I’m here to say thank you to each and everyone of you that has donated to the Medway Samaritans.

I’m pleased to say I completed the run and we have raised £1791which is totally amazing. To put this in some sort of context it costs around £1600 per month for the Medway Samaritans to operate.
Thank you so much! And … it’s not too late, if you wish its still possible to donate here.

In the UK, someone dies from suicide every 90 minutes.
1 in 4 of us have had suicidal thoughts.
Samaritans answers a telephone call every 10 seconds.
Males are 3 times more likely to die by suicide than females.
The highest suicide rate overall is amongst males aged 50-54.
The highest suicide rate amongst females is 45-49.

More detailed stats may be found here.

If you read those statistics and find yourself wanting to make a difference, please donate to Samaritans and/or consider volunteering for Samaritans.

In the meantime, if you are struggling, please don’t struggle alone … call 116 123 … there will always be someone there to answer your call (though in busy times such as 2300 – 0500) you may have to wait a little longer than normal.