Peterborough

Please be advised that we are not currently accepting face-to-face visitors at the branch. Please contact us on our freephone number: 116 123.

Peterborough Samaritans has been supporting Peterborough and the surrounding area since 1970.

What's going on in Peterborough?

As well as delivering our listening service, we support HMP Peterborough and HMP North Sea Camp by training prisoners to provide emotional support.

We also regularly deliver talks and/or training at Colleges/Universities, local employers and community groups.

Becoming a volunteer

Our city is multi-cultural and wonderfully diverse. We are actively seeking to attain more diversity in our volunteer workforce and warmly welcome applications from people of all ethnic backgrounds.

We are always on the lookout for new volunteers either to provide emotional support or behind the scenes to help the branch run. Why not join us and help make a real difference to peoples lives, be part of a large community and learn new skills that are relevant to work and everyday life.

Volunteer time commitment required:

Ideally, we are looking for volunteers who can, on average commit to 12 hours per month. Wherever possible we would like 6 of these hours to cover evenings, weekends or nights.
We hold regular information sessions for people interested in volunteering.

Information sessions:

We hold regular information sessions for people interested in volunteering. Our upcoming information sessions are listed below.

Thursday evening session start at 7pm:

Thursday 26 March 2026
Thursday 28 May 2026
Thursday 30 July 2026
Thursday 29 October 2026

Sunday sessions start at 10 am:

Sunday 22 February 2026
Sunday 26 April 2026
Sunday 28 June 2026
Sunday 27 September 2026
Sunday 29 November 2026

All sessions will be in person at our office:
Ground Floor, 40 Tyndall Court, Commerce Road, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6LR.

Each information session gives you an idea of what exactly Samaritans do, how we are trained, the type of calls you will have to deal with and how to help people in distress who need someone to talk to in times of crisis.

If you'd like to hear more email us on:
[email protected]

Recent Awareness Events

Eid in the Park
Samaritans Brew Monday
Reaching Out in Peterborough

Branch Twitter Account

Please follow us on Twitter to find out what's going on at Peterborough Samaritans.

You can find us here: @pborosams

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