# SOUTH WEST HERTS SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170559
- **Other names:** SAMARITANS OF SOUTH WEST HERTS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 5, 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=1170559


## Contact

- **Address:** Milly Apthorp House, 45 St Johns Road, Watford
- **Postcode:** WD17 1QL
- **Phone:** 01923 233614
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/watford



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN SOUTH WEST HERTFORDSHIRE 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 LEAD TO SUICIDE OR IMPAIRED HEALTH; ANDTO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** To enable persons in South West Hertfordshire as well as elsewhere who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair to receive confidential emotional support at any time in order to improve their emotional health and to reduce the incidence of suicide: and to promote a better understanding of suicide, suicidal behaviour and the value of expressing feelings which may otherwise lead to suicide.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- Hertfordshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Susan Mary Jordache** | Chair | Aug. 24, 2024 |
| Amanda Shaw |  | Aug. 24, 2024 |
| Charlotte Tooker |  | Sept. 30, 2023 |
| Derek Robert Sola |  | Feb. 12, 2026 |
| Donna Shepherd |  | April 17, 2024 |
| Nicholas Moorhouse |  | Sept. 30, 2023 |
| Simon Godley |  | June 12, 2023 |
| Victoria Esta Sterman |  | Sept. 27, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- THE SAMARITANS OF SOUTH WEST HERTS (1170559-1)



