# ASHFORD AND TENTERDEN SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170627
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 8, 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=1170627


## Contact

- **Address:** 22 Queen Street, Ashford, Kent
- **Postcode:** TN23 1RG
- **Phone:** 00
- **Email:** director@ashfordsamaritans.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN ASHFORD AND TENTERDEN 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:** To work for the assistance of persons who are suicidal, despairing or in distress byproviding a service primarily intended for the benefit of persons in Ashford andTenterden and the surrounding area to enable such persons to receive immediate help, compassion and befriending from members of the Charity selected and prepared for the purpose working in accordance with Samaritan procedure.




## 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

- Kent





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Jamieson |  | Nov. 1, 2024 |
| Darren Lawrence Archard |  | Sept. 5, 2022 |
| Shazia Nasim Inayat Khan |  | Nov. 28, 2024 |
| Susan Margaret McGeever B.Ed |  | Nov. 28, 2024 |



## Linked charities

- THE SAMARITANS OF ASHFORD AND TENTERDEN (1170627-1)



