# READING SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170632
- **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=1170632


## Contact

- **Address:** 59a Cholmeley Road, Reading, Berkshire
- **Postcode:** RG1 3NB
- **Phone:** 0118 966 0903
- **Email:** reading@samaritans.org
- **Website:** www.samaritans.org/branches/reading-samaritans



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENABLE PERSONS IN READING 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:** Provides confidential emotional support, by telephone, text message, email or face to face, to those in distress or at risk of suicide.




## 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

- Reading





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Atul Khetarpal |  | Oct. 10, 2024 |
| Darren Jones |  | Nov. 7, 2019 |
| Emma Louise Fraser |  | Oct. 9, 2025 |
| Helen Elizabeth Blanchard |  | Aug. 31, 2021 |
| Hetal Patel |  | Nov. 11, 2021 |
| Justin John Henniker Bedingfeld |  | Feb. 8, 2021 |
| Sarah Jane Bowsher |  | Nov. 10, 2022 |
| Sophie Elisabeth McBean |  | Oct. 25, 2022 |
| Stephen Scott |  | April 18, 2025 |
| Tracey Nicola Chessher |  | Oct. 9, 2025 |
| William Russell Dixon |  | Oct. 9, 2025 |



## Linked charities

- READING SAMARITANS (1170632-1)



