# Samaritans Scotland

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## Samaritans Scotland

*   Stand
*   Email
*   Phone
*   Website

*   **12 - Cromdale hall**
*   **c.ritchie@samaritans.org**
*   **07714206295**
*   [https://www.samaritans.org/scotland/](https://www.samaritans.org/scotland/)
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Samaritans is the UK's largest suicide prevention charity, and our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. Our volunteers provide compassionate listening services to people in emotional crisis, and our helpline volunteers answer a call every 10 seconds. Our 24-hour Listening Service is a confidential, non-judgmental space for anyone to call and is a vital lifeline for anyone who is struggling to cope. In Scotland we work with organisations and communities across the country to reduce suicide risk, providing emotional support through our helpline and in-person through our outreach work. We also work in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service to deliver our 'Prison Listener Scheme'. Our work across policy, research, and public awareness campaigns in Scotland aims to change attitudes towards mental health and suicide, to encourage people struggling with suicidal thoughts to speak out and seek help, as well as to encourage others to look out for signs that someone may be struggling. We are looking forward to attending The Gathering 2027 and exploring how we can work together to see fewer lives lost to suicide in Scotland. We will have emotional support volunteers at the event if anyone would like to access our Listening Service.

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## About SCVO

SCVO (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations) is the national membership organisation for Scotland's voluntary sector.

Our role is to champion the role of voluntary organisations in Scotland and to support them to do work that has a positive impact.

SCVO supports members and the wider voluntary sector with all aspects of setting up and running a voluntary organisation. SCVO represents the needs and concerns of the voluntary sector to the Scottish government in Holyrood and UK government and Westminster. Through our learning and events programme SCVO offers training and development opportunities to the sector.

Members access an extensive membership benefits package including specialist, in-depth, 1-to-1 guidance from our Information Services team and from professional service partners.

Access to exclusive membership networks (including comms, employers, governance and policy) supports members to grow their connections, stay up to date, exchange ideas and views with peers, and learn through tailored learning opportunities.

SCVO members enjoy free access to Funding Scotland Premium to stay on top of funding opportunities to support their organisation’s financial resilience.

Discounts and savings on SCVO products and services (including our HR service, managed IT support, payroll service and events and training) and partner offers provide members with support to allow them to focus on delivering their organisation’s goals. Further SCVO products and services include [extensive digital support](https://scvo.scot/support/digital), a climate action resource [Growing Climate Confidence](https://climateconfident.scot), a voluntary sector publication [Third Force News](https://tfn.scot) and a voluntary sector jobs and recruitment service [Goodmoves](https://goodmoves.org).

For more information on SCVO membership, visit [SCVO membership](https://scvo.scot/membership)