Southport Samaritans

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Group of Samaritans FAQs About Volunteering
Samaritan volunteers support people in emotional crises, providing a listening service by telephone, email and face-to-face visits at the branch.
Samaritan on the phone Volunteer Training
You will train and learn within a group of new volunteers and be mentored by experienced volunteers in a safe and supportive environment. Samaritans talking Outreach: Samaritans in the Community
Raising awareness of our service and the issues we deal with. Forging links with the local community and reaching out to those in need. Group of Samaritans Becoming a Volunteer
When you have no-one else to talk to, who can you talk to? Find out how to join our team of volunteers.

Samaritan at computer Fundraising
Samaritans is a registered charity funded by charitable donations. If you are interested in helping us to raise funds please get in touch. Our Accessibility Statement
Every effort has been made to make this website as accessible to as wide a range of people as possible.

In 1977, the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee, Liverpool Football Club won the European Cup for the first time and on 28 April the Southport & District Branch of Samaritans was opened.

Now one of 19 Branches in the North West Region and of 201 across UK and the Republic of Ireland, Southport Samaritans (a registered charity) has about 90 listening volunteers at any one time and receives on average over 30,000 contacts from callers a year.

Contact can be in a variety of ways, by telephone, face-to-face callers to the Branch or by e-mail.