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Volunteer June 2017

So many people have it in them to be a Samaritans volunteer.

To touch another person’s life when it really matters, by helping them directly, or by keeping our branches running, is a rare gift.

 

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Leaving Samaritans a gift in your Will provides funding for the long term, allowing us to develop a clear plan for the years ahead.

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Charity Week 2017

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Suicide rates fall to six-year low

New figures show the suicide rate in Great Britain has fallen by 4.7 per cent in the last year.

Scotmid launches life-saving partnership with Samaritans

We are delighted to have been chosen as the 2017-18 Charity of the Year by the Scotmid Co-operative family

Latest charity news and events

Did you know Samaritans' staff training provides employees with self-awareness and skills to strengthen their personal resilience?

  • Suicide rates fall to six-year low

  • More than 90 per cent of people don’t know the true extent of suicide, survey finds

  • Samaritans We Listen campaign features in life changing exhibition

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Patron: HRH The Prince of Wales. Founded in 1953 by the late Prebendary Dr Chad Varah CH CBE.

Samaritans is a charity registered in England and Wales (219432) and in Scotland (SC040604) and incorporated in England and Wales as a company limited by guarantee (757372). Samaritans Ireland is a charity registered in the Republic of Ireland (20033668) and incorporated in the Republic of Ireland as a company limited by guarantee (450409). Samaritans in Scotland is a charity registered in Scotland (SC009843) and incorporated as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

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