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Break the silence
How your money could save lives
€11.39
a month over a year could help train and support an existing volunteer
€17.08
a month over a year could help towards the cost of a new volunteer to build the skills they need to answer a call for help
€34.17
a month could help us answer calls for help every month of this year
Where your money goes
Why your support is needed this winter
This winter will be as busy as ever. Over the 2022 Christmas period, Samaritans responded to over 250,000 calls for help in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Suicidal feelings were expressed during almost 1 in 4 calls for help where emotional support was provided.
Every 90 minutes in the UK, someone dies by suicide. But talking saves lives.
During 2022, Samaritans volunteers responded to almost 3 million calls for help by telephone and more than 200,000 by email.