Darlington

Darlington Samaritans

Please call our free helpline 116 123 for support.

Darlington branch continue to offer support by telephone, as part of a network to offer 24/7 cover. We are all unpaid volunteers, whether on the phones or as support workers. We rely on kind donations and grants to keep us going. (for administration for website email [email protected])

The face to face facility is currently closed, however you can always call our freephone number: 116 123 to talk to someone anytime; day or night. We are here for you, talk to us.

Virtual London Marathon 21st April

Samaritans are the official charity for the TDS London marathon on Sunday 21st April. To celebrate, we will be holding our own marathon in Sainsburys, Darlington.

There will be two treadmills, for our runners to cover the 26 miles between them. please come along to support us and our collection, funds will come directly to ourselves to keep our centre on Woodland Road going.

Thank you, hope to see you there

LNER grant, £3,100 May 2023

Thank you to LNER for a grant helping us to train new Samaritans to help us keep going, and help with costs at the centre. Every penny is appreciated.

Chris' Epic Fundraising Walk, May 24

Our director Chris is walking from John O'Groats to Darlington starting on 1st May 2024 and the link to his fundraising page is https://samaritanscommunity.enthuse.com/pf/chris-thornton/post/5292543

He is walking over 440 miles for the challenge, over the whole month of May, funding his own way, and says that if he makes £2,000 he will dye his hair green, so lets get that money rolling in. We are 40% of the way there already at £819. He will be putting up an update on facebook when he gets underway. Best of luck Chris, and hope the weather is kind.

The face to face facility is currently closed, however you can always call our freephone number: 116 123 to talk to someone anytime; day or night. We are here for you, talk to us.

Legacy and free will writing service

Please consider leaving something in your will to help us carry on this valuable work. See the video link, https://youtu.be/-g_55amjyoA or to look at information www.samaritans.org/Write-Will/For-Free. Thank you.

Text to Donate

Please text DARLOSAMS to 70085 to donate £5 or to DARLOSAMS2 to donate £2. Texts cost £5 or £2 plus your standard rate message, and you will be hearing about our work. If you wish to opt out of this, please text DARLOSAMSNOINFO to 70085. Thank you.

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