# SAMARITANS OF SOUTH DEVON

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168726
- **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=1168726


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, 21 WARREN ROAD, TORQUAY
- **Postcode:** TQ2 5TQ
- **Phone:** 01803 295850
- **Email:** torquay@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/torquay



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN SOUTH DEVON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FEELINGS OF DISTRESS AND 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 make sure there is someone there for anyone who needs someone. Every year, we answer more than 5 million calls for help via our unique 24 hour listening service, email, text, letter, face to face and through our Welsh language service. We give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others. We want to encourage, promote and celebrate those moments of connection to save lives.




## 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

- Devon





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Robert Charles Langdon** | Chair | Feb. 19, 2024 |
| ALEXANDRA MARTIN |  | Feb. 7, 2022 |
| COLIN RUDGE |  | Feb. 7, 2022 |
| Lauren Amy Batten |  | Sept. 15, 2022 |
| Trudie Anne Stott |  | Sept. 15, 2022 |



## Linked charities

- SAMARITANS OF SOUTH DEVON (1168726-1)



