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Samaritans Scotland appoint Rachel Cackett as Executive Director
We are delighted to announce Rachel Cackett has been appointed as Executive Director for Samaritans Scotland.
- 21st November 2019
- News story
- Scotland
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Samaritans Scotland: Reducing self-harm key to suicide prevention
- 10th September 2019
- Press release
- Scotland
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Adrienne urges others to make the call
Adrienne, 24, from North Lanarkshire, called Samaritans when she was struggling to cope. Now she is encouraging others to do the same.
- 10th September 2019
- Blog
- Scotland
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Concerning rise in suicide deaths prompts calls for further action
It’s vital that young people don’t come to see suicide as an escape from their struggles and that we seek to address the very real factors which shape their lives. Suicide is preventable.
- 26th June 2019
- Press release
- Scotland
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Samaritans Scotland share their impact
Across Scotland, Samaritans volunteers spent more than 60,000 hours - the equivalent of over 2,500 days - providing emotional support in 2018.
- 1st May 2019
- News story
- Scotland
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Samaritans Scotland welcomes new Suicide Prevention Action Plan shaped by lived experience
Samaritans Scotland has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s new Suicide Prevention Action Plan, following figures that showed 680 people took their own life in Scotland in 2017.
- 9th August 2018
- Scotland
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Samaritans Scotland concern over increase in young male suicides
Statistics released today show 680 people took their own lives in Scotland last year, which represents a fall of 48 from 728 deaths in 2016. The suicide rate has fallen from 13.6 (per 100,000) to 12.8
- 27th June 2018
- Scotland