As the founding branch of the organisation, Central London Samaritans has been providing emotional support for people who are struggling to cope for almost 70 years. Our volunteers are here around the clock, every single day of the year.

Our volunteers

Each year our approx. 500 volunteers:

donate over 95,000 hours to run our charity – that’s over 11 years…

respond to almost 80,000 calls for help via phone and email

support over 4,000 contacts face to face

help over 2,000 of London’s most vulnerable people including the homeless, the LGBT+ community, those bereaved by suicide & people in custody

raise awareness with over 200,000 young people through our schools and university outreach

Our impact

Getting a response from a real person and being given the time and space to talk things through helps people to find a way through their problems.

We help people to explore their options so they can make decisions that are right for them.

Support us

We rely entirely on donations from the public, businesses and other organisations. It costs around £400,000 a year to run our branch. If you would like to make a donation please click here.

There are a number of ways you can help us to be there around the clock, every single day of the year.

Events & fundraising

Given the circumstances, most of our events and fundraising activities have been either cancelled or postponed. As long as social distancing practices will remain with us, we have decided to deliver our events virtually. It is very different from what we have done in the past but we are confident that it'll be just as exciting.

If you are interested in any of these events, please get in touch with our team.

Room hire

Unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus outbreak our room hire service is suspended until further notice. We are following the governments guidance and will be back when it is safe.

Twitter

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Trustees

Please click here to see our CLS Trustees.

Annual Reports

Read and download our reports here.

Our privacy statement

At Samaritans, privacy is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that we hold. Read our privacy statement here.