If your answers were mostly ‘yes’, sorry – you probably aren’t the sort of person we are looking for.

And if you answered mostly ‘no’? Surprising as it may seem you’re probably not right for us either.

But if you weren’t sure – if you can look at situations like these and resist the urge to make any kind of judgement, moral or otherwise – you might be just the kind of volunteer we need.

To a Samaritan, there are no right or wrong answers. If you hold strong personal views, you leave them at the door.

Two different callers, faced with the same problem, might end up at two different solutions. What we do is help them think clearly, providing space and time to sort things out.

As you’d expect, being on our end of the phone isn’t a laugh a minute. Most Samaritans can only do it for so long, which is why we constantly need new recruits to take their place.

We’re open 24 hours a day, including Christmas and holidays. The pay is an inflation-busting nought pence per hour (we’re entirely funded by donations and fund-raising).

If you’d like to help, please phone us on

01305-771777

or write to us at:

SAMARITANS

13 King Street, Weymouth, DT4 7BJ
We'll invite you for an Information Session and answer your questions.

For once, we’d say it’s the right thing to do.

We’ll go through it with you