At Ealing Broadway Station today Ealing Samaritans gave away free teabags and listening tips to computers in a bid to change Blue Monday into Brew Monday.
Ealing Samaritans with various TflRail, Network Rail, BritishTransportPolice and Land Sheriffs people who helped them to turn #BlueMonday into #BrewMonday on 21 January 2019 at EalingBroadway station in West London.
On hand to show their support were station and railway staff from Network Rail, TflRail, British Transport Police and Land Sheriffs.
Dubbed ‘the most difficult day of the year’, the Samaritans is turning third Monday in January on its head and is hoping to banish the January blues by encouraging friends, family and workmates to have a chat over a cup of tea.
Based in Junction Road, South Ealing, Ealing Samaritans currently has over 100 volunteers helping to answer some of the five million calls for help that Samaritans responds to every year from people going through a difficult time.
For Brew Monday, Samaritans teamed up with Network Rail, which works with the listening charity to reduce suicide across the railway network.
Ann McLaughlin, director of Ealing Samaritans said: “Reaching out to someone you know and showing you care could help them feel less lonely, that they are not alone with their problems, and it may encourage them to seek help, and even save a life.”
She added: “If you don’t have anyone you feel you can talk to, Samaritans will listen – our number is free to call from any phone, even a mobile without credit, and won’t show up on your phone bill. Call 116 123, email jo@samaritans or call in at our branch in South Ealing to talk face to face.”
Show Us Your Support
All Samaritans branches are individual charities. Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow Samaritans (registered charity no. 1173588) is only able to provide emotional support thanks to the donations and legacies and fundraising by our supporters. Here are some ways for you to show us your support
- Make a donation direct to the Samaritans of Ealing bank account: CAF Bank, sort code 40-52-40 account number 00031116.
- Go to our JustGiving page (bearing in mind we get less of your money that way because of the 6%+ commission they take).
- Alternatively, if you use Amazon, switch to Amazon Smile and help Ealing Samaritans every time you shop. We can get 0.5% of your spend donated by Amazon to Ealing Samaritans if you shop through smile.amazon.co.uk You’ll find just the same prices, product selection and shopping experience but there is the added bonus -- to us -- is that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of goods purchased direct to Ealing Samaritans. This doesn’t in any way increase the cost of a given item on Amazon. The company makes a slightly lower margin on what you buy. Sign up here: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ch/1173588-0