Being a Samaritan
Did you know that Samaritan volunteers cover 557 telephone helplines, 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days a year?
Initial training
You will train, learn and then work within a group of people who will fully support you at all times.
Media
Cinema and television adverts as well as supporting documentation can be found here
Fund raising
Samaritans is a registered charity funded almost entirely by charitable donations - money from the local council, public, trusts, companies and so on.
Opening times
Nationally, Samaritans is a 24/7 service - the opening times for Stockport branch are here.
Our accessibility statement
Every effort has been made by the web developers to make this website as accessible to as wide a range of people as possible.
Stockport Samaritans Home Page
- One person takes his or her own life every fourteen minutes in the UK.
- Nationally, the Samaritans are contacted by people in distress every seven seconds - by phone, by email, by text or by visitors to our branches.
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Would you like to help? . . . . to be a volunteer?
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