# SAMARITANS OF IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168725
- **Other names:** IPSWICH SAMARITANS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 11, 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=1168725


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, 140 ST. HELENS STREET, IPSWICH
- **Postcode:** IP4 2LE
- **Phone:** 01473 214610
- **Email:** ipswich@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/ipswich-eastsuffolk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN IPSWICH 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 offer emotional support by telephone, email and face-to-face to people of all ages, regardless of gender, race or religion, both at our Centre and out in the community.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Suffolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Anne Reader** | Chair | Sept. 11, 2023 |
| Allan Cadzow |  | July 21, 2025 |
| Ann Youngs |  | May 1, 2024 |
| Carla Susan Smolarek |  | Sept. 11, 2023 |
| Fiona Simpson |  | Sept. 11, 2023 |
| Johnn Hulme |  | July 21, 2025 |
| Judy Wright |  | Sept. 11, 2023 |
| Katharine Jane Turner |  | Feb. 23, 2026 |
| Stephen Palmer |  | Sept. 11, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- SAMARITANS OF IPSWICH AND EAST SUFFOLK (1168725-1)



