# KINGSTON SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168320
- **Other names:** KINGSTON UPON THAMES SAMARITANS OR SAMARITANS OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 20, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1168320


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 WHEATFIELD WAY, KINGSTON UPON THAMES
- **Postcode:** KT1 2QS
- **Phone:** 020 8541 0542
- **Email:** kingston@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/branches/kingston-samaritans



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN KINGSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF DISTRESS OR DESPAIR, INCLUDING THOSE WHO MAY BE AT RISK OF SUICIDE, TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF SUICIDE.TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN SOCIETY OF SUICIDE, SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR AND THE VALUE OF EXPRESSING FEELINGS WHICH MAY OTHERWISE LEAD TO SUICIDE OR IMPAIRED EMOTIONAL HEALTH; ANDTO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** We provide emotional support to people experiencing feelings of distress, including those which may lead to suicidal thoughts.  We support callers via telephone, email, text and face to face in our branch.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Kingston Upon Thames





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Joanne Catherine Nicholds** | Chair | March 31, 2025 |
| Helen Prins |  | April 30, 2025 |
| Katharine Gibson |  | Sept. 5, 2024 |
| Michael David Searby |  | July 29, 2025 |
| Paul Bialkowski |  | April 17, 2024 |
| Rhea Newman |  | Sept. 16, 2025 |
| Sumita Dave |  | April 20, 2022 |



## Linked charities

- THE KINGSTON ON THAMES SAMARITANS (1168320-1)



