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Talk to Us Day 2022

by Vicki Barlow

• Published 21/07/2022

Samaritans Annual Awareness Day is back this July

Contact the Samaritans 24/7 on 116 123

Throughout July, Samaritans will be running its annual awareness-raising campaign, Talk to Us. The campaign aims to let people know that Samaritans volunteers are here 24/7 for anyone who is struggling to cope.

In 2021 Samaritans volunteers spent over one million hours responding to calls for help.

To show our support, we will be raising awareness on social media throughout July, as well as marking Samaritans Awareness Day on 24 July.

If you’d like to get involved, you can help raise awareness this month by sharing Samaritans’ messaging on your own social media pages using #TalkToUs and #SamaritansAwarenessDay.

When life is difficult, Samaritans are there for you – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

About Samaritans

Every 10 seconds, Samaritans respond to a call for help. Their vision is to see fewer people die by suicide and can boast over 65 years of being there for anyone who needs someone. The organisation was founded by Vicar Chad Varah who, on 2nd November 1953, answered the first ever call to a brand new helpline for people contemplating suicide.

According to Samaritans.org, Chad Varah said:

"In an emergency the citizen turns to the telephone and dials 999. There ought to be an emergency number for suicidal people, I thought."

From that first call, Samaritans grew. In December 1953 the Daily Mirror referred to Chad Varah as 'Telephone Good Samaritan', the name stuck. Samaritans is not a religious organisation and it relies on volunteers to do its good work. In February 1954 Chad handed over the running of the organisation to volunteers and thus Samaritans was born.

To speak to Samaritans about your struggles and worries, or if you're concerned for somebody else, contact them by phone on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.

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