Phone Calls
In the UK dial 08457 90 90 90.
In the Republic of Ireland dial 1850 60 90 90.
Calls from BT residential
lines will be charged at up to 3 pence per minute. A call
set-up fee of 6 pence applies to calls from residential lines.
Calls cost 6 cents per minute from Eircom landlines. Mobile and
other providers' charges may vary.
Many of our branches also
offer local branch numbers. Please note that if this number is
engaged, the call will be routed to another branch.
Find
out if your local branch offers a number.
Textphones (for the deaf and hard of
hearing): in the UK dial 08457 90 91 92
For members of the Armed Forces in
Germany, call 0800 181 0721 or 0800 181 0722 to connect to a
Samaritans Branch in the UK.
International numbers
Befrienders Worldwide covers 40 countries, offering confidential
support for the suicidal and those in emotional crisis. Full
details of Befrienders Worldwide are available on their website,
www.befrienders.org.
"One night, around 2AM, I phoned
Samaritans.
"A young woman spoke to me but I just didn’t know what to say. I
couldn’t talk about what was happening. So she asked me what I’d
done that day and gradually I was able to tell her my story. As I
was talking I began to feel a sense of relief as it all came out.
When I came off the phone after an hour I was overwhelmed by a
feeling of peace and was able to go straight to sleep.
"It helped so much that I called back the following night. I spoke
to a few different volunteers over the next two weeks. It was the
same story every night; I just needed to tell someone about it all.
They were brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
"After I phoned Samaritans, I felt more able to get on with my
life. After six months I was almost in control of myself and my
feelings. I was still grieving, but by that stage I felt like
I could cope. After that, the only times I phoned Samaritans were
the first two Christmases after I lost her. Christmas is a very
difficult time. I remember vividly how hard I found it to pretend
to be enjoying myself. I just wanted to be on my own and only
with Samaritans’ help was I able to get through it.”
Samaritans caller
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