# BRIDGEND SAMARITANS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1170848
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 20, 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=1170848


## Contact

- **Address:** THE SAMARITANS, 2 GREEN STREET, BRIDGEND
- **Postcode:** CF31 1HF
- **Phone:** 01656 647162
- **Email:** acct.bridgendsamaritans@gmail.com
- **Website:** http://www.samaritans.org/branches/bridgend-samaritans



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN BRIDGEND 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;2) 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; AND3) TO COLLABORATE WITH AND SUPPORT SAMARITANS CENTRAL CHARITY AND ITS AFFILIATED BRANCHES IN FULFILLING THESE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Samaritans provide completely confidential emotional support 24 hours a day every day by telephone, face to face, letter and text and outside our branches at festivals, prisons, hospitals, schools, work places and with the homeless through a network of 201 branches in the UK. The vision is that fewer people die by 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

- Bridgend





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Peter Fortune |  | July 10, 2025 |
| Anne-Louise Llewellyn-Morgan |  | July 10, 2025 |
| Fiona Houston |  | July 10, 2025 |
| James Robert Owen Wynne |  | June 15, 2022 |
| Rowena Harbour |  | June 15, 2022 |
| Wendy Xerri JP |  | June 14, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- BRIDGEND SAMARITANS (1170848-1)



