The Samaritans exist because our founder, Chad Varah, realised that people going through crisis often had no-one they could talk to in total confidence or discuss issues that they found emotional or disturbing.

An important part of this work is making people aware of who we are and what we do.  Hopefully by raising awareness of our presence in the community those who need us will feel able to call.  It is also a way of making potential volunteers aware of our work and what it is like to be on the end of the phone.

We have experience in talking to a wide range of groups; we will customise the content of the talk to suit the audience.  We are particularly keen to talk to Company Retirement Seminars, with the aim of attracting new volunteers.

If your Company, group, school, club or society would like an experienced Samaritan to make a presentation to your members, we would be pleased to organise this with you.  Just Contact Us, email us at farnborough@samaritans.org (this email address is for Admin Queries only - not for emotional support) or dial our branch direct on 01252 513222 and leave your details and a member of our Talks team will get back to you. 

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