Samaritans - Elgin

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Record Number: 736

Address:
21 Greyfriars Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1LF

Phone: 01343 543000
24 hours

Textphone: 08457 90 91 92

National Helpline: 08457 90 90 90

Mobile (text only): 07725 90 90 90

Email: jo@samaritans.org Website: http://www.samaritans.org

Services

Elgin Samaritans offers emotional support to people in distress in the Moray, Banff and West Aberdeenshire areas.

Elgin Samaritans are available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of emotional distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide. Support can be provided over the phone or in person, by appointment.

Common reasons to call Samaritans are:

relationship and family problems
loss, including loss of a job, a friend or a family member through bereavement
financial worries
job-related stress or overwork
college or study related stress
body image issues

Samaritans reach out to high risk groups and communities to reduce the risk of suicide and work in partnership with other organisations, agencies and experts.

Samaritans aim to influence public policy and raise awareness of the challenges of reducing suicide.