Samaritans’ chair Sophie Andrews on international BBC World Service radio

Samaritans’ chair Sophie Andrews on international BBC World Service radio

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Samaritans’ chair Sophie Andrews’s has given an interview with the international BBC World Service radio programme The interview which was broadcast on Sun 7th March and is now available to listen to on the BBC World Service website (for the next three weeks) : http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_interview.shtml

Carrie Gracie interviews Sophie about her previous attempts on her life and the childhood abuse she experienced at the hands of her adoptive father, how she felt having survived, her journey with Samaritans as a caller and then volunteer and how she got to where she is today.

For more information please contact Samaritans’ press office: Robyn Clark on 020 8394 8348 or email r.clark@samaritans.org

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