Welcome to Ware Samaritans

Samaritans offers confidential emotional support to anyone who is passing through a crisis or thinking of taking their own life. We give those who call us time and space to express their feelings, helping them talk through their options and find a way to face the future. We are not aligned to any religious or political persuasion. We listen, we do not judge and we do not offer advice.

There has been a Samaritans branch in Ware since 1968, serving mid and east Hertfordshire and west Essex. The main towns we serve are Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Hoddesdon, Epping, Harlow, Bishops Stortford, Buntingford, Hertford and Ware.

We provide a telephone service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and our centre is open for visitors from 9.30am to 10.00pm; more recently we have added the facility to support callers by email. In 2004 the branch took over 13,800 phone calls, almost 100 visits and almost 1,000 emails.

Whether you are looking for support, just want to know more about Samaritans or would like to offer your time or make a donation, we hope you will find what you are looking for on our website. If you require further information please do phone, write, visit or email us.

Our Annual Report for 2007/8 is now available to download (632kb PDF file)

Official opening of our new premises, 18 December 2004
photo courtesy Hertfordshire Mercury

For details of Samaritans nationally please see the main website.