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Whatever you're going through, a Samaritan will face it with you. We're here 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Samaritans Training and Engagement Programmes
Samaritans has been training volunteers to provide emotional support to people struggling to cope for over 70 years. Samaritans Training and Engagement Programmes (STEP) can bring this expertise into your organisation by training your people and teams so they can spot and support anyone who is struggling to cope.
Every ten seconds, we respond to a call for help. No judgement. No pressure. We're here for anyone who needs someone.
At Samaritans we believe it's important to create a suicide-safer internet for everyone, while still making sure the support the internet provides remains available.
Read about Samaritans’ five-year strategy, which outlines our main priorities and how we’re working towards our vision that fewer people die by suicide.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion is one of the key principles in our new strategy and will connect with everything we do, guiding the way we work and behave.
By donating just £4.95 this Christmas, you could help a Samaritans volunteer answer a life-saving call for life.
A call to Samaritans can save a life, so we’re calling on you for help. It’s only because of people like you that we’re here to listen.
A call to Samaritans can save a life, so we’re calling on you for help. It’s only because of people like you that we’re here to listen.
Being a Samaritan means being there for people who need someone to listen. Last year around 23,000 people volunteered their time with us.
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In addition to the services we provide, an important part of our work is understanding and challenging the social elements that impact suicide.
We're the only organisation collating suicide data for all UK nations and the Republic of Ireland.
Samaritans' Media Guidelines help journalists report suicide and self-harm safely and responsibly.
The role online content can play in suicide risk and self harm is complex. Read about our research and recommendations for online safety.
Our research and policy work drives change that helps save more lives.