Yeovil

Our New Home

As you may have heard, Samaritans Yeovil Sherborne & District are almost ready to move into a new home, Morley House, in Yeovil Town Centre.

We will leave our current premises at 25 The Park on the 25th of November and hope to be fully up and running at Morley House on December 9th.

Please be aware that we are unable to receive any face to face calls between the dates November 25th to January 6th though our operations centre will be accepting calls as usual. This is so our volunteers can have a period of settling into our new home. Visitors will then be welcome Monday to Saturday 10 am to 1400

Our monthly Open Evenings will take place in 2020 at our new premises, Morley House

Our open evenings are friendly and welcoming forums, hosted by existing volunteers who are on hand to chat to you, tell you a little bit about what’s required to be a volunteer as well as answer any of your questions. And of course, there’s always plenty of tea on tap to keep the conversation flowing!

Our open evenings are held on the first Wednesday of every month 7pm. There’s no need to book and anyone who is thinking about volunteering is welcome to attend.

However, please note that due to our move, there will be no Open Evening in December 2019. Because the first Wednesday of January is on New Year’s Day Bank Holiday, we have decided to move this one to January 8th.

These are now the confirmed dates for our 2020 Open Evenings:

Wednesday January 8th

Wednesday February 5th

Wednesday March 4th

Wednesday April 1st

May 6th

June 3rd

July 1st

August 5th

September 2nd

October 7th

Volunteers

Listening volunteers spend three hours a week in our centre supporting all kinds of people who need a confidential, non-judgemental ear to listen at a tough time in their life. We talk to people on the phone, face-to-face at our premises, by email and by text.

We also have a vital team of Support volunteers who give their time to help with fundraising, publicity, IT, and committee work.

We are currently seeking a Company Secretary, and an IT support volunteer . If you would like to know more please contact [email protected]

To find out more about volunteering at Yeovil Samaritans, email [email protected] or call our information line on 01935 414015 and have a look at the main website samaritans.org/volunteer,

Also go to https://do-it.org/organisations/yeovil-samaritans

Other work and activities

We work in partnership with other organisations such as Cruse and Yeovil District Hospital. We have an active schools programme, and we attend lots of local events in support of positive mental health

You can keep up to date with all our Branch news below and on Twitter: @Yeovilsams2 https://twitter.com/yeovilsams2

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