve our vision and mission, we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us on 020 8301 1010.

Can you provide financial support?

You can either make a donation or fundraise for Bexley & Dartford Samaritans. If you can help us with a donation or help us with a fundraising event it would be gratefully appreciated by our volunteers and ultimately our callers. Funds will go to help with our running costs, our phones, and our outreach and awareness costs.

Make a donation

On average, it costs Samaritans £2.29 every time a volunteer responds to a contact.  If you are able, then please support us today.

There are four easy ways to donate money to Samaritans:

1. Set up a regular donation

2. Give a one-off donation (via JustGiving.com)

3. Give through your payroll

4. Leave a legacy

Gift Aid

You can also make your money go further. Using Gift Aid means that if you're a UK taxpayer, for every pound you give, we get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further This means that £10 can be turned into £12.80 just so long as donations are made through Gift Aid. Imagine what a difference that could make, and it doesn't cost you a thing.  You can complete a Gift aid declaration form from the main Samaritans website.

However, if you would like to donate directly to the Bexley and Dartford branch

Please send a cheque (made payable to "Bexley and Dartford Samaritans") to:

The Treasurer
Bexley and Dartford Samaritans
35 Glynde Road
Bexleyheath
KENT
DA7 4EU

We're grateful for any donation received.

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Fundraising

There are many different ways you can help us raise vital funds.

The main idea is that people have fun, while at the same time raising funds and promoting Samaritans’ message. The funds raised will help with our training, phone line, outreach and awareness etc.

If you can help us with fundraising events or street collections then we would love to hear from you. We will give you all help possible with fundraising packs, posters, publicity, etc.

If you are being sponsored for something we can even help you with your own on-line sponsorship page. http://www.justgiving.com/samaritansbexleydartford/

Help us in your workplace

Can you help fundraise at work? Here are just a few examples of how you can help both to raise awareness of Samaritans and raise funds for us by being an ambassador in your workplace:

Sign people up and get support from your company for some of the fundraising ideas:

• Host a work event in aid of Samaritans e.g. a raffle, sweepstake, dress down day, table quiz, race night, boss does the sandwich run etc.

• Join us for Stress Down Day on February 6th.
  Run the mini-marathon with work colleagues, hold an event for 24:7 – our national fundraising and awareness day etc.

• Provide free or discounted in-kind services for Samaritans e.g. print, stationary, design, public relations or advertising, or consultancy for a specific project. Perhaps you have a company publication where you could insert a Samaritans ad. Maybe you have a product you could donate for us to raffle. Perhaps you could provide something as simple as supplies of tea or biscuits for our volunteers while they man the phones

• Inform us of any charitable donation system or opportunities that exists in your company/workplace, e.g. a chosen charity of the year, payroll deductions, social events that raise funds.

• Sponsor a project or campaign: we have many special projects that we are involved in from outreach projects with young people, or those at risk of emotional distress or suicide, we also do specific advertising and awareness campaigns at specific times of the year.

• Simply displaying one our posters or our literature in your workplace or anywhere you think relevant.

• Place a Samaritans collection box on your premises.

• Make a tax efficient corporate donation.

• At Christmas use Samaritans Christmas Cards or make a Christmas donation.

In return we can provide if wished Samaritans literature and provide a talk on the importance of emotional health in the work place and in general.

Colleges, Clubs & Societies

Your college, club or society can make a huge difference to the work we do, by holding an event for us or perhaps you could make us the charity of your choice. If you are organising a Society Day or just want to organise an event for your Club, Society or Students Union please get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.

Collection Boxes in shops and stores

Samaritans have collection boxes available. If you would like to display one of them for us in your shop, pub or office environment please get in touch with us.

Can you spare us some of your time and skills?

We can provide you with opportunities to use your skills to the benefit of our callers. You can make a difference by:

• becoming a listening volunteer

• volunteer in our snack bar

• becoming a support volunteer

• running an event or

• helping with street collections.

There are many ways you may be able to help us with your time or skills apart from the ones featured on this page. If you could up with any ideas on how you can help please do get in touch.

Can you promote our services?

You can make a difference by raising awareness of our service by:

* displaying our posters & pamphlets in appropriate places
* inviting our volunteers to give a talk or
* providing links to this website.

These are just some of the ways local organisations and people in the Bexley, Dartford area can help support us. If you have one of these ways or another way to help us achieve our vision and mission, we'd love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us by contacting 020 8301 1010.