Tunbridge Wells And District Samaritans

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Welcome! Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.

Our branch of Samaritans, Tunbridge Wells & District, is a local charity established in 1967. We cover an area from Sevenoaks to Heathfield and East Grinstead to Cranbrook. Currently we have 138 volunteers, and no paid staff.

Samaritans can be contacted in many different ways: telephone, email, text. We can see people in person at our branch in the centre of Tunbridge Wells - 7 Lime Hill Road between 9am and 9pm. Samaritans continues to be one of the few services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Last year our branch was contacted almost 43,000 times. 

In addition, some of our volunteers speak at local schools, provide support in nearby Maidstone prison and attend local shows and fetes to raise money and  awareness about our service.

Despite the range of services we provide, Samaritans receives no regular, formal, local or national government funding. Our running costs are less than  £30,000 p.a. but we still need to raise all of this money ourselves every year. Please support us.

Samaritans can be contacted by:

Telephone: 08457 909090 & 01892 532323,

Email: jo@samaritans.org,

Text: 07725 909090