# SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171022
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 6, 2017
- **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=1171022


## Contact

- **Address:** Samaritans, 25 Clarence Street, LIVERPOOL
- **Postcode:** L3 5TN
- **Phone:** 0300 302 0890
- **Email:** sheila@liverpool-samaritans.org
- **Website:** http://www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-liverpool-and-merseyside



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:1) TO ENABLE PERSONS IN LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE 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:** Providing emotional support to those experiencing feelings of distress, despair and suicide. Support is provided by freephone telephone, SMS, email, written word and face to face by trained volunteers. Delivering outreach activities in the local community, and targeting those most in need of the service.




## 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

- Knowsley
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Wirral





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Richard Leeman |  | Dec. 5, 2024 |
| David John Ellcock |  | Dec. 5, 2024 |
| Elizabeth Bibby |  | Dec. 5, 2024 |
| Helen Gilbert |  | Jan. 9, 2023 |
| Judi Blacow |  | Dec. 5, 2024 |
| Michael Stuart Oakes |  | Feb. 4, 2026 |



## Linked charities

- THE SAMARITANS OF LIVERPOOL AND MERSEYSIDE (1171022-1)



