Volunteer with Chester Samaritans

We need two types of volunteer :

• Listening volunteers
  • to give emotional support to our callers by either of telephone calls or online chat contacts received.
    • Listening volunteers do so in our branch once a week for 3 hours; one shift in every month is an overnight shift of 3 hours.
• Support volunteers
  • Not everyone wants to answer calls, but there are many other ways to make a real difference at Chester and District Samaritans.
    • Our Support Volunteers help us raise funds, promote our service and keep the branch running smoothly behind the scenes. Every call we answer and every person we support relies on the dedication of volunteers carrying out a wide range of roles.
    • Whether you have a few hours to spare occasionally, would like to volunteer regularly, or have a particular skill you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you.

Every Contribution Matters

Whether you're helping at an event, delivering leaflets, supporting our training team or raising funds, you'll be helping ensure that Samaritans is there for anyone who needs us, day or night.

Whatever time, skills or experience you can offer, we'd love to welcome you to the team.

We hold regular Welcome Events in advance of inviting you to an interview (the next will be on Sunday 10th January), to provide an insight into the service we offer, how we deliver it and the process involved in becoming a Samaritan, including training.

Please note that we can not provide study or work experience placements.

To access the online enquiry process and generate an invite to a Welcome Event, please visit - 

https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/volunteer/become-samaritans-listening-volunteer/

Or email [email protected] for more details.