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You can talk to Samaritans at any time of the day or night.

If you live outside of the UK and ROI, or wish to use a language other than English, please visit www.befrienders.org to find your nearest helpline.

Common reasons to call Samaritans are:

Relationship and family problems
Loss, including loss of a job, a friend or a family member through bereavement
Financial worries
Job-related stress or overwork
College or study related stress
Body image issues

Volunteers offer support by responding to phone calls, emails and letters. Alternatively, you can often drop in to a branch to have a face to face meeting.

"There's very few places you can go to in the world where you can pick up a telephone and another human being, no matter why they're doing it, will listen to you unconditionally. If you want to pour out in a phonecall, they will listen for hours, for as long as you need them to."

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How can I contact you?

If you would like to talk to someone on the phone, call:

08457 90 90 90 in the UK and Northern Ireland

1850 60 90 90 in the Republic of Ireland

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Find it impossible to talk about your problems?

Then don't.

Email us now

Prefer putting pen to paper?

Write to us:
Chris,
P.O. Box 90 90,
Stirling,
FK8 2SA

What does Samaritans do?

Samaritans volunteers listen in confidence to anyone in any type of emotional distress, without judging or telling people what to do.

Samaritans doesn’t offer advice, but by encouraging people who contact us to talk about their feelings we are able to help them explore all the options they have. Samaritans believes that given the time and space to work problems or difficulties through in confidence, people can find an inner strength and perspective which lets them find their own way forward.

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