Portsmouth

Our Branch

Portsmouth has been home to a Samaritans branch since 1962. For more than six decades, generations of volunteers have been there for people when they needed someone to listen.

That commitment continues today: over the past year, our volunteers answered more than 25,000 calls — giving people time, privacy and a calm person to talk to when things felt difficult.

Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. Some of our younger members balance volunteering with their studies, whilst others have been listening with us for over 40 years. We welcome anyone aged 18 or over who is motivated to support others and approaches people with openness, respect and discretion.

To learn more about volunteering with us, please click here.

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Supporting Us

Support from our community helps us take calls from North End, provide training and ongoing support for our volunteers, and deliver our extensive outreach work across the local area.

There are many ways you can support us:

• Donation
  If you’d like to donate online, please visit our JustGiving page to make a one-off or regular gift.
• EasyFundraising
  Support us at no extra cost through EasyFundraising, which turns your everyday online shopping into free donations. Simply sign up, shop online as normal, and EasyFundraising will donate to us at no cost to you.
• Fundraising
  If you’d like to organise an event, take on a challenge, make a collection, or explore an idea, our team can support you to get started. Please click here to speak with us.
• Leave a legacy
  A gift in your will can help ensure our service continues to support people in the years ahead. If you are considering leaving a legacy, we would be happy to talk it through; please click here to speak with us.

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Sam’s Place

Sam’s Place is our unique charity shop in Southsea.

It helps raise vital funds for our charity, while also working to reduce isolation and loneliness within the local community. We warmly invite you to visit, and welcome donations and shop volunteers.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Address    ‎؜؜؜؜؜؜6 Grove Road South, Southsea, PO5 3QT

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Phone‎      02392 821 199

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Email‎       [email protected]

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Website‎     samsplace.org.uk

Alongside its in-store offerings, Sam’s Place also sells a range of interesting and unusual items on eBay. It’s a great way to find something special while also supporting our work.

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Outreach

As well as their work in the branch, our volunteers are active in our local community. Our outreach includes:

• Visiting schools, to introduce the children to Samaritans, and help them support the emotional health of themselves and their friends.
• Visiting all our local railway stations, especially after an incident, to raise awareness of the support we offer.
• Maintaining contact with hospitals and GP surgeries, helping them to understand when to refer people to us.
• Veterans and Armed Forces outreach, letting our military community know we are here for them when they need us.
• We also reach out to high risk groups and communities to reduce the risk of suicide.

If you are a local charity or organisation and want to learn more about our outreach activities, please click here to speak with our team.

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For branch news and events, please do follow us: @PortsmouthSama1

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Our privacy statement

At Samaritans, privacy is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that we hold. Read our privacy statement here.