LATEST PRESS RELEASES
Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.
This area is designed to give journalists access to the latest press releases, emotional health news and facts about Cheltenham Samaritans.
If you have a media enquiry, please contact our Publicity Officer, Graham Tandy, on 01242 515 777 (branch line) or 07777 683 448 (mobile).
Shoppers remember Samaritans at Christmas.
27 December 2009
Generous shoppers donated a total of £1909 to Cheltenham Samaritans in the build up to Christmas. Volunteers were collecting outside Aldi (Tewkesbury Road) on 18 December, Tesco (Bishops Cleeve) on 22 December and Sainsburys (Oakley) on 23 December.
Two Good Samaritans to take icy dip for charity.
23 December 2009
Whilst most readers are enjoying Christmas Day in the warmth of their homes, Carol and Seb, two volunteers from Cheltenham Samaritans, will be taking an icy dip in Sandford Lido.
Carol & Seb will be joining scores of other brave swimmers who will take the plunge in the icy water and have a swim to raise funds for the local branch of Samaritans, the UK’s leading emotional health charity.
To support Cheltenham Samaritans please log on to www.cheltenhamsamaritans.org/html/support/donate.htm or phone 01242 515 777.
Cheltenham Samaritans will be offering emotional support on Christmas Day.
23 December 2009
Samaritans volunteers will be offering an understanding ear to people in crisis this Christmas.
When most of us are opening presents or preparing the Christmas lunch, volunteers will be heading to the Samaritans' Cheltenham office, in Back Albert Place, to spend the morning manning the phone and meeting any ‘face to face’ callers who visit the branch.
'At Christmas the emphasis is all about families getting together but it can be an incredibly lonely time for some people,' said a 58 year old volunteer, from Winchcombe, who regularly chooses to sign up for one of the Samaritans' Christmas Day shifts.
Concerns about money, relationships and health top worries for people in the South West in 2009.
16 December 2009
Cheltenham Samaritans urges people to not let their worries spiral out of control and to seek support for emotional distress this Christmas and during the coming year.
Nearly half the population in the South West (46%) has worried this year about debt and money, according to a survey published this week by Samaritans and YouGov, with almost a quarter of people (23%) describing 2009 as a bad year or their worst year ever.
Vonnies Blues & R and B raise £5500 for Cheltenham Samaritans.
Last Wednesday, Valerie Nicoll, chair person of Cheltenham Samaritans, was invited to Vonnies Blues and R&B club to accept a cheque for £5,500 which has been raised by Vonnies over the past year.
Valerie thanked Dave Jones and the members for their generous donation and promised the money would be spent wisely. Valerie said "Like all charities we are finding it much harder to raise money in the existing financal climate so this is a wonderful gesture" ...
Mayor of Cheltenham's Charity Appeal: Auction of Promises.
28 August 2009
Cheltenham Samaritans, as one of the Mayor's Charities, is to hold an Auction of Promises at 8.30 pm on Friday 4 September 2009. All members of the public are welcomed to come along to Sacred Hearts Church Hall, Moorend Road, Cheltenham and bid for the items which include a tour of Parliament with your local MP and much more..........
24 x 7 support for teenagers stressed by exam results.
18 August 2009
Stress about exams and exam results is one of the top reasons young people contact Cheltenham Samaritans and the emotional support charity is here to listen in confidence 24 hours a day to students waiting with bated breath for exam results over the next few days.
Real ale lovers raise a glass to Samaritans.
11 July 2009
Real ale lovers raised a glass to Samaritans at the Fourth Cheltenham Beer Festival which was held on 11 July 2009 at the Old Patesians Club in Everest Road, Cheltenham. This family event, organised by the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans, attracted around 1,000 people.
Cheltenham Samaritans named as Mayor of Cheltenham's Charity.
20 May 2009
Cheltenham Samaritans has been named as one of the new Mayor of Cheltenham’s charities for his year in office.
Councillor Lloyd Surgenor announced his choice of charities at the Mayor making ceremony which took place at the Town Hall on Tuesday 19th May.
“Women on the Verge of HRT” star takes time out to support Cheltenham Samaritans.
5 May 2009
Janet Dibley, co-star of “Women on the Verge of HRT”, is taking time out from her busy schedule to promote Cheltenham Samaritans' recruitment drive.
Help Cheltenham Samaritans to improve further its service
16 April 2009
Cheltenham Samaritans would really like to hear the views of people who have contacted them by phone or email so that they can further improve the service to their callers.
The confidential nature of the service, provided by this emotional support charity, means that their volunteers rarely receive feedback from callers regarding their experience of contact and how they feel it has helped them, or could have been more supportive and effective.
To provide this feedback, Samaritans has commissioned a national evaluation of its phone and email support services by independent researchers at Nottingham University. All information gathered will be treated in strict confidence and used to improve further the support given to future callers to Samaritans.
30 Years of Support for Samaritans
11 March 2009
Since its formation on 11 March 1979, the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans has directly raised over £150,000 for the Cheltenham & District Branch of Samaritans.
Raising a glass for Samaritans
7 March 2009
On Friday 6 March the Cheltenham Amateur Winemakers held a Wine & Cheese evening at Victoria House, Cheltenham, where guests were able to sample a wide range of high quality homemade wines.
